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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md index 44ee7e39..4c02d530 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Declaring a serializer looks very similar to declaring a form: an existing model instance, or create a new model instance. """ if instance is not None: - instance.title = attrs.get('title', instance.title) + instance.email = attrs.get('email', instance.email) instance.content = attrs.get('content', instance.content) instance.created = attrs.get('created', instance.created) return instance @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ There needs to be a way of determining which views should be used for hyperlinki By default hyperlinks are expected to correspond to a view name that matches the style `'{model_name}-detail'`, and looks up the instance by a `pk` keyword argument. -You can change the field that is used for object lookups by setting the `lookup_field` option. The value of this option should correspond both with a kwarg in the URL conf, and with an field on the model. For example: +You can change the field that is used for object lookups by setting the `lookup_field` option. The value of this option should correspond both with a kwarg in the URL conf, and with a field on the model. For example: class AccountSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer): class Meta: @@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ You can change the field that is used for object lookups by setting the `lookup_ fields = ('url', 'account_name', 'users', 'created') lookup_field = 'slug' +Not that the `lookup_field` will be used as the default on *all* hyperlinked fields, including both the URL identity, and any hyperlinked relationships. + For more specfic requirements such as specifying a different lookup for each field, you'll want to set the fields on the serializer explicitly. For example: class AccountSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer): |