How to post nested arrays in Django REST Framework with Postman form-data?

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I have a nested writable serializer with array fields. I need to test it with form-data because one of the field type is ImageField. When I changed the ImageField into CharField it worked fine if I posted it with raw JSON format.
My simplified serializers.py:

class ProductMarketSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    id = serializers.IntegerField(required=False)
    market = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=False, queryset=Market.objects.all())
    slabs = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, queryset=Slab.objects.all())
    thicknesses = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, queryset=Thickness.objects.all())
    finish_types = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, queryset=FinishType.objects.all())

    class Meta:
        model = ProductMarket
        fields = ['id', 'market', 'name', 'slabs', 'thicknesses', 'finish_types']


class ProductSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    collection = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=ProductCollection.objects.all(), many=False)
    color = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=ColorParent.objects.all(), many=False)
    images = ProductImageSerializer(many=True)
    descriptions = ProductDescriptionSerializer(many=True)
    markets = ProductMarketSerializer(many=True)

    class Meta:
        model = Product
        fields = ['id', 'product_code', 'collection', 'color', 'images', 'descriptions', 'markets', 'video', 'status']

    def create(self, validated_data):
        image_data = validated_data.pop('images')
        description_data = validated_data.pop('descriptions')
        market_data = validated_data.pop('markets')

        images = []
        for image in image_data:
            img_obj = ProductImage.objects.create(**image)
            images.append(img_obj)

        descriptions = []
        for description in description_data:
            desc_obj = ProductDescription.objects.create(**description)
            descriptions.append(desc_obj)

        markets = []
        for market in market_data:
            slabs = market.pop('slabs')
            thicknesses = market.pop('thicknesses')
            finish_types = market.pop('finish_types')
            market_obj = ProductMarket.objects.create(**market)
            market_obj.slabs.set(slabs)
            market_obj.thicknesses.set(thicknesses)
            market_obj.finish_types.set(finish_types)
            markets.append(market_obj)

        product = Product.objects.create(**validated_data)
        product.images.set(images)
        product.descriptions.set(descriptions)
        product.markets.set(markets)

        return product

views.py:

class ProductView(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    permission_classes = [permissions.DjangoModelPermissions]
    serializer_class = ProductSerializer
    queryset = Product.objects.all()

For now I can only send 1 slabs, thicknesses, and finish_types each within 1 markets field. How to add another slabs, thicknesses, and finish_types for the same markets? What's the correct key-value pair format if I use form-data as Body?

The created Product object:

{
    "message": "success",
    "data": {
        "id": 60,
        "product_code": "BQ1010",
        "collection": 1,
        "color": 1,
        "images": [
            {
                "id": 57,
                "image": "image",
                "default": false
            }
        ],
        "descriptions": [
            {
                "id": 65,
                "language": 1,
                "description": "new description in english"
            }
        ],
        "markets": [
            {
                "id": 47,
                "market": 1,
                "name": "White Stone",
                "slabs": [
                    1
                ],
                "thicknesses": [
                    2
                ],
                "finish_types": [
                    1
                ]
            }
        ],
        "video": "https://www.youtube.com",
        "status": "Continue"
    }
}

When I try to add the second slabs and thicknesses like this:
The slabs and thicknesses fields will be empty.

 "markets": [
            {
                "id": 48,
                "market": 1,
                "name": "White Stone",
                "slabs": [],
                "thicknesses": [],
                "finish_types": [
                    1
                ]
            }
        ],

Nathan · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-02 20:30:52Z

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How to post nested arrays in Django REST Framework with Postman form-data?

group_permission[0]permission:share_item

group_permission[0]user_group:1

group_permission[0]key:5

group_permission[0]groups:1

group_permission[0]value:True

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jeevu94 · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-04 08:06:27Z

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As of 04-08-2023: Now you can give nested values with only dot notation. No need for [0]. example:

___________________________________________________
Column Key                  | Column Value
---------------------------------------------------
group_permission.permission | share_item
group_permission.user_group | 1
group_permission.key        | 5
group_permission.groups     | 1
group_permission.value      | True
---------------------------------------------------

Note: For Django Users you need to set a parser class for your views.
eg:
parser_classes = [MultiPartParser, FormParser]

answered Aug 4, 2023 at 8:06

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Nathan · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-01 12:12:01Z

-1

Multiset Python

import math
import os
import random
import re
import sys


class Multiset:
    def __init__(self):
        self.item=[]

    def add(self, val):
        # adds one occurrence of val from the multiset, if any
        return self.item.append(val)
        

    def remove(self, val):
        # removes one occurrence of val from the multiset, if any
        if self.item.count(val)!=0:
            return self.item.remove(val)

    def __contains__(self, val):
        # returns True when val is in the multiset, else returns False
        if val in self.item:
            return True
        else:
            return False
    
    def __len__(self):
        # returns the number of elements in the multiset
        return len(self.item)
if __name__ == '__main__':

edited Dec 1, 2021 at 12:12

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