I'm usign Django Rest Framework where I have the following two serializers:
class ServiceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
id = serializers.ReadOnlyField()
class Meta:
model = ServiceType
fields = ('id', 'serviceName', 'servicePrice')
class CompanyShortListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
services = ServiceSerializer(many=True)
class Meta:
model = Company
fields = ( 'id','name','address','cost_per_patient','cost_per_month','renting_fee','services')
class ServiceType(models.Model):
serviceName = EncryptedCharField(max_length=100, blank=True, verbose_name = "Typ usługi")
servicePrice = EncryptedFloatField(null=True, blank=True, verbose_name = "Cena usługi", validators = [MinValueValidator(0.1), MaxValueValidator(999)])
company = models.ForeignKey(Company, related_name = 'services')
def update(self, instance, validated_data):
# Updates an exisitng Company with several services
instance.name = validated_data['name']
instance.address = validated_data['address']
instance.cost_per_patient = validated_data['cost_per_patient']
instance.renting_fee = validated_data['renting_fee']
services_data = validated_data['services']
for item in services_data:
updatedService = ServiceType(
serviceName = item['serviceName'],
servicePrice = item['servicePrice'],
id=item['id'],
company=instance)
updatedService.save()
return instance
service['id']
KeyError 'id'
ServiceSerializer
id
{ "id":49,"name":"Test 1",
"address":"Testowa 1",
"renting_fee":200,
"cost_per_month":300,
"cost_per_patient":null,
"services":[
{"id":67,"serviceName":"Terapia","servicePrice":100},
{"id":68,"serviceName":"Terapia par","servicePrice":150},
{"id":69,"serviceName":"Terapia po angielsku","servicePrice":120}
]
}
print(self.data['services'])
[
OrderedDict([('id', 67), ('serviceName', u'Terapia'), ('servicePrice', 100.0)]),
OrderedDict([('id', 68), ('serviceName', u'Terapia par'), ('servicePrice', 150.0)]),
OrderedDict([('id', 69), ('serviceName', u'Terapia po angielsku'), ('servicePrice', 120.0)]),
OrderedDict([('id', 70), ('serviceName', u'Terapia grupowa'), ('servicePrice', 140.0)])
]
print(services_data)
[
OrderedDict([(u'serviceName', u'Terapia'), (u'servicePrice', 100.0)]),
OrderedDict([(u'serviceName', u'Terapia par'), (u'servicePrice', 150.0)]),
OrderedDict([(u'serviceName', u'Terapia po angielsku'), (u'servicePrice', 120.0)])
]
ids
HiddenField
default
id
id
Ok - I think I found the answer after ... carefully reading the docs :)
So according to the docs the id
field could be set to a ModelField like this:
id = serializers.ModelField(model_field=ServiceType()._meta.get_field('id'))
Indeed, after adding this line the id
field is present in validated_data :)