Save multiple objects in same model using tastypie

[Neetu Gupta]

Hello,

I have a Django project with following model:

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class InstalledApps(models.Model):

    user = models.ForeignKey(User)

    app_package_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)

I'm using tastypie to create a POST API endpoint, so that user can post multiple objects to InstalledApps model in single a API call:

class InstalledAppsResource(ModelResource):

    class Meta:

        queryset = InstalledApps.objects.all()

        resource_name = 'apps'

        authorization= Authorization()

        authentication = Authentication()

        #validation = InstalledAppsValidation()

        list_allowed_methods = ['post', 'get']

        always_return_data = True

    def hydrate(self, bundle):

        usrname = bundle.request.META['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'][7:].split(':')[0]

        usr = User.objects.get(username__exact=usrname)

        if not bundle.obj.pk:

            bundle.obj.user = usr

            return bundle

When I try to POST to this endpoint:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: ApiKey username:abcde" -d '{"app_package_name": ["pqr", "abc", "xyz"]}' http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/apps

I get response:

{"app_package_name": "['pqr', 'abc', 'xyz']", "id": 16, "resource_uri": "/api/v1/apps/16"}

i.e. rather than having three rows in "InstalledApps" table, it creates a single row with "InstalledApps.app_package_name" set to ['pqr', 'abc', 'xyz']

What should I do to save three rows in the InstalledApps table?

Thanks!

[Pavel Kuchin]

Hi Neetu,

I believe it have to be something like this:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: ApiKey username:abcde" -d '{objects: [{"app_package_name": "pqr"}, {"app_package_name": "abc"}, {"app_package_name": "xyz"}]}' http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/apps

Best regards, Pavel