How to register users in Django REST framework?

Question

I\'m coding a REST API with Django REST framework. The API will be the backend of a social mobile app. After following the tutorial, I can serialise all my models and I am a

Answer 1

@cpury above suggested using write_only_fields option. This however did not work for me in DRF 3.3.3

In DRF 3.0 the write_only_fields option on ModelSerializer has been moved to PendingDeprecation and in DRF 3.2 replaced with a more generic extra_kwargs:

extra_kwargs = {'password': {'write_only': True}}