django-returnfields 0.3.2

what is this?

The api is defined, such as below.

request: GET /users/1/?format=json
status code: 200
response: {
  "id": 1,
  "url": "http://testserver/users/1/?format=json",
  "username": "foo",
  "email": "",
  "is_staff": false,
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "user": 1,
      "name": "magic"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "user": 1,
      "name": "magik"
    }
  ]
}

If you passing return_fields option, api’s response is filtered.

request: GET /users/1/?format=json&return_fields=username,id
status code: 200
response: {
  "id": 1,
  "username": "foo"
}

And adding skip__fields option, treated as ignored fields.

request: GET /users/1/?format=json&return_fields=username,skills&skip_fields=skills__id,skills__user
status code: 200
response: {
  "username": "foo",
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "magic"
    },
    {
      "name": "magik"
    }
  ]
}

how to use it?

using django_returnfields.serializer_factory

from rest_framework import viewsets
from django_returnfields import serializer_factory

class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = User.objects.all()
    serializer_class = serializer_factory(UserSerializer)

appendix

if you requesting with aggressive option, then, django_returnfields tries to use Query.defer() or Query.only(). e.g.

GET /users/1/?format=json&return_fields=username,skills&skip_fields=skills__id,skills__user&aggressive=1

aggressive option is not only using defer and only, but also semi-automatic join or prefetching (TODO: introduction)

example

## models
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User


class Skill(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255, default="", null=False)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=False, related_name="skills")


## serializers
from rest_framework import serializers

class SkillSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Skill
        fields = ('id', 'user', 'name')


class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    skills = SkillSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('id', 'url', 'username', 'email', 'is_staff', 'skills')

## viewsets
from rest_framework import viewsets
from django_returnfields import serializer_factory

class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = User.objects.all()
    serializer_class = serializer_factory(UserSerializer)

class SkillViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = Skill.objects.all()
    serializer_class = serializer_factory(SkillSerializer)


## routes

router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register(r'users', viewsets.UserViewSet)
router.register(r'skills', viewsets.SkillViewSet)

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^api/', include(router.urls)),
]

0.3.2

• simplify

• bug fix, a optimization is not worked with a serializer has many=False option.

0.3.1

• supporting source option of django restframework’s field

0.3

• rewriting aggressive implementation.