Dynamically limiting queryset of related field

Here's how I do it:

class PurchaseList(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    ...
    def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
        serializer_class = self.get_serializer_class()
        context = self.get_serializer_context()
        return serializer_class(*args, request_user=self.request.user, context=context, **kwargs)

class PurchaseSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    ...
    def __init__(self, *args, request_user=None, **kwargs):
        super(PurchaseSerializer, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['user'].queryset = User._default_manager.filter(pk=request_user.pk)

I ended up doing something similar to what Khamaileon suggested here. Basically I modified my serializer to peek into the request, which kind of smells wrong, but it gets the job done... Here's how it looks (examplified with the purchase-example):

class PurchaseSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
    def get_fields(self, *args, **kwargs):
        fields = super(PurchaseSerializer, self).get_fields(*args, **kwargs)
        fields['purchaser'].queryset = permitted_objects(self.context['view'].request.user, fields['purchaser'].queryset)
        return fields

    class Meta:
        model = Purchase

permitted_objects is a function which takes a user and a query, and returns a filtered query which only contains objects that the user has permission to link to. This seems to work both for validation and for the browsable API dropdown fields.