How to serialize models with multiple foreign keys? - django

Question

I want to serialize data in the format given below.I'm new to django-rest framework.I am working in a varsity project.So, little help will be appreciated.
{
{
"Series_name":"something",
"Home_team":"anything",
"Away_team":"sbh",
"players":[
{
"id":"1",
...
}
{
"id":"2",
...
}
]
},
{
"Series_name":"something2",
"Home_team":"anything",
"Away_team":"sbh",
"players":[
{
"id":"1",
...
}
{
"id":"1",
...
}
]
}
}
I have tried this.But this doesn't give satisfactory result.In fact it returns empty set.
class PlayersSerializer2(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = Players
fields = ['name', 'country', 'image', 'role', 'credit']
class SeriesListSerializer2(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = SeriesList
fields = '__all__'
class SeriesSquadsSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
players = PlayersSerializer2(many=True, read_only=True)
series = SeriesListSerializer2(many=True, read_only=True)
class Meta:
model = SeriesSquads
fields = ['series', 'players']
these are the models I'm working with.I've 3 models SeriesList,Series_Squads and Players.Series_sqauds has unique pairs (Series_name,Players).It has two foreign keys pointing objects of SeriesList and Players.
class SeriesList(models.Model):
Series_name = models.CharField(max_length=250,
unique=True,primary_key=True)
No_of_matches = models.IntegerField()
Home_team = models.CharField(max_length=250)
Away_team = models.CharField(max_length=250)
class SeriesSquads(models.Model):
Series_name = models.ForeignKey(SeriesList, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
Squad_player = models.ForeignKey(Players, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
class Players(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(default="", max_length=250)
country = models.CharField(max_length=250)
image = models.CharField(max_length=500)
role = models.CharField(max_length=30)
credit = models.FloatField(default=None)

Answer 1

You can get user of SerializerMethodField to get your ForeignKey related objects into your serializer. Update your serializer so that:
class PlayersSerializer2(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = Players
fields = ['name', 'country', 'image', 'role', 'credit']
class SeriesSquadsSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
players = PlayersSerializer2(many=True, read_only=True)
Series_name = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
Home_team = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
Away_team = = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
class Meta:
model = SeriesSquads
fields = ['players']
def get_Series_name(self, obj):
return obj.Series_name.Series_name
def get_Home_team(self, obj):
return obj.Series_name.Home_team
def get_Away_team(self, obj):
return obj.Series_name.Away_team