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Expandable serializers for Django REST Framework

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Django Rest Framework Expandable

Description

Expandable serializers for Django REST Framework. Allow for selective object expansion through query parameters or serializer class kwargs.

Installation

pip install django-rest-framework-expandable

Usage

# apps/users/api.serializers.py
# (User serializer)
class UserSerializer(ExpandableHyperlinkedModelSerializer):
  class Meta:
    model = User
    fields = ("username", "id", ...)

# apps/users/api/fields.py
# (User expandable serializer field)
class UserRelatedField(ExpandableHyperlinkedRelatedField):
  queryset = User.objects.all()
  lookup_field = "id"
  view_name = "api:user-detail"
  expand_settings = {
    "comparison_fields": ["id"],
    "serializers": [
      {
        "paths": ["example.user"],
        "serializer": "apps.users.api.serializers.UserSerializer",
        "skipped": [],
      }
    ]
  }

# apps/example/api/serializers.py
# Example serializer (using nested expandable serializer fields)
from apps.users.api.fields import UserRelatedField
from apps.another.api.fields import AnotherRelatedField

class ExampleSerializer(ExpandableHyperlinkedModelSerializer):
  another_related_field = AnotherRelatedField()
  user = UserRelatedField()
  ...

Returns...

GET http://localhost:8000/api/examples/?expand=example.user
{
  id: 1,
  another_related_field: "http://localhost:8000/api/another/1",
  user: {
    id: 1,
    username: "Alex",
    ...
  }
}

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