ModelSerializer doesn't respect the required attribute on a field

Question

If I have:

class Example(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    time = DateTimeRangeField(required=False)

it will fail with an error:

{'time': ['This field is required.']}

However if this was serializers.Serializer it respects the required attribute on the field. Has anybody else come across this? Any ideas on how to make a field not required?

I think you need to set `blank = True` for time field in model. — tayyab_fareed, Jun 27 '18 at 08:22
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19780731/django-rest-framework-serializer-field-required-false read answer 1 and 2. — Borko Kovacev, Jun 27 '18 at 08:23
show your model, serializers are just like a forms, it just validates request data, you must pass `blank=True` and `null=True` for time field in the model — Satendra, Jun 27 '18 at 08:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '18 at 09:33

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DateTimeRangeField is not a Django REST framework field so it's like you did not provide any field at all.

answered Jun 27 '18 at 09:33

Linovia

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