How to send nested form-data using postman? - django

Question

Assume I have some data as below,
{
"name":"John",
"age":30,
"cars":
{
"car_img_1":"car_img_file1",
"car_img_2":"car_img_file2",
"car_img_3":"car_img_file3"
}
}
How can I send it using POSTMAN with form-data?
NOTES
1. car_img_fileX will be the file(.jpg,.png etc types)
2. What I'd tried -->> POSTMAN Screenshot.
3. Local server builted with Django framework
Current Output
Receiving 5 different items/data instaed of Nested data--> see this Pycharm Debugger Output

Answer 1

Try this:
cars[0][car_img_1]:car_img_file1
cars[1][car_img_2]:car_img_file2
You can insert it in "bulk-edit" mode.

Answer 2

I found this answer from this problem. Edited as per your code.
Convert your Image Fields to base64Image and send it through the JSON data.
All you need to do is:
go to https://www.base64-image.de/ and convert the image to base64 format. Copy the encoded result.
Install django-extra-fields package in your project from here
In your serializer_class, import and change the image field to Base64ImageField:
serializers.py
...
from drf_extra_fields.fields import Base64ImageField
...
Now, go to your postman and send the JSON data like the following. Remember to send that encoded image in your image field in JSON.
{
"name":"John",
"age":30,
"cars":
{
"car_img_1":"<base64 encoded image>",
"car_img_2":"<base64 encoded image>",
"car_img_3":"<base64 encoded image>"
}
}