custom URLs using django rest framework

Question

I am trying to use the django rest framework to expose my models as APIs.

serializers

class UserSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelS         


        

Answer 1

You should set the lookup_field property in the serializers and viewsets.

In the serializers.py:

class UserSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('url', 'username', 'email', 'user_slug')
        lookup_field = 'user_slug'
        extra_kwargs = {
            'url': {'lookup_field': 'user_slug'}
        }

In the viewsets.py:

class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    serializer_class = UserSerializer
    queryset = User.objects.all()
    lookup_field = ('user_slug')