Django rest framework get json instead of count

Question

i have a Community app with a field of subscriber related to the accounts app but in the response it return counts instead of using account serializer

CommunitySerializer:

class CommunitySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = Community
        fields = ('name', 'about', 'subscribers', 'moderators')

AccountsSerializer:

class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('username',)

It Return:

{
"name": "pcmasterrace",
"about": "Welcome to the official subreddit of the PC Master Race. In this subreddit, we celebrate and promote the ultimate gaming and working platform. Ascend to a level that respects your eyes, your wallet, your mind, and your heart. Ascend to... the PC Master Race.",
"community_rules": [
    {
        "rule": "Rule 1 - Off Topic",
        "description": "DOnt fuck"
    },
    {
        "rule": "Rule 2 - No tech support",
        "description": "community_rulescommunity_rulescommunity_rulescommunity_rulescommunity_rules"
    }
],
"subscribers": [
    1
],
"moderators": [
    1
]
}

How does it return community_rules if that is not within the serializer? — HenryM
– HenryM, Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 19:31
Is it actually passing back a count or is it a list of ForeignKey primary keys? — HenryM
– HenryM, Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 19:39

Ozgur Akcali · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-11 22:16:54Z

1

Instead of count, could 1 in

"subscribers": [
    1
],

be the id of the only subscriber? Either way, if you want to get subscribers as a list of UserSerializer instances, you need to define it explicitly in the serializer, otherwise DRF would use ids by default.

class CommunitySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    subscribers = UserSerializer(many=True)
    ...

answered Mar 11, 2019 at 22:16

Ozgur Akcali

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