Get foreign key fields in django rest framework

Accessing my API endpoint I get something like this:


place: "https://example.com/api/places/998/?format=json",
item: "Stone Fruit Salad",
description: "greens • fennel • cucumber"
,

place: "https://example.com/api/places/999/?format=json",
item: "Elote",
description: "sweet corn • raddish • goat milk feta • pepita • chipotle yogurt dressing • (can be made vegan)"



What I'd like to do is have the place name and other fields available from this endpoint, instead of the the URL to another endpoint. Is this possible? Something like this:

name


place_name: "Place 1",
place_website: "example.com",
item: "Stone Fruit Salad",
description: "greens • fennel • cucumber"
,

place_name: "Place 2",
place_website: "example.com",
item: "Elote",
description: "sweet corn • raddish • goat milk feta • pepita • chipotle yogurt dressing • (can be made vegan)"



serializer.py

from ..models import MenuItem
from rest_framework import serializers


class MenuItemSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = MenuItem
fields = ('place','item','description')


views.py (api views)

from ..models import MenuItem
from rest_framework import viewsets
from .serializers import MenuItemSerializer


class MenuItemViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
queryset = MenuItem.objects.all()
serializer_class = MenuItemSerializer


1 Answer
1

Use ModelSerializer instead of HyperlinkedModelSerializer as,

ModelSerializer

HyperlinkedModelSerializer

class MenuItemSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
place_name = serializers.CharField(source='place.name')
place_website = serializers.CharField(source='place.website')

class Meta:
model = MenuItem
fields = ('place_name', 'place_website', 'item', 'description')

Reference

1. Serializer's source argument

2. ModelSerializer class

source

ModelSerializer

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