how to change a serializer validated data code example
Example 1: serializers.validationerror django
class HighScoreSerializer(serializers.BaseSerializer):
def to_internal_value(self, data):
score = data.get('score')
player_name = data.get('player_name')
if not score:
raise serializers.ValidationError({
'score': 'This field is required.'
})
if not player_name:
raise serializers.ValidationError({
'player_name': 'This field is required.'
})
if len(player_name) > 10:
raise serializers.ValidationError({
'player_name': 'May not be more than 10 characters.'
})
return {
'score': int(score),
'player_name': player_name
}
def to_representation(self, instance):
return {
'score': instance.score,
'player_name': instance.player_name
}
def create(self, validated_data):
return HighScore.objects.create(**validated_data)
Example 2: how to add methods to manuplate the model in serializers
from rest_framework import serializers, status
from models import *
class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email')
class StudentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
"""
A student serializer to return the student details
"""
user = UserSerializer(required=True)
class Meta:
model = UnivStudent
fields = ('user', 'subject_major',)
def create(self, validated_data):
"""
Overriding the default create method of the Model serializer.
:param validated_data: data containing all the details of student
:return: returns a successfully created student record
"""
user_data = validated_data.pop('user')
user = UserSerializer.create(UserSerializer(), validated_data=user_data)
student, created = UnivStudent.objects.update_or_create(user=user,
subject_major=validated_data.pop('subject_major'))
return student