How to create a generic serializer with a dynamic model in Meta

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When i create a Serializer in django-rest0-framework, based on a ModelSerializer, i will have to pass the model in the Meta class:

class ClientSerializer(ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Client

I want to create a general serializer which, based on the URL, includes the model dynamically.

My setup thusfar includes the urls.py and the viewset:

urls.py:

 url(r'^api/v1/general/(?P<model>\w+)', kernel_api_views.GeneralViewSet.as_view({'get':'list'}))

and views.py:

class GeneralViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):

     def get_queryset(self):
            # Dynamically get the model class from myapp.models
            queryset = getattr(myapp.models, model).objects.all()
            return queryset

     def get_serializer_class(self):
         return getattr(myapp.serializers, self.kwargs['model']+'Serializer')
Aug 5, 2020 in Python by kartik
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Hello @kartik,

You can do that by following:

serializers.py

class GeneralSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = None

views.py

class GeneralViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):

     def get_queryset(self):
         model = self.kwargs.get('model')
         return model.objects.all()           

     def get_serializer_class(self):
         GeneralSerializer.Meta.model = self.kwargs.get('model')
         return GeneralSerializer  

In serializers.py, we define a GeneralSerializer having model in Meta as None. We'll override the model value at the time of calling get_serializer_class().

Then in our views.py file, we define a GeneralViewSet with get_queryset() and get_serializer_class() overridden.

In get_queryset(), we obtain the value of the model from kwargs and return that queryset.

Hope it helps!!
Thank you!!

answered Aug 5, 2020 by Niroj
• 82,840 points

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