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