""" A Python "serializer". Doesn't do much serializing per se -- just converts to and from basic Python data types (lists, dicts, strings, etc.). Useful as a basis for other serializers. """ from django.conf import settings from django.core.serializers import base from django.db import models class Serializer(base.Serializer): """ Serializes a QuerySet to basic Python objects. """ def start_serialization(self): self._current = None self.objects = [] def end_serialization(self): pass def start_object(self, obj): self._current = {} def end_object(self, obj): self.objects.append({ "model" : str(obj._meta), "pk" : str(obj._get_pk_val()), "fields" : self._current }) self._current = None def handle_field(self, obj, field): self._current[field.name] = getattr(obj, field.name) def handle_fk_field(self, obj, field): related = getattr(obj, field.name) if related is not None: related = getattr(related, field.rel.field_name) self._current[field.name] = related def handle_m2m_field(self, obj, field): self._current[field.name] = [related._get_pk_val() for related in getattr(obj, field.name).iterator()] def getvalue(self): return self.objects def Deserializer(object_list, **options): """ Deserialize simple Python objects back into Django ORM instances. It's expected that you pass the Python objects themselves (instead of a stream or a string) to the constructor """ models.get_apps() for d in object_list: # Look up the model and starting build a dict of data for it. Model = _get_model(d["model"]) data = {Model._meta.pk.attname : Model._meta.pk.to_python(d["pk"])} m2m_data = {} # Handle each field for (field_name, field_value) in d["fields"].iteritems(): if isinstance(field_value, unicode): field_value = field_value.encode(options.get("encoding", settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)) field = Model._meta.get_field(field_name) # Handle M2M relations if field.rel and isinstance(field.rel, models.ManyToManyRel): pks = [] m2m_convert = field.rel.to._meta.pk.to_python for pk in field_value: if isinstance(pk, unicode): pks.append(m2m_convert(pk.encode(options.get("encoding", settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)))) else: pks.append(m2m_convert(pk)) m2m_data[field.name] = pks # Handle FK fields elif field.rel and isinstance(field.rel, models.ManyToOneRel): if field_value: data[field.attname] = field.rel.to._meta.get_field(field.rel.field_name).to_python(field_value) else: data[field.attname] = None # Handle all other fields else: data[field.name] = field.to_python(field_value) yield base.DeserializedObject(Model(**data), m2m_data) def _get_model(model_identifier): """ Helper to look up a model from an "app_label.module_name" string. """ try: Model = models.get_model(*model_identifier.split(".")) except TypeError: Model = None if Model is None: raise base.DeserializationError("Invalid model identifier: '%s'" % model_identifier) return Model