from django.test import TestCase from rest_framework import serializers class EmptySerializerTestCase(TestCase): def test_empty_serializer(self): class FooBarSerializer(serializers.Serializer): foo = serializers.IntegerField() bar = serializers.SerializerMethodField('get_bar') def get_bar(self, obj): return 'bar' serializer = FooBarSerializer() self.assertEquals(serializer.data, {'foo': 0})