Unable to get a non-model field in the validated_data of a Django Rest Framework serializer

Question

I have an ItemCollection and Items in my Django models and I want to be able to remove Items from the collection through the UI. In a REST PUT request I add an extra boolean

Answer 1

If you're doing a PUT request, your view is probably calling self.perform_update(serializer). Change it for

serializer.save(=request.data.get('', )

All kwargs are passed down to validated_data to your serializer. Make sure to properly transform incoming value (to boolean, to int, etc.)