Change behaviour of perform_create mixin method to return newly created object for handling the object when overriding this method

rest_framework/mixins.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class CreateModelMixin(object):
         return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, headers=headers)
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
-        serializer.save()
+        return serializer.save()
 
     def get_success_headers(self, data):
         try: