from rest_framework import pagination, serializers class PaginationSerializer(pagination.PaginationSerializer): """ Custom PaginationSerializer to include num_pages field """ num_pages = serializers.Field(source='paginator.num_pages') class CollapsedReferenceSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer): """Serializes arbitrary models in a collapsed format, with just an id and url.""" id = serializers.CharField(read_only=True) # pylint: disable=invalid-name url = serializers.HyperlinkedIdentityField(view_name='') def __init__(self, model_class, view_name, id_source='id', lookup_field=None, *args, **kwargs): """Configures the serializer. Args: model_class (class): Model class to serialize. view_name (string): Name of the Django view used to lookup the model. id_source (string): Optional name of the id field on the model. Defaults to 'id'. lookup_field (string): Optional name of the model field used to lookup the model in the view. Defaults to the value of id_source. """ if not lookup_field: lookup_field = id_source self.Meta.model = model_class super(CollapsedReferenceSerializer, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.fields['id'].source = id_source self.fields['url'].view_name = view_name self.fields['url'].lookup_field = lookup_field class Meta(object): """Defines meta information for the ModelSerializer. model is set dynamically in __init__. """ fields = ("id", "url")