[Fixed]-Django rest framework SerializerMethodField bizarre behaviour

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It appears that DRF’s ImageField returns full URL if request has been provided to serializer context, so there is no need for explicit URL construction. Clean and elegant (requires source studying though – official documentation does not mention this)

👤Mike Doudkin

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I kinda solved it like this:

changed

if instance.image:

to 

if instance.image and self.request:

so these under-the-hood get_image() calls without a proper self.request do not cause crashes anymore.

Still, it would be great to know why all of the above takes place

👤Mike Doudkin

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