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Diffstat (limited to 'rest_framework/serializers.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | rest_framework/serializers.py | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py index a4140c0f..d417ca80 100644 --- a/rest_framework/serializers.py +++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py @@ -653,7 +653,24 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer): if relation_info.to_many and (field_name in validated_attrs): many_to_many[field_name] = validated_attrs.pop(field_name) - instance = ModelClass.objects.create(**validated_attrs) + try: + instance = ModelClass.objects.create(**validated_attrs) + except TypeError as exc: + msg = ( + 'Got a `TypeError` when calling `%s.objects.create()`. ' + 'This may be because you have a writable field on the ' + 'serializer class that is not a valid argument to ' + '`%s.objects.create()`. You may need to make the field ' + 'read-only, or override the %s.create() method to handle ' + 'this correctly.\nOriginal exception text was: %s.' % + ( + ModelClass.__name__, + ModelClass.__name__, + self.__class__.__name__, + exc + ) + ) + raise TypeError(msg) # Save many-to-many relationships after the instance is created. if many_to_many: |