Django REST: Serializer create function request.user not found

Question

The create function is giving me the following error:

AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'user'

Looks like request.user does not exist in this serializer. Is there a way to retrieve the user id in serializer? Or is this not possible?

class EmployeeQuestionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = EmployeeQuestion
        fields = (
            'id',
            'employee',
            'question',
            'attempted',
            'passed',
        )

    def create(self, request):
        serializer = EmployeeQuestionSerializer(employee=request.user.pk)
        if serializer.is_valid():
            return serializer.save();

    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
        instance.attempted = validated_data.get('attempted')
        instance.passed = validated_data.get('passed')
        instance.save()
        return instance

create has no request parameter, it only has a dictionary with data. — willeM_ Van Onsem
– willeM_ Van Onsem, Commented Jul 22, 2020 at 20:15
request.user is available in your serializer.context stackoverflow.com/questions/63039105/… — minglyu
– minglyu, Commented Jul 22, 2020 at 20:39

SST · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-22 20:31:07Z

5

You can to pass the request object from views.py to this serializer

serializer = EmployeeQuestionSerializer(queryset, context={'request':request})

then in serializers.py you can access that with self inside create: user=self.context['request'].user

edited Jul 22, 2020 at 20:31

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answered Jul 22, 2020 at 20:24

SST

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SJ19 Over a year ago

Thank you very much! Actually the first part isn't necessary, "self.context['request'].user.pk" works right away!

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