how can i add a new key value to my request.data in django

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I would like to know how can I add a new value to my request.data

this is my request.data, structure:

[{'fname': 'john', 'lname': 'Doe'}]

how can I add the age key for example

This is my whole code :

def create(self, request):
    formSerializer = self.serializer_class(data = request.data)
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    request.data['master'] = self.request.user.id
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    if formSerializer.is_valid():
        formSerializer.save()
        objectSerializer = TeamSerializer(Team.objects.all(), many=True)
        return Response(objectSerializer.data, status = 
             status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
    return Response(formSerializer.errors, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

this is my model

from django.db import models
from users.models import CustomUser

# Create your models here.
class Team(models.Model):
    master = models.ForeignKey(CustomUser, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    name = models.CharField(null=False, blank=False, max_length=255)
    comment = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=255)

i have two input fields ( name + comment ) so i need master field that's why

1 Answers

Here you have to not need to add mater in request.data.

Try this:

    def create(self, request):
        formSerializer = self.serializer_class(data = request.data)
        # request.data['master'] = self.request.user.id
        if formSerializer.is_valid():
            formSerializer.save(master = self.request.user)
            objectSerializer = TeamSerializer(Team.objects.all(), many=True)
            return Response(objectSerializer.data, status = 
                 status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
        return Response(formSerializer.errors, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

Remove master from serializer's fields and add this in serializer:

    class MYSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
        username = serializers.CharField(source='master.username',read_only=True)
        
        class Meta:
            model = MY_MODEL
            fields = (OTHER_FIELDs,'username')

Source Mean??

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