Django rest framework get data from foreign key relation? - django

Question

I have a models like this:
class Author(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=150, blank=False, null=False)
dob = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)
description = models.TextField(max_length=2000, blank=False, default="This author doesn't have any description yet!")
image = models.ImageField()
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
class Meta:
ordering = ['created']
def __str__(self):
return self.name
class Book(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=False, null=False)
author = models.CharField(max_length=200)
genres = models.ManyToManyField(Genre, related_name='genre', blank=True)
author = models.ForeignKey(Author, related_name='author', blank=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
description = models.TextField(max_length=1200, blank=False, default="This book doesn't have description yet!")
image = models.ImageField(default="")
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
class Meta:
ordering = ['created']
def __str__(self):
return self.title
class Review(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
book = models.ForeignKey(Book, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
title = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=False, blank=False, help_text="Title overall of your review")
rating = models.IntegerField(validators=[MinValueValidator(0), MaxValueValidator(5)], help_text='Rating in range 0-5')
description = models.TextField(max_length=1000, null=False, blank=False)
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
I want to get Book data response in json with my reviews of the book from my Review table but don't know how. I am not getting any useful solution from documentation and Google, please help.

Answer 1

You could set the related_name field in the book field of the Review model.
class Review(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
book = models.ForeignKey(Book, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name = 'reviews')
...
Then in the serializer, you can add the related field.
class ReviewSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = Review
fields = '__all__'
class BookSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
reviews = ReviewSerializer(many = True)
class Meta:
model = Book
fields = '__all__'
extra_fields = ('reviews', )