Limiting fields in nested resources...

[Amit Masaun]

Hi,

I am a .NET developer trying to develop my first REST API using Python, Django, and django-rest-framework and producing JSON output.  I am using ModelResources mapped directly to Models and I successfully created the API and it returns correctly serialized output.  I am able to limit what fields are exposed on the ModelResource by setting the "fields" property, however all nested (related) resources are showing all fields.  What would be the best way to limit what fields I show once the Resource is serialized?  Do I need to create a Custom Serializer?  Thanks in advance.

--Amit Masaun

[Tom Christie]

Something like this...

class UserResource(ModelResource): 

    model = Detail

    fields = ('foo', 'bar', 'baz')

class RootResource(ModelResource):

    model = Root

    fields = (

        'field_1',

        'field_2'

        ('field_3': DetailResource'), 

    )

[Amit Masaun]

Hi Tom.  Thanks very much for some direction.  Using the technique you laid out (with the minor tweak of a "," instead ":" ) I was easily able to accomplish what I needed.  Kudos on a great REST framework.  I am really liking it coming from a WCF world.

[banxi]

Thanks ,this post is useful to me!

在 2012年8月19日星期日UTC+8下午4时10分00秒，Amit Masaun写道：

[Cherie Pun]

Hi,

I can't seem to find ModelResource in the framework, do I have to import it from somewhere else? Also, does this work if the field is a list?

Cheers,
Cherie