#DRF

Tracking who created or updated a record is vital for auditing. This article shows how to automatically populate created_by and updated_by fields in Django REST Framework by leveraging HiddenFields, reducing boilerplate and improving data integrity

Readable API responses shouldn’t compromise write operations. This article introduces a custom serializer field derived from DRF’s PrimaryKeyRelatedField that returns nested objects for reads while accepting primary keys for writes, yielding cleaner responses without sacrificing flexibility.