""" Serializers and ModelSerializers are similar to Forms and ModelForms. Unlike forms, they are not constrained to dealing with HTML output, and form encoded input. Serialization in REST framework is a two-phase process: 1. Serializers marshal between complex types like model instances, and python primitives. 2. The process of marshalling between python primitives and request and response content is handled by parsers and renderers. """ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured from django.db import models from django.db.models.fields import FieldDoesNotExist from django.utils import six from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _ from rest_framework.compat import OrderedDict from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError from rest_framework.fields import empty, set_value, Field, SkipField from rest_framework.settings import api_settings from rest_framework.utils import html, model_meta, representation from rest_framework.utils.field_mapping import ( get_url_kwargs, get_field_kwargs, get_relation_kwargs, get_nested_relation_kwargs, ClassLookupDict ) from rest_framework.utils.serializer_helpers import ( ReturnDict, ReturnList, BoundField, NestedBoundField, BindingDict ) from rest_framework.validators import ( UniqueForDateValidator, UniqueForMonthValidator, UniqueForYearValidator, UniqueTogetherValidator ) import copy import inspect import warnings # Note: We do the following so that users of the framework can use this style: # # example_field = serializers.CharField(...) # # This helps keep the separation between model fields, form fields, and # serializer fields more explicit. from rest_framework.relations import * # NOQA from rest_framework.fields import * # NOQA # We assume that 'validators' are intended for the child serializer, # rather than the parent serializer. LIST_SERIALIZER_KWARGS = ( 'read_only', 'write_only', 'required', 'default', 'initial', 'source', 'label', 'help_text', 'style', 'error_messages', 'instance', 'data', 'partial', 'context' ) # BaseSerializer # -------------- class BaseSerializer(Field): """ The BaseSerializer class provides a minimal class which may be used for writing custom serializer implementations. """ def __init__(self, instance=None, data=None, **kwargs): self.instance = instance self._initial_data = data self.partial = kwargs.pop('partial', False) self._context = kwargs.pop('context', {}) kwargs.pop('many', None) super(BaseSerializer, self).__init__(**kwargs) def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs): # We override this method in order to automagically create # `ListSerializer` classes instead when `many=True` is set. if kwargs.pop('many', False): return cls.many_init(*args, **kwargs) return super(BaseSerializer, cls).__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs) @classmethod def many_init(cls, *args, **kwargs): """ This method implements the creation of a `ListSerializer` parent class when `many=True` is used. You can customize it if you need to control which keyword arguments are passed to the parent, and which are passed to the child. """ child_serializer = cls(*args, **kwargs) list_kwargs = {'child': child_serializer} list_kwargs.update(dict([ (key, value) for key, value in kwargs.items() if key in LIST_SERIALIZER_KWARGS ])) return ListSerializer(*args, **list_kwargs) def to_internal_value(self, data): raise NotImplementedError('`to_internal_value()` must be implemented.') def to_representation(self, instance): raise NotImplementedError('`to_representation()` must be implemented.') def update(self, instance, validated_data): raise NotImplementedError('`update()` must be implemented.') def create(self, validated_data): raise NotImplementedError('`create()` must be implemented.') def save(self, **kwargs): assert not hasattr(self, 'save_object'), ( 'Serializer `%s.%s` has old-style version 2 `.save_object()` ' 'that is no longer compatible with REST framework 3. ' 'Use the new-style `.create()` and `.update()` methods instead.' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__) ) validated_data = dict( list(self.validated_data.items()) + list(kwargs.items()) ) if self.instance is not None: self.instance = self.update(self.instance, validated_data) assert self.instance is not None, ( '`update()` did not return an object instance.' ) else: self.instance = self.create(validated_data) assert self.instance is not None, ( '`create()` did not return an object instance.' ) return self.instance def is_valid(self, raise_exception=False): assert not hasattr(self, 'restore_object'), ( 'Serializer `%s.%s` has old-style version 2 `.restore_object()` ' 'that is no longer compatible with REST framework 3. ' 'Use the new-style `.create()` and `.update()` methods instead.' