--- /dev/null
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
+
+class AbsoluteURLField(serializers.ReadOnlyField):
+ def __init__(self, view_name=None, view_args=None, source='get_absolute_url', *args, **kwargs):
+ if view_name is not None:
+ source = '*'
+ super(AbsoluteURLField, self).__init__(*args, source=source, **kwargs)
+ self.view_name = view_name
+ self.view_args = {}
+ if view_args:
+ for v in view_args:
+ fields = v.split(':', 1)
+ self.view_args[fields[0]] = fields[1] if len(fields)>1 else fields[0]
+
+ def to_representation(self, value):
+ if self.view_name is not None:
+ kwargs = {
+ arg: getattr(value, field)
+ for (arg, field) in self.view_args.items()
+ }
+ value = reverse(self.view_name, kwargs=kwargs)
+ return self.context['request'].build_absolute_uri(value)
+
+
+class LegacyMixin(object):
+ def to_representation(self, value):
+ value = super(LegacyMixin, self).to_representation(value)
+ non_null_fields = getattr(getattr(self, 'Meta', None), 'legacy_non_null_fields', [])
+ for field in non_null_fields:
+ if field in value and value[field] is None:
+ value[field] = ''
+ return value