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edx-platform/openedx/core/lib/api/fields.py
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"""Fields useful for edX API implementations."""
from rest_framework.serializers import Field
class ExpandableField(Field):
"""Field that can dynamically use a more detailed serializer based on a user-provided "expand" parameter.
Kwargs:
collapsed_serializer (Serializer): the serializer to use for a non-expanded representation.
expanded_serializer (Serializer): the serializer to use for an expanded representation.
"""
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
"""Sets up the ExpandableField with the collapsed and expanded versions of the serializer."""
assert 'collapsed_serializer' in kwargs and 'expanded_serializer' in kwargs
self.collapsed = kwargs.pop('collapsed_serializer')
self.expanded = kwargs.pop('expanded_serializer')
super(ExpandableField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
def to_representation(self, obj):
"""
Return a representation of the field that is either expanded or collapsed.
"""
should_expand = self.field_name in self.context.get("expand", [])
field = self.expanded if should_expand else self.collapsed
# Avoid double-binding the field, otherwise we'll get
# an error about the source kwarg being redundant.
if field.source is None:
field.bind(self.field_name, self)
if should_expand:
self.expanded.context["expand"] = set(field.context.get("expand", []))
return field.to_representation(obj)