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How to use Serializer Effectively in Django.

Rajan Sahu
5 min readSep 12, 2022

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This article aims to cover all the core concepts and use cases of the Django serializers class and also we are going to see how to use it more effectively. Django serializer is the most essential feature while creating the REST API in the Django Rest framework because by using it we can minimize your manual effort.

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What is Serializer?

  • It is a way of converting the Django model into another format.
  • Django rest framework serializer is the normal serializer that will be used when building a REST API with Django.
  • Serializers allow complex data such as querysets and model instances to be converted to native Python data types.
  • And that can be rendered quickly into JSON, XML, and other formats.
  • It also provides deserialization, allowing parsed data to be converted into complex types, after first validating the incoming data.
  • A Serializer class which gives you a powerful, generic way to control the output of your responses, as well as a ModelSerializer class that provides a useful…

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Rajan Sahu
Rajan Sahu

Written by Rajan Sahu

Backend and Data Engineer by Day; Teacher, Friend and Content-Writer by night.

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