Writable Nested Serializer example in relationships docs. Closes #2924.

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Tom Christie 2015-07-14 12:10:40 +01:00
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@ -256,17 +256,64 @@ For example, the following serializer:
Would serialize to a nested representation like this:
>>> album = Album.objects.create(album_name="The Grey Album", artist='Danger Mouse')
>>> Track.objects.create(album=album, order=1, title='Public Service Announcement', duration=245)
<Track: Track object>
>>> Track.objects.create(album=album, order=2, title='What More Can I Say', duration=264)
<Track: Track object>
>>> Track.objects.create(album=album, order=3, title='Encore', duration=159)
<Track: Track object>
>>> serializer = AlbumSerializer(instance=album)
>>> serializer.data
{
'album_name': 'The Grey Album',
'artist': 'Danger Mouse',
'tracks': [
{'order': 1, 'title': 'Public Service Announcement'},
{'order': 2, 'title': 'What More Can I Say'},
{'order': 3, 'title': 'Encore'},
{'order': 1, 'title': 'Public Service Announcement', 'duration': 245},
{'order': 2, 'title': 'What More Can I Say', 'duration': 264},
{'order': 3, 'title': 'Encore', 'duration': 159},
...
],
}
# Writable nested serializers
Be default nested serializers are read-only. If you want to to support write-operations to a nested serializer field you'll need to create either or both of the `create()` and/or `update()` methods, in order to explicitly specify how the child relationships should be saved.
class TrackSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = Track
fields = ('order', 'title')
class AlbumSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
tracks = TrackSerializer(many=True)
class Meta:
model = Album
fields = ('album_name', 'artist', 'tracks')
def create(self, validated_data):
tracks_data = validated_data.pop('tracks')
album = Album.objects.create(**validated_data)
for track_data in tracks_data:
Track.objects.create(album=album, **track_data)
return album
>>> data = {
'album_name': 'The Grey Album',
'artist': 'Danger Mouse',
'tracks': [
{'order': 1, 'title': 'Public Service Announcement', 'duration': 245},
{'order': 2, 'title': 'What More Can I Say', 'duration': 264},
{'order': 3, 'title': 'Encore', 'duration': 159},
],
}
>>> serializer = AlbumSerializer(data=data)
>>> serializer.is_valid()
True
>>> serializer.save()
<Album: Album object>
# Custom relational fields
To implement a custom relational field, you should override `RelatedField`, and implement the `.to_representation(self, value)` method. This method takes the target of the field as the `value` argument, and should return the representation that should be used to serialize the target. The `value` argument will typically be a model instance.