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MikeV
MikeV

Reputation: 51

Django Rest-Framework During Validation, Check the Request Method Type

I am working on API Validation Errors to be called. I have to make sure 2 dates don't overlap when making new "POST" calls, which is working fine. I am doing a model.objects.Filter() query and if anything gets returned, I return a validation error. However, I want to return this error only during POST requests. I have tried

if request.method == "POST":

do something

but I get errors under the "request" word saying "request" is not defined. is there another way to check the Method Type during validation? I am doing this in my serializer. Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3016

Answers (3)

MikeV
MikeV

Reputation: 51

From kamran890's suggestion, this is what I did on my serializer to do this validation only during a POST method call. Then other types of validation during other calls

if self.contect['request'].method == 'POST':
    *do post validation*
else:
    *do patch/put validation*

Upvotes: 0

Def Soudani
Def Soudani

Reputation: 1271

Use more than one serializer and redefine get_serializer_class a drf function under your view

def get_serializer_class(self):
        if self.request.method == 'POST':
            return PostSerializer
        return OtherMethodsSerializer

Upvotes: 1

kamran890
kamran890

Reputation: 842

You can pass request context to serializer from your view:

serializer = SomeSerializer(context={'request':request}, data=request.data)

In your serializer, you can access the request method as:

self.context['request'].method

Upvotes: 3

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