encode · rpatterson · Sep 24, 2017
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.contenttypes import fields as ct_fields
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist, ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.core.validators import (
     EmailValidator, MaxLengthValidator, MaxValueValidator, MinLengthValidator,
     MinValueValidator, RegexValidator, URLValidator, ip_address_validators
 )
+from django.db import models
 from django.forms import FilePathField as DjangoFilePathField
 from django.forms import ImageField as DjangoImageField
 from django.utils import six, timezone
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ def is_simple_callable(obj):
         return len_args <= len_defaults
 
 
-def get_attribute(instance, attrs):
+def get_attribute(instance, attrs, exc_on_model_default=False):
     """
     Similar to Python's built in `getattr(instance, attr)`,
     but takes a list of nested attributes, instead of a single attribute.
@@ -96,6 +98,33 @@ def get_attribute(instance, attrs):
         try:
             if isinstance(instance, collections.Mapping):
                 instance = instance[attr]
+            elif exc_on_model_default and isinstance(instance, models.Model):
+                # Lookup the model field default
+                try:
+                    field = instance._meta.get_field(attr)
+                except FieldDoesNotExist:
+                    field = None
+                else:
+                    if isinstance(field, ct_fields.GenericForeignKey):
+                        # For generic relations, use the foreign key as the
+                        # default
+                        field = instance._meta.get_field(field.fk_field)
+                    elif not hasattr(field, 'get_default') and hasattr(
+                            field, 'target_field'):
+                        # Some relationship fields don't have their own
+                        # `get_default()`
+                        field = field.target_field
+                value = getattr(instance, attr)
+                if field is not None:
+                    default = field.get_default()
+                    if default is not empty and value == default:
+                        # Support skipping model fields.  They always return
+                        # at least the field default so there's no
+                        # AttributeError unless we force it.
+                        raise AttributeError(
+                            '{0!r} object has no attribute {1!r}'.format(
+                                instance, attr))
+                instance = value
             else:
                 instance = getattr(instance, attr)
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
@@ -438,7 +467,9 @@ def get_attribute(self, instance):
         that should be used for this field.
         """
         try:
-            return get_attribute(instance, self.source_attrs)
+            return get_attribute(
+                instance, self.source_attrs, exc_on_model_default=(
+                    self.default is not empty or not self.required))
         except (KeyError, AttributeError) as exc:
             if self.default is not empty:
                 return self.get_default()

diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def get_attribute(self, instance):
                 pass
 
         # Standard case, return the object instance.
-        return get_attribute(instance, self.source_attrs)
+        return super(RelatedField, self).get_attribute(instance)
 
     def get_choices(self, cutoff=None):
         queryset = self.get_queryset()

diff --git a/tests/test_multitable_inheritance.py b/tests/test_multitable_inheritance.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_multitable_inherited_model_fields_as_expected(self):
         """
         child = ChildModel(name1='parent name', name2='child name')
         serializer = DerivedModelSerializer(child)
-        assert set(serializer.data.keys()) == set(['name1', 'name2', 'id'])
+        assert set(serializer.data.keys()) == set(['name1', 'name2'])
 
     def test_onetoone_primary_key_model_fields_as_expected(self):
         """

diff --git a/tests/test_one_to_one_with_inheritance.py b/tests/test_one_to_one_with_inheritance.py
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ def test_multitable_inherited_model_fields_as_expected(self):
         child = ChildModel(name1='parent name', name2='child name')
         serializer = DerivedModelSerializer(child)
         self.assertEqual(set(serializer.data.keys()),
-                         set(['name1', 'name2', 'id', 'childassociatedmodel']))
+                         set(['name1', 'name2', 'childassociatedmodel']))
diff --git a/tests/test_relations_pk.py b/tests/test_relations_pk.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def test_many_to_many_unsaved(self):
 
         serializer = ManyToManySourceSerializer(source)
 
-        expected = {'id': None, 'name': 'source-unsaved', 'targets': []}
+        expected = {'name': 'source-unsaved', 'targets': []}
         # no query if source hasn't been created yet
         with self.assertNumQueries(0):
             assert serializer.data == expected
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def test_foreign_key_update_with_invalid_null(self):
 
     def test_foreign_key_with_unsaved(self):
         source = ForeignKeySource(name='source-unsaved')
-        expected = {'id': None, 'name': 'source-unsaved', 'target': None}
+        expected = {'name': 'source-unsaved', 'target': None}
 
         serializer = ForeignKeySourceSerializer(source)
 

diff --git a/tests/test_serializer.py b/tests/test_serializer.py
@@ -360,12 +360,17 @@ def test_not_required_output_for_object(self):
         """
         'required=False' should allow an object attribute to be missing in output.
         """
-        class ExampleSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
-            omitted = serializers.CharField(required=False)
-            included = serializers.CharField()
+        class MyModel(models.Model):
+            omitted = models.CharField(max_length=10, blank=True)
+            included = models.CharField(max_length=10)
+
+        class ExampleSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            class Meta:
+                model = MyModel
+                exclude = ('id', )
 
             def create(self, validated_data):
-                return MockObject(**validated_data)
+                return self.Meta.model(**validated_data)
 
         serializer = ExampleSerializer(data={'included': 'abc'})
         serializer.is_valid()