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authorCraig de Stigter2013-05-18 10:23:26 +0200
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@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ The first thing we need to get started on our Web API is provide a way of serial
def restore_object(self, attrs, instance=None):
"""
- Create or update a new snippet instance.
+ Create or update a new snippet instance, given a dictionary
+ of deserialized field values.
+
+ Note that if we don't define this method, then deserializing
+ data will simply return a dictionary of items.
"""
if instance:
# Update existing instance
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ We can also serialize querysets instead of model instances. To do so we simply
## Using ModelSerializers
-Our `SnippetSerializer` class is replicating a lot of information that's also contained in the `Snippet` model. It would be nice if we could keep out code a bit more concise.
+Our `SnippetSerializer` class is replicating a lot of information that's also contained in the `Snippet` model. It would be nice if we could keep our code a bit more concise.
In the same way that Django provides both `Form` classes and `ModelForm` classes, REST framework includes both `Serializer` classes, and `ModelSerializer` classes.