From c6be12f02b5e07e412c8c91b368566a85364b907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Huang Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 18:03:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [Fix]: Error with partial=True and validate_ The error occurs when serializer is set with partial=True and a field-level validation is defined on a field, for which there's no corresponding update value in .data --- rest_framework/serializers.py | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py index a63c7f6c2..0b5ae042a 100644 --- a/rest_framework/serializers.py +++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py @@ -255,10 +255,13 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField): for field_name, field in self.fields.items(): if field_name in self._errors: continue + + source = field.source or field_name + if self.partial and source not in attrs: + continue try: validate_method = getattr(self, 'validate_%s' % field_name, None) if validate_method: - source = field.source or field_name attrs = validate_method(attrs, source) except ValidationError as err: self._errors[field_name] = self._errors.get(field_name, []) + list(err.messages)