CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondjangodjango-rest-framework
user3134477
user3134477

Reputation:

Pass context from one serializer to another?

With Django REST Framework, I have 2 serializers: PageSerializer and CommentSerializer.

CommentSerializer depends on some extra "context" value, but it doesn't get it directly, instead it needs to get it from PageSerializer, since they have a nested relationship.

So I need to have something like this:

class CommentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    ...
    my_field = serializers.SerializerMethodField()

    def get_my_field(self, comment):
        my_value = self.context['my_value']
        ...

class PageSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    ...
    comments = CommentSerializer(
        many=True,
        context={'my_value': my_value} # my_value doesn't exist until __init__ is called, so I can't pass it
    )

...
my_value = 1
page_serializer = PageSerializer(page, context={'my_value': my_value})

But, of course, this code can't work.
What kind of workaround can I do here?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1974

Answers (1)

lucasnadalutti
lucasnadalutti

Reputation: 5948

When you define the relationship in the serializer like you did, PageSerializer's context will be automatically passed to CommentSerializer when the page's comments are serialized.

So, just defining comments = CommentSerializer(many=True) will do.

Upvotes: 4

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