Because it’s not a model field, it needs to be added explicitly to the serializer class class MyModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): ext_link = serializers.Field() class Meta: model = MyModel fields = (‘name’, ‘ext_link’)
Changing the field name while keeping the DB field Adding an answer for Django 1.8+ (with Django-native migrations, rather than South). Make a migration that first adds a db_column property, and then renames the field. Django understands that the first is a no-op (because it changes the db_column to stay the same), and that the … Read more
There’s no built-in way to do this. However there are a number of third-party projects that will do it for you. The two leading ones are called South and django-evolution, although there are various others as well (including one I’ve been involved with, dmigrations). I would definitely recommend South – it has a number of … Read more
If you want to include all fields without typing all fieldnames, you can use list_display = BookAdmin._meta.get_all_field_names() The drawback is, the fields are in sorted order. Edit: This method has been deprecated in Django 1.10 See Migrating from old API for reference. Following should work instead for Django >= 1.9 for most cases – list_display … Read more
Django automatically creates an index for all models.ForeignKey columns. From Django documentation: A database index is automatically created on the ForeignKey. You can disable this by setting db_index to False. You may want to avoid the overhead of an index if you are creating a foreign key for consistency rather than joins, or if you … Read more