1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index edc77e1a..09ccc4ff 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 from django.utils.encoding import is_protected_type, smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.compat import parse_date, parse_datetime
 from rest_framework.compat import timezone
 
@@ -173,6 +174,14 @@ class Field(object):
             return {}
 
 
+class HyperlinkedIdentityField(Field):
+    def field_to_native(self, obj, field_name):
+        request = self.context.get('request', None)
+        view_name = self.parent.opts.view_name
+        view_kwargs = {'pk': obj.pk}
+        return reverse(view_name, kwargs=view_kwargs, request=request)
+
+
 class RelatedField(Field):
     """
     A base class for model related fields or related managers.