django rest framework get user code example

Example 1: how to create a User and User profile in django rest framework

class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    profile = ProfileSerializer(required=True)
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('url', 'email', 'profile', 'created',)

    def create(self, validated_data):

        # create user 
        user = User.objects.create(
            url = validated_data['url'],
            email = validated_data['email'],
            # etc ...
        )

        profile_data = validated_data.pop('profile')
        # create profile
        profile = Profile.objects.create(
            user = user
            first_name = profile_data['first_name'],
            last_name = profile_data['last_name'],
            # etc...
        )

        return user

Example 2: how to create a User and User profile in django rest framework

class UserList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticatedOrWriteOnly,)
    serializer_class = UserSerializer

    def post(self, request, format=None):
        serializer = UserSerializer(data=request.data)
        if serializer.is_valid():
            serializer.save()
            return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
        return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)