django-rest-framework-datatables and Django Parler's translation field - django

Question

I've got model with translated fields.
class Device(TranslatableModel):
translations = TranslatedFields(name=models.CharField(max_length=100))
I made a serializer like:
class DeviceSerializer(TranslatableModelSerializer):
translations = TranslatedFieldsField(shared_model=Device)
class Meta:
model = Device
fields = ('translations',)
It gives me nice JSON like it should.
{
"count": 1,
"next": null,
"previous": null,
"results": [
{
"device": {
"translations": {
"en": {
"name": "Sample Device"
}
}
}
}
]
}
Now i want to use it with django-rest-framework. In my template I've written script like:
$('#devices').DataTable({
'serverSide': true,
'ajax': 'api/devices/?format=datatables',
'columns': [
{'data':'device.translations.en'}
It refuses to work with me. I am getting django.core.exceptions.FieldError: Unsupported lookup 'en' for AutoField or join on the field not permitted.
If I am not appending .en to {'data'} it gives Object.object of course.

Answer 1

Issue is in template file.
Pass name & data field separately to columns in data-table configuration
please replace field_name with your model field name
$('#devices').DataTable({
'ajax': 'api/devices/?format=datatables',
'columns': [
{"data": "translations.en.field_name" , "name": "translations.field_name"},
]
});
for more details refer django-rest-framework-datatables
& Django-parler-rest
The actual problem is that while making get request to server
data-table will add name value in column parameter so
instead of writing
"name": "translations.en.field_name"
write down:
"name": "translations.field_name"
remove language code