django-rest-framework: How Do I Serialize a Field That Already Contains JSON?

Question

I am pretty new to the django-rest-framework, so could use some help.

I have an object with a TextField that is a string containing JSON.

I\'m using django-r

Answer 1

I solved this another way:

1: use a JSON-Field for the JSON content (django-jsonfield or django-json-field should be fine). These then will to loads/dumps as needed

2: in my serializer, use the transform-method to prevent the data added as string to the response

class MyModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    def transform_myjsonfield(self, obj, value):
        return obj.myjsonfield

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel

If you need write-access, you only have to add a method validate_myjsonfield which converts back.

(of course, this could be also done with a custom DRF serializer field.