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Ramesh K
Ramesh K

Reputation: 302

Django model serializer

I am using django-rest-framework - I want to rename (in list) the field in model serializer and to update with same name which I renamed in list (to update).

class ConfiglistSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = Config
        fields = ('id', 'configname', 'mac_address')
    def to_representation(self, obj):
        return {
            'id': obj.id,
            'configname': obj.name,
            'macAddress': obj.mac_address
        }

How to update with the name ("configname" , "macAddress") in put or patch?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1749

Answers (2)

Rajez
Rajez

Reputation: 4067

No need to do anything on update. Just define fields with names , that you want by using the serializer fields and specifying source param. The rest-framwork serilizer will do other parts.

For ex. macAddress = serializers.CharField(source='mac_address')

See here http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/fields/ to how serializer fields works

Upvotes: 0

Bakuutin
Bakuutin

Reputation: 291

You have to use parser and renderer for camel case: 

$ pip install djangorestframework-camel-case

And to add the render and parser to your django settings file.

REST_FRAMEWORK = {

    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
        'djangorestframework_camel_case.render.CamelCaseJSONRenderer',
        # Any other renders
    ),

    'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
        'djangorestframework_camel_case.parser.CamelCaseJSONParser',
        # Any other parsers
    ),
}

That way you will be able to work with snake_case in your serializer, and camelCase in API without custom to_representation method

Upvotes: 2

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