Django serializer for one object

Question

I\'m trying to figure out a way to serialize some Django model object to JSON format, something like:

j = Job.objects.get(pk=1)
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Answer 1

Method-1

Use Django Serializer with python format

from django.core import serializers

j = Job.objects.get(pk=1)
response = serializers.serialize('python', [j], ensure_ascii=False)

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Method-2

use json format while serializing and loads the string response

import json
from django.core import serializers

j = Job.objects.get(pk=1)
json_str_response = serializers.serialize('json', [j], ensure_ascii=False)
response = json.loads(json_str_response)[0]

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Method-3

Use Django REST Framework's Serializer class define a serializer class and serialize the instance as

from rest_framework import serializers


class JobSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Job
        fields = '__all__'


j = Job.objects.get(pk=1)
response = JobSerializer(instance=j).data

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Reference
1. Serializer Django model object