Fields¶

Custom fields to be used within models or serializers of any django application using Django Rest framework.

ChoicesField¶

Django provides a choices inside the CharField with the attribute choices. This field is a wrapper that allows direct declaration in the models.

How to use¶

from django_fast_utils.fields import ChoicesField
from django.db import models


class MyModel(models.Model):
    custom_choices = ChoicesField(choices=MY_CHOICES)
    ...

WritableSerializerMethodField¶

Custom version of SerializerMethodField from Django Rest framework that allows read/write.

How to use¶

from django_fast_utils.fields import WritableSerializerMethodField
from rest_framwork import serializers


class MySerializer(serializers.Serializer):
    name = WritableSerializerMethodField()

    def get_name(self, instance):
        ...
        ...

AbsoluteImageField¶

When serializing an ImageField url usually implies some extra code to show the full path url and expose the full url into APIs.

How to use¶

from django_fast_utils.fields import AbsoluteImageField
from rest_framwork import serializers


class MySerializer(serializers.Serializer):
    photo = AbsoluteImageField()