Django Rest Framework and JSONField

Question

Given a Django model with a JSONField, what is the correct way of serializing and deserializing it using Django Rest Framework?

I\'ve already tried crating a custom

Answer 1

In 2.4.x:

from rest_framework import serializers # get from https://gist.github.com/rouge8/5445149

class WritableJSONField(serializers.WritableField):
    def to_native(self, obj):
        return obj


class MyModelSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
    my_json_field = WritableJSONField() # you need this.