DRF Nested Serializer

Adds support for writable nested serializers to the Django REST framework.

Find out more with the full documentation.

Features

• All relationship types
  • Including through model
• Drop-in replacement
• Create and update support
• Flexible field in- and exclusion

Example

from rest_framework.serializers import ModelSerializer
from drf_nested_serializer.serializer import NestedSerializer
from .models import MyChildModel, MyParentModel

class MyChildSerializer(ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = MyChildModel
        fields = ("id", "")

class MyParentSerializer(NestedSerializer):
    nested = MyChildSerializer()

    class Meta:
        model = MyParentModel
        fields = ("id", "nested")

data = {
    "child": {
        "name": "John Doe"
    }
}
serializer = MyParentSerializer(data=data)
if serializer.is_valid():
    instance = serializer.save()

print(MyParentSerializer(instance=instance).data)
{
    "id": 1,
    "child": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Doe"
    }
}