I am currently working on an billing app and require to have orders inside a bill for that I have following two models Bill and orders
class Bill(Document):
billNo = IntField(unique=True, blank=False)
table = ReferenceField('Table',reverse_delete_rule=1)
orders = EmbeddedDocumentListField('Order', required = False)
total = models.FloatField()
discount = models.FloatField(blank=True)
grandtotal = models.FloatField()
payment_option = ReferenceField('PaymentOption',reverse_delete_rule=1)
paid = models.BooleanField(default=False)
class Order(EmbeddedDocument):
food = ReferenceField(Food)
quantity = IntField(required = True)
complementory = BooleanField(default = False)
and their serializers are as
class OrderSerializer(EmbeddedDocumentSerializer):
class Meta:
model = Order
fields = 'all'
read_only_fields = ('id',)
class BillSerializer(DocumentSerializer):
orders = OrderSerializer(many = True)
class Meta:
model = Bill
fields = '__all__'
read_only_fields = ('id',)
def create(self, validated_data):
orders = validated_data.pop('orders')
bill = Bill.objects.create(**validated_data)
bill.orders = []
for order in orders:
print(order)
bill.orders.append(order)
bill.save()
return bill
But whenever I pass a json like
{
"billNo": "4",
"table":"5a93eb7f59951a3320a0b4d8",
"payment_option":"5a93eddf59951a2fd4dbabe9",
"orders":[{
"food":"5a93c2c759951a018c5e18b5",
"quantity":"2",
"complementory":"False"
}]
}
the bill object is created but the order is not added and it gives the error
mongoengine.errors.ValidationError: ValidationError (Bill:5a94f76859951a19d4688aeb)
(Invalid embedded document instance provided to an EmbeddedDocumentField: ['orders'])
I am using django rest framework and since it is mongodb i am using django rest framework mongo engine. What is the actual error and what shall i do?
I was able to make it work by changing the Bill Serializer as below
class BillSerializer(DocumentSerializer):
orders = OrderSerializer(many = True)
class Meta:
model = Bill
fields = '__all__'
read_only_fields = ('id',)
def create(self, validated_data):
orders = validated_data.pop('orders')
bill = Bill.objects.create(**validated_data)
bill.orders = []
for order in orders:
bill.orders.append(Order(**order))
bill.save()
return bill