error with serialization in django rest framework

Question

I use django rest framework and have this error:

base_name argument not specified, and could not automatically determine the name from the viewset, as it does not have a .model or .queryset attribute.

This is my code

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from rest_framework import viewsets, routers
import views

router = routers.SimpleRouter()
router.register(r'book', views.BookViewSet.as_view())

views.py

from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from mobileapp.models import Book
from rest_framework import generics
from mobileapp.serializers import BookSerializer


class BookViewSet(generics.ListAPIView):
    serializer_class = BookSerializer
    def get_queryset(self):
        queryset = Book.objects.filter(user=self.request.user)
        return queryset.order_by('-id')

serializers.py

from mobileapp.models import Book
from rest_framework import serializers


class BookSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Book
        fields = ('id', 'url', 'date', 'comment')

alko · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-24 07:04:53Z

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Have you google'd error statement?

https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework/issues/933

http://django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/routers.html#usage

answered Oct 24, 2013 at 7:04

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Albert Iskhakov Over a year ago

I'v modefied urls.py: router.register(r'^book', views.BookViewSet.as_view(), base_name='book-list'). And now I have 404 error

alko Over a year ago

with what url? try base_name = 'book', '-list' part is appended by SimpleRouter

Albert Iskhakov Over a year ago

url: localhost:8000/book

Albert Iskhakov Over a year ago

base_name = 'book' also returning 404

alko Over a year ago

try localhost:8000/book/

Albert Iskhakov · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-25 06:43:42Z

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I'v solved my problem. There is code.

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from views import BookList, BookDetail
from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns

from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()


urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    url(r'^book/$',  BookList.as_view(), name='book-list'),
    url(r'^book/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', BookDetail.as_view(), name='book-detail'),
    url(r'^api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework')),
)

urlpatterns = format_suffix_patterns(urlpatterns, allowed=['json', 'api'])

views.py

class BookList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
    serializer_class = BookSerializer
    def get_queryset(self):
        queryset = Book.objects.filter(user=self.request.user)
        return queryset.order_by('-id')

class BookDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
    model = Book
    serializer_class = BookSerializer

answered Oct 25, 2013 at 6:43

Albert Iskhakov

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2 Comments

gitaarik Over a year ago

Not a very useful answer for other people

Iwan1993 Over a year ago

For everybody who does not see the solution taken here, the view "BookViewSet" isn't a Set so you got to register the url yourself, instead of registering it in a router instance. The router can only be used with sets. more here django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/routers

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