Create UUID on client and save primary key with Django REST Framework and using a POST

Question

I\'d like to be able to create a UUID on the client and send it to Django Rest Framework (DRF) and use that for the Primary Key of the Mod

Answer 1

The id field of the serializer is set as read-only because of the editable=False argument.

Model fields which have editable=False set, and AutoField fields will be set to read-only by default,

Try declaring it explicitly:

class PersonCreateSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    # Explicit declaration sets the field to be `read_only=False`
    id = serializers.UUIDField()

    class Meta:
        model = Person
        fields = ('id', 'username', 'email', 'password')