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__) ) if not hasattr(self, '_validated_data'): try: self._validated_data = self.run_validation(self._initial_data) except ValidationError as exc: self._validated_data = {} self._errors = exc.detail else: self._errors = {} if self._errors and raise_exception: raise ValidationError(self._errors) return not bool(self._errors) @property def data(self): if not hasattr(self, '_data'): if self.instance is not None and not getattr(self, '_errors', None): self._data = self.to_representation(self.instance) elif hasattr(self, '_validated_data') and not getattr(self, '_errors', None): self._data = self.to_representation(self.validated_data) else: self._data = self.get_initial() return self._data @property def errors(self): if not hasattr(self, '_errors'): msg = 'You must call `.is_valid()` before accessing `.errors`.' raise AssertionError(msg) return self._errors @property def validated_data(self): if not hasattr(self, '_validated_data'): msg = 'You must call `.is_valid()` before accessing `.validated_data`.' raise AssertionError(msg) return self._validated_data # Serializer & ListSerializer classes # ----------------------------------- class SerializerMetaclass(type): """ This metaclass sets a dictionary named `base_fields` on the class. Any instances of `Field` included as attributes on either the class or on any of its superclasses will be include in the `base_fields` dictionary. """ @classmethod def _get_declared_fields(cls, bases, attrs): fields = [(field_name, attrs.pop(field_name)) for field_name, obj in list(attrs.items()) if isinstance(obj, Field)] fields.sort(key=lambda x: x[1]._creation_counter) # If this class is subclassing another Serializer, add that Serializer's # fields. Note that we loop over the bases in *reverse*. This is necessary # in order to maintain the correct order of fields. for base in bases[::-1]: if hasattr(base, '_declared_fields'): fields = list(base._declared_fields.items()) + fields return OrderedDict(fields) def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs): attrs['_declared_fields'] = cls._get_declared_fields(bases, attrs) return super(SerializerMetaclass, cls).__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs) @six.add_metaclass(SerializerMetaclass) class Serializer(BaseSerializer): default_error_messages = { 'invalid': _('Invalid data. Expected a dictionary, but got {datatype}.') } @property def fields(self): """ A dictionary of {field_name: field_instance}. """ # `fields` is evalutated lazily. We do this to ensure that we don't # have issues importing modules that use ModelSerializers as fields, # even if Django's app-loading stage has not yet run. if not hasattr(self, '_fields'): self._fields = BindingDict(self) for key, value in self.get_fields().items(): self._fields[key] = value return self._fields def get_fields(self): """ Returns a dictionary of {field_name: field_instance}. """ # Every new serializer is created with a clone of the field instances. # This allows users to dynamically modify the fields on a serializer # instance without affecting every other serializer class. return copy.deepcopy(self._declared_fields) def get_validators(self): """ Returns a list of validator callables. """ # Used by the lazily-evaluated `validators` property. return getattr(getattr(self, 'Meta', None), 'validators', []) def get_initial(self): if self._initial_data is not None: return OrderedDict([ (field_name, field.get_value(self._initial_data)) for field_name, field in self.fields.items() if field.get_value(self._initial_data) is not empty and not field.read_only ]) return OrderedDict([ (field.field_name, field.get_initial()) for field in self.fields.values() if not field.read_only ]) def get_value(self, dictionary): # We override the default field access in order to support # nested HTML forms. if html.is_html_input(dictionary): return html.parse_html_dict(dictionary, prefix=self.field_name) return dictionary.get(self.field_name, empty) def run_validation(self, data=empty): """ We override the default `run_validation`, because the validation performed by validators and the `.validate()` method should be coerced into an error dictionary with a 'non_fields_error' key. """ if data is empty: if getattr(self.root, 'partial', False): raise SkipField() if self.required: self.fail('required') return self.get_default() if data is None: if not self.allow_null: self.fail('null') return None if not isinstance(data, dict): message = self.error_messages['invalid'].format( datatype=type(data).