how to create serializer for an enum field in django rest framework
After doing a lot of searches on google i finally found the answer to the serializing issue with the EnumchoiceField the following changes did the job.
my Model.py:
from enumchoicefield import ChoiceEnum, EnumChoiceField
class QueueTypes(ChoiceEnum):
appointment = "appointment"
wait = "wait"
process = "process"
pending = "pending"
class Queue(models.Model):
class Meta:
db_table = 'queues'
id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, unique=True)
name = models.CharField(max_length=45)
type = EnumChoiceField(enum_class=QueueTypes , default=QueueTypes.process)
date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
fk_department = models.ForeignKey(Department, related_name='department',null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
my Serialize.py:
from enumchoicefield import ChoiceEnum, EnumChoiceField
class QueueSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = Queue
fields = ('__all__')
id = serializers.UUIDField(read_only=True)
name = serializers.CharField(max_length=45, required=True)
type = EnumChoiceField(enum_class=QueueTypes)
date = serializers.DateTimeField(read_only=True)
The EnumChoiceField
extension seems to work fine but does not correctly support the HTML support render of the REST Framework, fields serialized as EnumChoiceField
are not rendered.