django rest framework create user with password

Question

Using django-rest-framework 3 and django 1.8

I am trying to create a user using django-rest-framework ModelViewSerializer. problem is that the default objects.create m

Answer 1

A complete example that support POST and PUT/PATCH without another SQL UPDATE statement.

class MyUserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = models.User
        fields = '__all__'

    def create(self, validated_data):
        if "password" in validated_data:
            from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
            validated_data["password"] = make_password(validated_data["password"])
        return super().create(validated_data)

    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
        if "password" in validated_data:
            from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
            validated_data["password"] = make_password(validated_data["password"])
        return super().update(instance, validated_data)