__name__ ) raise ValidationError({ api_settings.NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY: [message] }) value = self.to_internal_value(data) try: self.run_validators(value) value = self.validate(value) assert value is not None, '.validate() should return the validated data' except ValidationError as exc: if isinstance(exc.detail, dict): # .validate() errors may be a dict, in which case, use # standard {key: list of values} style. raise ValidationError(dict([ (key, value if isinstance(value, list) else [value]) for key, value in exc.detail.items() ])) elif isinstance(exc.detail, list): raise ValidationError({ api_settings.NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY: exc.detail }) else: raise ValidationError({ api_settings.NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY: [exc.detail] }) return value def to_internal_value(self, data): """ Dict of native values <- Dict of primitive datatypes. """ ret = OrderedDict() errors = OrderedDict() fields = [ field for field in self.fields.values() if (not field.read_only) or (field.default is not empty) ] for field in fields: validate_method = getattr(self, 'validate_' + field.field_name, None) primitive_value = field.get_value(data) try: validated_value = field.run_validation(primitive_value) if validate_method is not None: validated_value = validate_method(validated_value) except ValidationError as exc: errors[field.field_name] = exc.detail except SkipField: pass else: set_value(ret, field.source_attrs, validated_value) if errors: raise ValidationError(errors) return ret def to_representation(self, instance): """ Object instance -> Dict of primitive datatypes. """ ret = OrderedDict() fields = [field for field in self.fields.values() if not field.write_only] for field in fields: attribute = field.get_attribute(instance) if attribute is None: value = None else: value = field.to_representation(attribute) transform_method = getattr(self, 'transform_' + field.field_name, None) if transform_method is not None: value = transform_method(value) ret[field.field_name] = value return ret def validate(self, attrs): return attrs def __repr__(self): return representation.serializer_repr(self, indent=1) # The following are used for accessing `BoundField` instances on the # serializer, for the purposes of presenting a form-like API onto the # field values and field errors. def __iter__(self): for field in self.fields.values(): yield self[field.field_name] def __getitem__(self, key): field = self.fields[key] value = self.data.get(key) error = self.errors.get(key) if hasattr(self, '_errors') else None if isinstance(field, Serializer): return NestedBoundField(field, value, error) return BoundField(field, value, error) # Include a backlink to the serializer class on return objects. # Allows renderers such as HTMLFormRenderer to get the full field info. @property def data(self): ret = super(Serializer, self).data return ReturnDict(ret, serializer=self) @property def errors(self): ret = super(Serializer, self).errors return ReturnDict(ret, serializer=self) # There's some replication of `ListField` here, # but that's probably better than obfuscating the call hierarchy. class ListSerializer(BaseSerializer): child = None many = True default_error_messages = { 'not_a_list': _('Expected a list of items but got type `{input_type}`.') } def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): self.child = kwargs.pop('child', copy.deepcopy(self.child)) assert self.child is not None, '`child` is a required argument.' assert not inspect.isclass(self.child), '`child` has not been instantiated.' super(ListSerializer, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.child.bind(field_name='', parent=self) def get_initial(self): if self._initial_data is not None: return self.to_representation(self._initial_data) return [] def get_value(self, dictionary): """ Given the input dictionary, return the field value. """ # We override the default field access in order to support # lists in HTML forms. if html.is_html_input(dictionary): return html.parse_html_list(dictionary, prefix=self.field_name) return dictionary.get(self.field_name, empty) def to_internal_value(self, data): """ List of dicts of native values <- List of dicts of primitive datatypes. """ if html.is_html_input(data): data = html.parse_html_list(data) if not isinstance(data, list): message = self.error_messages['not_a_list'].format( input_type=type(data).