I am trying to consume data from a callback API that sends the POST request in this format:
[
{
"key1": "asd",
"key2": "123"
}
]
However my API currently only works when it is sent like this:
{
"key1": "asd",
"key2": "123"
}
serializers.py:
class RawIncomingDataSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = RawIncomingData
fields = '__all__'
views.py:
class RawIncomingDataViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
queryset = RawIncomingData.objects.all()
serializer_class = RawIncomingDataSerializer
There will only ever be one object in the post data, so I am looking for a simple work around without having to rewrite my serializer to interpret multiple objects in one post request.
In that case you can override create and explicitly specify many=True in the get_serializer call:
class RawIncomingDataViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
...
def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data, many=True)
serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
self.perform_create(serializer)
headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, headers=headers)
The idea is to pass many=True into the serializer class. So, I would choose to override the get_serializer(...) method, as
class RawIncomingDataViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
queryset = RawIncomingData.objects.all()
serializer_class = RawIncomingDataSerializer
def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
if self.action == "create":
kwargs["many"] = True
return super().get_serializer(*args, **kwargs)