Cannot generate post request for multiple data - django-rest-framework

Question

I am trying to take input multiple data object in post request, but getting such error.
non_field_errors: [ Invalid data. Expected a dictionary, but got a list. ]
models.py
class OrderProduct(BaseModel):
product = models.ForeignKey(Product,on_delete=models.CASCADE)
order = models.ForeignKey(Order,on_delete=models.CASCADE)
order_product_price = models.FloatField(blank=False,null=False,default=0) # product may belong to offer do the price
order_product_qty = models.FloatField(default=1)
serializers.py
class OrderProductSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
def update(self,instance,validated_data):
product = self.validated_data.pop('product')
order = self.validated_data.pop('order')
instance.orderproduct_qty =
self.validated_data.get('orderproduct_qty',instance.orderproduct_qty)
instance.product = product
instance.order = order
instance.save()
return instance
class Meta:
model = OrderProduct
fields = '__all__'
views.py
def post(self,request,*args,**kwargs):
if request.data['contact_number'] == '':
request.POST._mutable =True
request.data['contact_number'] = request.user.mobile_number
request.POST._mutable = False
serializer = OrderSerializer(data=request.data,many=isinstance(request.data,list),context={'request': request})
print(serializer)
if serializer.is_valid():
serializer.save(user = request.user,created_by = request.user)
return Response(serializer.data,status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
else:
return Response(serializer.errors,status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
urls.py
path('orderproduct/',views.OrderProductList.as_view()),

Answer 1

When you call serializer.save(). It's only perform create() action which is only create one and accept dictionary data type only. If you want to save multiple data like that, you will have to override the create function of the serializer class. You can do something similar like this or run a for loop.
serializers.py
def create(self, validate_data):
# Get the data objects you need to perform bulk create
order_products = OrderProduct.objects.bulk_create(validate_data)
return order_products
views.py
if serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True):
# Replace the serializer.save() by this line to trigger the create method in serializer
self.perform_create(serializer)
return Response(...)