django rest api saving to instance of model code example

Example 1: User serializer in django rest framework

class EventSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = models.Event
        exclude = ['user']


class EventView(APIView):

    def post(self, request):
        es = EventSerializer(data=request.data)
        if es.is_valid():
            es.save(user=self.request.user)
            return Response(status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
        return Response(data=es.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

Example 2: User serializer in django rest framework

class Event(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
    place = models.CharField(max_length=255)