Hope you are doing well, i am beginner to the django and python, encountered the error while practicing which is on REST API FRAMEWORK of DictField . i took an example on DictField. I have posted a code below please have a look. feel free to ask if you have any questions. please solve the issue. Thanks a lot for your help.

app1/serializers.py

from rest_framework import serializers

class Geeks(object):
    def __init__(self, dictionary):
        self.dict = dictionary


class GeeksSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
    dictionary = serializers.DictField()
    child = serializers.CharField()

python manage.py shell

>>> demo = {}
>>> demo['name'] = "Naveen"
>>> demo['age'] = 21
>>> obj = Geeks(demo)
>>> serializer = GeeksSerializer(obj)
>>> serializer.data
Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "rest_framework\fields.py", line 457, in get_attribute
  return get_attribute(instance, self.source_attrs)
 File "rest_framework\fields.py", line 97, in get_attribute
  instance = getattr(instance, attr)
AttributeError: 'Geeks' object has no attribute 'dictionary'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
 File "rest_framework\serializers.py", line 555, in data
   ret = super().data
 File "rest_framework\serializers.py", line 253, in data
   self._data = self.to_representation(self.instance)
 File "rest_framework\serializers.py", line 509, in to_representation
   attribute = field.get_attribute(instance)
 File "rest_framework\fields.py", line 490, in get_attribute
raise type(exc)(msg)

AttributeError: Got AttributeError when attempting to get a value for field `dictionary` on serializer `GeeksSerializer`.
The serializer field might be named incorrectly and not match any attribute or key on the `Geeks` instance.
Original exception text was: 'Geeks' object has no attribute 'dictionary'.

CodePudding user response：

Your Geeks object has a dict attribute, not a dictionary attribute, so

'Geeks' object has no attribute 'dictionary'.

makes total sense.

If you want the dictionary serializer field to read from dict, set the source attribute on the field.

dictionary = serializers.DictField(source="dict")

CodePudding user response：

The serializer is not fit for the data shape, you can fix it like this

class Geeks(object):
    def __init__(self, dictionary):
        self.dictionary = dictionary

class GeeksSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
    dictionary = serializers.DictField()
    child = serializers.CharField(required=False)