Added UUIDField.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index cc9410aa..5e3f7ce4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import datetime
 import decimal
 import inspect
 import re
+import uuid
 
 
 class empty:
@@ -632,6 +633,23 @@ class URLField(CharField):
         self.validators.append(validator)
 
 
+class UUIDField(Field):
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _('"{value}" is not a valid UUID.'),
+    }
+
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        if not isinstance(data, uuid.UUID):
+            try:
+                return uuid.UUID(data)
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                self.fail('invalid', value=data)
+        return data
+
+    def to_representation(self, value):
+        return str(value)
+
+
 # Number types...
 
 class IntegerField(Field):