I see two ways here (I prefer the first way since you can reuse it in other parts of the app):
add a calculated property to your model and add it to your serializer
by using a readonly field with source=
# models.py
class Employees(models.Model):
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
@property
def full_name(self):
return self.first_name + self.last_name
# serializers.py
class EmployeeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
full_name = serializers.Field(source="full_name")
class Meta:
model = Employees
fields = ('first_name','last_name', 'full_name')
by using SerializerMethodField
(your model unchanged)
class EmployeeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
full_name = serializers.SerializerMethodField('get_full_name')
def get_full_name(self, obj):
return obj.first_name + obj.last_name
class Meta:
model = Employees
fields = ('first_name','last_name', 'full_name')