How to Change ManyToManyField Name in Serializer - django

Question

I want to change ManyToManyField Name. user_groups is manytomanyfield. I tried to use ManyToManyRelatedField and also PrimaryKeyRelatedField but it is giving error. How can i change or with data type should i give like for character field i am giving CharField
class EmployeeProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
employee_id = serializers.CharField(source='user_employee_id')
payroll_id = serializers.CharField(source='user_payroll_id')
phone = serializers.CharField(source='user_phone')
hire_date = serializers.DateField(source='user_hire_date')
pay_rate = serializers.IntegerField(source='user_pay_rate')
salaried = serializers.CharField(source='user_salaried')
excempt = serializers.CharField(source='user_excempt')
state = serializers.CharField(source='user_state')
city = serializers.CharField(source='user_city')
zipcode = serializers.IntegerField(source='user_zipcode')
status = serializers.CharField(source='user_status')
class Meta:
model = UserProfile
fields = [
'employee_id',
'phone',
'payroll_id',
'hire_date',
'pay_rate',
'salaried',
'excempt',
'state',
'city',
'zipcode',
'status',
'user_groups',
]

Answer 1

You can use SerializerMethodField:
class EmployeeProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
...
your_custom_name = SerializerMethodField()
class Meta:
model = UserProfile
fields = ['your_custom_name ', ...]
def get_your_custom_name(self, obj):
# Return ids:
return list(obj.user_groups.all().values_list('pk', flat=True))
# Or using a serializer:
return MyUserGroupSerializer(obj.user_groups.all(), many=True).data
For create and update you have to override the create and update method to assign the new field:
class EmployeeProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
...
your_custom_name = IntegerField()
class Meta:
model = UserProfile
fields = ['your_custom_name', ...]
# If you need validation
def validate_your_custom_name(self, value):
if value:
if int(value) > 5:
return value
return None
def create(self, validated_data):
# Get the data for your new field
my_costum_data = validated_data.get('your_custom_name')
# Do something with it
profile_obj = UserProfile.objects.create(...)
if my_costum_data:
user_group = UserGroupModel.objects.get(pk=int(my_costum_data))
profile_obj.user_groups.add(user_group)
def update(self, instance, validated_data):
# Same as create()
...