In DRF, I can serialize a native Python object like this:
class Comment(object):
def __init__(self, email, content, created=None):
self.email = email
self.content = content
self.created = created or datetime.now()
class CommentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
email = serializers.EmailField()
content = serializers.CharField(max_length=200)
created = serializers.DateTimeField()
comment = Comment(email='leila@example.com', content='foo bar')
serializer = CommentSerializer(comment)
serializer.data
# --> {'email': 'leila@example.com', 'content': 'foo bar', 'created': '2016-01-27T15:17:10.375877'}
Is it possible to do the same for a list of objects using ListSerializer?
You can simply add many=True for serialising list.
comments = [Comment(email='leila@example.com', content='foo bar'),
Comment(email='leila1@example.com', content='foo bar 1'),
Comment(email='leila2@example.com', content='foo bar 2')]
serializer = CommentSerializer(comments, many=True)
serializer.data