[For reasons I mention in https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/issues/3144#issuecomment-431446248 I can't really just insert code into validate() in the ModelSerializer.]
My requirements are also not that complicated -- I only care about the validators passed to the field in Django when it is made, i.e., foo = models.CharField(validators=[....]) I also don't care about any foo_validate methods in the model that does further cleaning. My desire is kind of rooted in that DRF doesn't seem to incorporate the max_length validator in the model's fields when a max_length is specified. I also want to check regexes, which I have specified in the model to also create regex constraints. So I've come up with two solutions ... I'm looking for feedback in case there is something I'm not thinking about. In say, FooSerializer, foo = serializers.CharField(validators=FooModel._meta.get_field('foo').validators) and the case when 'foo' is just in Meta.fields... def validate_foo(self, value): if value is not None: for v in FooModel._meta.get_field("foo").validators: v(value) return value Is there a more elegant approach I should be using instead? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django REST framework" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-rest-framework+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-rest-framework/958cc50a-08b4-40ad-8490-1902f927ccd9n%40googlegroups.com.