DRF Verbose Serializers

A Django REST Framework extension that allows you to use verbose field names in your serializers.

Installation

pip install drf-verbose-serializers

Features

• Adds verbose_field_name parameter to DRF serializer fields
• Allows customizing serializer output field names without changing the underlying model or serializer field names
• Supports nested serializers with many=True relationships
• Includes mixins for both ModelSerializer and Serializer classes

Usage

Basic Example

from rest_framework import serializers
from drf_verbose_serializers import VerboseModelSerializerMixin, VerboseCharField, VerboseIntegerField

class UserSerializer(VerboseModelSerializerMixin, serializers.ModelSerializer):
    username = VerboseCharField(verbose_field_name='Username')
    email = VerboseCharField(verbose_field_name='Email Address')
    age = VerboseIntegerField(verbose_field_name='Age')

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ['username', 'email', 'age']

This will produce JSON like:

{
    "Username": "johndoe",
    "Email Address": "john@example.com",
    "Age": 30
}

Using with Regular Serializers

from rest_framework import serializers
from drf_verbose_serializers import VerboseSerializerMixin, VerboseCharField, VerboseIntegerField

class UserSerializer(VerboseSerializerMixin, serializers.Serializer):
    username = VerboseCharField(verbose_field_name='Username')
    email = VerboseCharField(verbose_field_name='Email Address')
    age = VerboseIntegerField(verbose_field_name='Age')

Nested Serializers

from rest_framework import serializers
from drf_verbose_serializers import (
    VerboseModelSerializerMixin, 
    VerboseCharField,
    VerbosePrimaryKeyRelatedField
)

class CommentSerializer(VerboseModelSerializerMixin, serializers.ModelSerializer):
    text = VerboseCharField(verbose_field_name='Comment Text')
    
    class Meta:
        model = Comment
        fields = ['text']

class PostSerializer(VerboseModelSerializerMixin, serializers.ModelSerializer):
    title = VerboseCharField(verbose_field_name='Post Title')
    body = VerboseCharField(verbose_field_name='Post Body')
    comments = CommentSerializer(many=True, verbose_field_name='Post Comments')
    
    class Meta:
        model = Post
        fields = ['title', 'body', 'comments']

Available Fields

All standard DRF fields are supported with verbose name variants:

• VerboseCharField
• VerboseIntegerField
• VerboseBooleanField
• VerboseDateTimeField
• VerboseDateField
• VerboseFloatField
• VerboseDecimalField
• VerboseEmailField
• VerboseSerializerMethodField
• VerboseRelatedField
• VerbosePrimaryKeyRelatedField
• VerboseHyperlinkedRelatedField
• VerboseSlugRelatedField
• VerboseHyperlinkedIdentityField
• VerboseListField
• VerboseDictField
• VerboseJSONField
• VerboseStringRelatedField

License

MIT