__name__ ) raise ValidationError({ api_settings.NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY: [message] }) ret = [] errors = [] for item in data: try: validated = self.child.run_validation(item) except ValidationError as exc: errors.append(exc.detail) else: ret.append(validated) errors.append({}) if any(errors): raise ValidationError(errors) return ret def to_representation(self, data): """ List of object instances -> List of dicts of primitive datatypes. """ iterable = data.all() if (hasattr(data, 'all')) else data return [ self.child.to_representation(item) for item in iterable ] def update(self, instance, validated_data): raise NotImplementedError( "Serializers with many=True do not support multiple update by " "default, only multiple create. For updates it is unclear how to " "deal with insertions and deletions. If you need to support " "multiple update, use a `ListSerializer` class and override " "`.update()` so you can specify the behavior exactly." ) def create(self, validated_data): return [ self.child.create(attrs) for attrs in validated_data ] def save(self, **kwargs): """ Save and return a list of object instances. """ validated_data = [ dict(list(attrs.items()) + list(kwargs.items())) for attrs in self.validated_data ] if self.instance is not None: self.instance = self.update(self.instance, validated_data) assert self.instance is not None, ( '`update()` did not return an object instance.' ) else: self.instance = self.create(validated_data) assert self.instance is not None, ( '`create()` did not return an object instance.' ) return self.instance def __repr__(self): return representation.list_repr(self, indent=1) # Include a backlink to the serializer class on return objects. # Allows renderers such as HTMLFormRenderer to get the full field info. @property def data(self): ret = super(ListSerializer, self).data return ReturnList(ret, serializer=self) @property def errors(self): ret = super(ListSerializer, self).errors if isinstance(ret, dict): return ReturnDict(ret, serializer=self) return ReturnList(ret, serializer=self) # ModelSerializer & HyperlinkedModelSerializer # -------------------------------------------- class ModelSerializer(Serializer): """ A `ModelSerializer` is just a regular `Serializer`, except that: * A set of default fields are automatically populated. * A set of default validators are automatically populated. * Default `.create()` and `.update()` implementations are provided. """ _field_mapping = ClassLookupDict({ models.AutoField: IntegerField, models.BigIntegerField: IntegerField, models.BooleanField: BooleanField, models.CharField: CharField, models.CommaSeparatedIntegerField: CharField, models.DateField: DateField, models.DateTimeField: DateTimeField, models.DecimalField: DecimalField, models.EmailField: EmailField, models.Field: ModelField, models.FileField: FileField, models.FloatField: FloatField, models.ImageField: ImageField, models.IntegerField: IntegerField, models.NullBooleanField: NullBooleanField, models.PositiveIntegerField: IntegerField, models.PositiveSmallIntegerField: IntegerField, models.SlugField: SlugField, models.SmallIntegerField: IntegerField, models.TextField: CharField, models.TimeField: TimeField, models.URLField: URLField, }) _related_class = PrimaryKeyRelatedField def create(self, validated_attrs): # Check that the user isn't trying to handle a writable nested field. # If we don't do this explicitly they'd likely get a confusing # error at the point of calling `Model.objects.create()`. assert not any( isinstance(field, BaseSerializer) and not field.read_only for field in self.fields.values() ), ( 'The `.create()` method does not suport nested writable fields ' 'by default. Write an explicit `.create()` method for serializer ' '`%s.%s`, or set `read_only=True` on nested serializer fields.' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__) ) ModelClass = self.Meta.model # Remove many-to-many relationships from validated_attrs. # They are not valid arguments to the default `.create()` method, # as they require that the instance has already been saved. info = model_meta.get_field_info(ModelClass) many_to_many = {} for field_name, relation_info in info.relations.items(): if relation_info.to_many and (field_name in validated_attrs): many_to_many[field_name] = validated_attrs.pop(field_name) instance = ModelClass.objects.create(**validated_attrs) # Save many-to-many relationships after the instance is created. if many_to_many: for field_name, value in many_to_many.items(): setattr(instance, field_name, value) return instance def update(self, instance, validated_attrs): assert not any( isinstance(field, BaseSerializer) and not field.read_only for field in self.fields.values() ), ( 'The `.update()` method does not suport nested writable fields ' 'by default. Write an explicit `.update()` method for serializer ' '`%s.%s`, or set `read_only=True` on nested serializer fields.' