simple-plant-archive-django/plant_catalog/catalog/serializers.py

from rest_framework import serializers
from .models import Plant, PlantImage

class PlantImageSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = PlantImage
        fields = ['id', 'image']  # Fields to expose for each image


class PlantSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    images = PlantImageSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)  # Include related images

    class Meta:
        model = Plant
        fields = ['id', 'name', 'description', 'buy_price', 'sell_price', 'stock', 'images']  # Add the `images` field
        extra_kwargs = {
            'buy_price': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True},
            'sell_price': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True},
            'description': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True},
        }