django rest framework: set field-level error from serializer validate() method

Question

I have a serializer that validates fields based on the values of other fields, In the error response I would like to show each field error as a field error as opposed to showing

Answer 1

I figured it out, on this page of the documentation in the "BaseSerializer" section, there's an example that shows ValidationError can take a dictionary argument upon initialization.

If I raise ValidationError({'field_val1': ['this field is not valid']}) I get the JSON response I want.