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__) ) for attr, value in validated_attrs.items(): setattr(instance, attr, value) instance.save() return instance def get_validators(self): field_names = set([ field.source for field in self.fields.values() if (field.source != '*') and ('.' not in field.source) ]) validators = getattr(getattr(self, 'Meta', None), 'validators', []) model_class = self.Meta.model # Note that we make sure to check `unique_together` both on the # base model class, but also on any parent classes. for parent_class in [model_class] + list(model_class._meta.parents.keys()): for unique_together in parent_class._meta.unique_together: if field_names.issuperset(set(unique_together)): validator = UniqueTogetherValidator( queryset=parent_class._default_manager, fields=unique_together ) validators.append(validator) # Add any unique_for_date/unique_for_month/unique_for_year constraints. info = model_meta.get_field_info(model_class) for field_name, field in info.fields_and_pk.items(): if field.unique_for_date and field_name in field_names: validator = UniqueForDateValidator( queryset=model_class._default_manager, field=field_name, date_field=field.unique_for_date ) validators.append(validator) if field.unique_for_month and field_name in field_names: validator = UniqueForMonthValidator( queryset=model_class._default_manager, field=field_name, date_field=field.unique_for_month ) validators.append(validator) if field.unique_for_year and field_name in field_names: validator = UniqueForYearValidator( queryset=model_class._default_manager, field=field_name, date_field=field.unique_for_year ) validators.append(validator) return validators def get_fields(self): declared_fields = copy.deepcopy(self._declared_fields) ret = OrderedDict() model = getattr(self.Meta, 'model') fields = getattr(self.Meta, 'fields', None) exclude = getattr(self.Meta, 'exclude', None) depth = getattr(self.Meta, 'depth', 0) extra_kwargs = getattr(self.Meta, 'extra_kwargs', {}) assert not (fields and exclude), "Cannot set both 'fields' and 'exclude'." extra_kwargs = self._include_additional_options(extra_kwargs) # Retrieve metadata about fields & relationships on the model class. info = model_meta.get_field_info(model) # Use the default set of field names if none is supplied explicitly. if fields is None: fields = self._get_default_field_names(declared_fields, info) exclude = getattr(self.Meta, 'exclude', None) if exclude is not None: for field_name in exclude: fields.remove(field_name) # Determine the set of model fields, and the fields that they map to. # We actually only need this to deal with the slightly awkward case # of supporting `unique_for_date`/`unique_for_month`/`unique_for_year`. model_field_mapping = {} for field_name in fields: if field_name in declared_fields: field = declared_fields[field_name] source = field.source or field_name else: try: source = extra_kwargs[field_name]['source'] except KeyError: source = field_name # Model fields will always have a simple source mapping, # they can't be nested attribute lookups. if '.' not in source and source != '*': model_field_mapping[source] = field_name # Determine if we need any additional `HiddenField` or extra keyword # arguments to deal with `unique_for` dates that are required to # be in the input data in order to validate it. unique_fields = {} for model_field_name, field_name in model_field_mapping.items(): try: model_field = model._meta.get_field(model_field_name) except FieldDoesNotExist: continue # Deal with each of the `unique_for_*` cases. for date_field_name in ( model_field.unique_for_date, model_field.unique_for_month, model_field.unique_for_year ): if date_field_name is None: continue # Get the model field that is refered too. date_field = model._meta.get_field(date_field_name) if date_field.auto_now_add: default = CreateOnlyDefault(timezone.now) elif date_field.auto_now: default = timezone.now elif date_field.has_default(): default = model_field.default else: default = empty if date_field_name in model_field_mapping: # The corresponding date field is present in the serializer if date_field_name not in extra_kwargs: extra_kwargs[date_field_name] = {} if default is empty: if 'required' not in extra_kwargs[date_field_name]: extra_kwargs[date_field_name]['required'] = True else: if 'default' not in extra_kwargs[date_field_name]: extra_kwargs[date_field_name]['default'] = default else: # The corresponding date field is not present in the, # serializer. We have a default to use for the date, so # add in a hidden field that populates it. unique_fields[date_field_name] = HiddenField(default=default) # Now determine the fields that should be included on the serializer. for field_name in fields: if field_name in declared_fields: # Field is explicitly declared on the class, use that. ret[field_name] = declared_fields[field_name] continue elif field_name in info.fields_and_pk: # Create regular model fields. model_field = info.fields_and_pk[field_name] field_cls = self._field_mapping[model_field] kwargs = get_field_kwargs(field_name, model_field) if 'choices' in kwargs: # Fields with choices get coerced into `ChoiceField` # instead of using their regular typed field. field_cls = ChoiceField if not issubclass(field_cls, ModelField): # `model_field` is only valid for the fallback case of # `ModelField`, which is used when no other typed field # matched to the model field. kwargs.pop('model_field', None) if