Editing django-rest-framework serializer object before save
Now edited for REST framework 3
With REST framework 3 the pattern is now:
if serializer.is_valid(): serializer.save(user_id=15)Note that the serializers do not now ever expose an unsaved object instance as serializer.object, however you can inspect the raw validated data as serializer.validated_data.
If you're using the generic views and you want to modify the save behavior you can use the perform_create and/or perform_update hooks...
def perform_create(self, serializer): serializer.save(user_id=15)
You can edit the serializer's object before save the serializer:
if serializer.is_valid(): serializer.object.user_id = 15 # <----- this line serializer.save()