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POSerializing a list of object as dictionnary in DjangoRestFramework
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copied!<p>Using django & django-rest-framework, I have the following model (this is simplified but it's all there):</p> <pre><code>class Device(Model): #stuff class DeviceInformation(Model): device = ForeignKey(Device, reverse='infos') key = CharField(max_length=32) value = CharField(max_length=1024) </code></pre> <p>When serializing a device through django-rest-framework's ModelSerializer, I get something like this:</p> <pre><code>{ //stuff infos: [{ 'key':'BatteryLevel', 'value':'80%' },{ 'key':'DeviceName', 'value':'my device' }, //etc ] } </code></pre> <p>Which is perfectly normal. However, it would make much more sense to serialize into something like this:</p> <pre><code>{ //stuff infos: { 'BatteryLevel':'80%', 'DeviceName':'my device', //etc } } </code></pre> <p>How do I do that? Is it even possible? Note that I don't need to deserialize any of these information.</p> <p>EDIT: my serializers are as follows:</p> <pre><code>class DeviceInfoSerializer(ModelSerializer): class Meta: model = DeviceInformation fields = ('key', 'value') read_only_fields = fields class DeviceSerializer(HyperlinkedModelSerializer): udid = serializers.CharField(read_only=True) def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(DeviceSerializer, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) if hasattr(self, 'object') and self.object and not self.many: self.data['infos'] = DeviceInfoSerializer( self.object.infos.all(), many=True).data class Meta: model = Device fields = ['udid', 'model', 'tracked'] read_only_fields = ('model', 'tracked') slug_field = 'udid' </code></pre>

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