not issubclass(field_cls, CharField): # `allow_blank` is only valid for textual fields. kwargs.pop('allow_blank', None) elif field_name in info.relations: # Create forward and reverse relationships. relation_info = info.relations[field_name] if depth: field_cls = self._get_nested_class(depth, relation_info) kwargs = get_nested_relation_kwargs(relation_info) else: field_cls = self._related_class kwargs = get_relation_kwargs(field_name, relation_info) # `view_name` is only valid for hyperlinked relationships. if not issubclass(field_cls, HyperlinkedRelatedField): kwargs.pop('view_name', None) elif hasattr(model, field_name): # Create a read only field for model methods and properties. field_cls = ReadOnlyField kwargs = {} elif field_name == api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME: # Create the URL field. field_cls = HyperlinkedIdentityField kwargs = get_url_kwargs(model) else: raise ImproperlyConfigured( 'Field name `%s` is not valid for model `%s`.' % (field_name, model.__class__.__name__) ) # Check that any fields declared on the class are # also explicity included in `Meta.fields`. missing_fields = set(declared_fields.keys()) - set(fields) if missing_fields: missing_field = list(missing_fields)[0] raise ImproperlyConfigured( 'Field `%s` has been declared on serializer `%s`, but ' 'is missing from `Meta.fields`.' % (missing_field, self.__class__.__name__) ) # Populate any kwargs defined in `Meta.extra_kwargs` extras = extra_kwargs.get(field_name, {}) if extras.get('read_only', False): for attr in [ 'required', 'default', 'allow_blank', 'allow_null', 'min_length', 'max_length', 'min_value', 'max_value', 'validators', 'queryset' ]: kwargs.pop(attr, None) kwargs.update(extras) # Create the serializer field. ret[field_name] = field_cls(**kwargs) for field_name, field in unique_fields.items(): ret[field_name] = field return ret def _include_additional_options(self, extra_kwargs): read_only_fields = getattr(self.Meta, 'read_only_fields', None) if read_only_fields is not None: for field_name in read_only_fields: kwargs = extra_kwargs.get(field_name, {}) kwargs['read_only'] = True extra_kwargs[field_name] = kwargs # These are all pending deprecation. write_only_fields = getattr(self.Meta, 'write_only_fields', None) if write_only_fields is not None: warnings.warn( "The `Meta.write_only_fields` option is pending deprecation. " "Use `Meta.extra_kwargs={: {'write_only': True}}` instead.", PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3 ) for field_name in write_only_fields: kwargs = extra_kwargs.get(field_name, {}) kwargs['write_only'] = True extra_kwargs[field_name] = kwargs view_name = getattr(self.Meta, 'view_name', None) if view_name is not None: warnings.warn( "The `Meta.view_name` option is pending deprecation. " "Use `Meta.extra_kwargs={'url': {'view_name': ...}}` instead.", PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3 ) kwargs = extra_kwargs.get(api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME, {}) kwargs['view_name'] = view_name extra_kwargs[api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME] = kwargs lookup_field = getattr(self.Meta, 'lookup_field', None) if lookup_field is not None: warnings.warn( "The `Meta.lookup_field` option is pending deprecation. " "Use `Meta.extra_kwargs={'url': {'lookup_field': ...}}` instead.", PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3 ) kwargs = extra_kwargs.get(api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME, {}) kwargs['lookup_field'] = lookup_field extra_kwargs[api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME] = kwargs return extra_kwargs def _get_default_field_names(self, declared_fields, model_info): return ( [model_info.pk.name] + list(declared_fields.keys()) + list(model_info.fields.keys()) + list(model_info.forward_relations.keys()) ) def _get_nested_class(self, nested_depth, relation_info): class NestedSerializer(ModelSerializer): class Meta: model = relation_info.related depth = nested_depth return NestedSerializer class HyperlinkedModelSerializer(ModelSerializer): """ A type of `ModelSerializer` that uses hyperlinked relationships instead of primary key relationships. Specifically: * A 'url' field is included instead of the 'id' field. * Relationships to other instances are hyperlinks, instead of primary keys. """ _related_class = HyperlinkedRelatedField def _get_default_field_names(self, declared_fields, model_info): return ( [api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME] + list(declared_fields.keys()) + list(model_info.fields.keys()) + list(model_info.forward_relations.keys()) ) def _get_nested_class(self, nested_depth, relation_info): class NestedSerializer(HyperlinkedModelSerializer): class Meta: model = relation_info.related depth = nested_depth return NestedSerializer