[Fixed]-Django RestFramework How to let field allow post but now allow put

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You can create another serializer AreaPutSerializer which will inherit from AreaSerializer for handling PUT requests.

In AreaPutSerializer, we will set map_id field as read_only using extra_kwargs option. Doing this will ensure that in PUT requests, map_id field will be included in the API output but not be used in write operations.

class AreaSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    x_axis = serializers.FloatField()
    y_axis = serializers.FloatField()
    map_id = serializers.IntegerField(source='area_map_id')

class AreaPutSerializer(AreaSerializer):

    class Meta(AreaSerializer.Meta):
        extra_kwargs = {'map_id': {'read_only':True}}

In your view, then you can add a get_serializer_class method which will return the serializer class to be used depending on the request method.

def get_serializer_class(self):
    if self.request.method == 'PUT':
        return AreaPutSerializer
    return AreaSerializer
👤Rahul Gupta

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