Django REST Framework (DRF): Set current user id as field value
In new DRF you can write
owner = serializers.HiddenField(
default=serializers.CurrentUserDefault()
)
See http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/validators/#currentuserdefault
I don't think you're using the serializer properly. A better practice to set request related data is to override perform_create
in your view:
def perform_create(self, serializer):
serializer.save(author=self.request.user)
def perform_update(self, serializer):
serializer.save(author=self.request.user)
and then set your author serializer to read-only:
author = UserMiniSerializer(read_only=True)
this way you can simply use one single NewsSerializer
for both read and write actions.