python - django rest framework hide specific fields in list display?

Question

I want to hide specific fields of a model on the list display at persons/ and show all the fields on the detail display persons/jane

I am relatively new to the rest framework and the documentation feels like so hard to grasp.

Here's what I am trying to accomplish.

I have a simple Person model,

# model
class Person(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
    nickname = models.CharField(max_length=20)
    slug = models.SlugField()
    address = models.TextField(max_length=300, blank=True)

and the serializer class

# serializers

class PersonListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Person
        fields = ('nickname', 'slug')


class PersonSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Person
        fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'nickname', 'slug', 'address')

and the viewsets.

# view sets (api.py)

class PersonListViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = Person.objects.all()
    serializer_class = PersonListSerializer


class PersonViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = Person.objects.all()
    serializer_class = PersonSerializer

at the url persons I want to dispaly list of persons, just with fields nickname and slug and at the url persons/[slug] I want to display all the fields of the model.

my router configurations,

router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register(r'persons', api.PersonListViewSet)
router.register(r'persons/{slug}', api.PersonViewSet)

I guess the second configuration is wrong, How can I achieve what I am trying to do?

update:

the output to persons/slug is {"detail":"Not found."} but it works for person/pk

Thank you

Answer 1

For anyone else stumbling across this, I found overriding get_serializer_class on the viewset and defining a serializer per action was the DRY-est option (keeping a single viewset but allowing for dynamic serializer choice):

class MyViewset(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    serializer_class = serializers.ListSerializer
    permission_classes = [permissions.IsAdminUser]
    renderer_classes = (renderers.AdminRenderer,)
    queryset = models.MyModel.objects.all().order_by('-updated')

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(MyViewset, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.serializer_action_classes = {
            'list':serializers.AdminListSerializer,
            'create':serializers.AdminCreateSerializer,
            'retrieve':serializers.AdminRetrieveSerializer,
            'update':serializers.AdminUpdateSerializer,
            'partial_update':serializers.AdminUpdateSerializer,
            'destroy':serializers.AdminRetrieveSerializer,
        }

    def get_serializer_class(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """Instantiate the list of serializers per action from class attribute (must be defined)."""
        kwargs['partial'] = True
        try:
            return self.serializer_action_classes[self.action]
        except (KeyError, AttributeError):
            return super(MyViewset, self).get_serializer_class()

Hope this helps someone else.