These are my models and serializers. I want a representation of Question Model along with a list of people the question was asked to.
I am trying this:
@api_view(['GET', 'PATCH'])
def questions_by_id(request,user,pk):
question = Question.objects.get(pk=pk)
if request.method == 'GET':
serializer = QuestionSerializer(question)
return Response(serializer.data)
But I get an empty dictionary ({}
). However when I remove the asked
field from QuestionSerializer
I get a complete representation of Question
along with Places
serialized nicely. What am I missing ?
class AskedToSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = AskedTo
fields = ('to_user', 'answered')
class QuestionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = Question
places = PlaceSerializer(many=True, required=False)
asked = AskedToSerializer(source='askedto_set', many=True)
fields = ('id', 'created_on', 'title', 'places', 'answered','asked')
extra_kwargs = {'created_by': {'read_only': True}}
class Question(BaseModel):
title = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=False)
places = models.ManyToManyField(Place, blank=True)
answered = models.BooleanField(default=False)
class AskedTo(BaseModel):
ques = models.ForeignKey(Question, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
to_user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
replied = models.BooleanField(default=False)
class Place(models.Model):
g_place_id = models.CharField(max_length=20,primary_key=True)
json = models.TextField(null=True)
name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
I figured it out. There were two errors.
Changed this:
class AskedToSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = AskedTo
fields = ('to_user', 'answered')
to this (notice the change in fields, fields on model and serializer didn't match)
class AskedToSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = AskedTo
fields = ('to_user', 'replied')
Secondly, I needed to define any extra fields outside class Meta
class QuestionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
places = PlaceSerializer(many=True, required=False)
asked = AskedToSerializer(source='askedto_set', many=True)
class Meta:
model = Question
fields = ('id', 'created_on', 'title', 'places', 'answered','asked')
extra_kwargs = {'created_by': {'read_only': True}}
Notice the change in definition of places
and asked
.