django rest_framework serializer parameter - django-rest-framework

Question

I am using django rest_framework to provide jsGrid json data.
As the rest_framwork example, I create a object fit the jsGrid format
class jsGridResp(object):
def __init__(self, data, itemsCount):
self.data = data
self.itemsCount = itemsCount
and the class based view, create a get function
class RateListViewSet(mixins.CreateModelMixin,
mixins.UpdateModelMixin,
mixins.DestroyModelMixin,
generics.GenericAPIView):
"""
API endpoint that allows user to be viewed or edited
"""
queryset = RateList.objects.all().order_by('-create_date')
serializer_class = RateListSerializer
def get_object(self):
queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
obj = queryset.get(pk=self.request.POST["id"])
self.check_object_permissions(self.request, obj)
return obj
def get(self, request, format=None):
pageIndex = request.GET.get('pageIndex')
pageSize = request.GET.get('pageSize')
sortField = request.GET.get('sortField', 'id')
sortOrder = request.GET.get('sortOrder', 'asc')
sortOrder = "" if sortOrder == "asc" else "-"
rows = RateList.objects.all().order_by("{}{}".format(sortOrder, sortField))
itemsCount = rows.count()
paginator = Paginator(rows, pageSize)
try:
rows = paginator.page(pageIndex)
except PageNotAnInteger:
rows = paginator.page(1)
except EmptyPage:
rows = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)
result = jsGridResp(data=rows, itemsCount=itemsCount)
serializer = RateListGetSerializer(result)
json = JSONRenderer().render(serializer.data)
return Response(json)
then I create two serializer to serialize the data
class RateListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = RateList
fields = ('id', 'rate_code', 'hr01', 'hr02', 'hr03', 'hr04', 'hr05', 'hr06',
'hr07', 'hr08', 'hr09', 'hr10', 'hr11', 'hr12', 'hr13', 'hr14',
'hr15', 'note', 'create_date', 'update_date')
read_only_fields = ('create_date', 'update_date')
def update(self, instance, validated_data):
result = instance.update(id=instance.id, **validated_data)
return result
def destroy(self, instace, validated_data):
return "{seccuess: true}"
class RateListGetSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
itemsCount = serializers.IntegerField()
data = RateListSerializer(many=True)
but I have many model need to do like these.
can I use just one serializer to serialize all model.
I want to create a jsGridGetSerializer can pass in a model parameter, so I don't need to create many simple serialzer to do the same thing.
Is this possible?

Answer 1

If I understand your problem correctly, you want a generic serializer which accepts a Model variable as a parameter in its Meta class.
One way to do this is to pass in the model name as a url keyword argument, then catching it in views.py. Then you can override the Meta model via overriding the get_serializer_class:
serializers.py
class GenericSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = None
views.py
class GenericViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
def get_queryset(self):
model = self.kwargs.get('model')
return model.objects.all()
def get_serializer_class(self):
GenericSerializer.Meta.model = self.kwargs.get('model')
return GenericSerializer