diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ad4d96..97ee1ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,13 @@ venv/
 # Ignore Django migrations
 **/migrations/
 
+# Ignore media files
+**/media/
+
+# Ignore pycache
+**/__pycache__/
+
+# Ignore static files
+**/static/
+
+
diff --git a/plant_catalog/catalog/__pycache__/api_views.cpython-311.pyc b/plant_catalog/catalog/__pycache__/api_views.cpython-311.pyc
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index e131d30..0000000
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diff --git a/plant_catalog/catalog/__pycache__/models.cpython-311.pyc b/plant_catalog/catalog/__pycache__/models.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/plant_catalog/catalog/__pycache__/serializers.cpython-311.pyc b/plant_catalog/catalog/__pycache__/serializers.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/plant_catalog/catalog/api_views.py b/plant_catalog/catalog/api_views.py
index e79db80..99b8be0 100644
--- a/plant_catalog/catalog/api_views.py
+++ b/plant_catalog/catalog/api_views.py
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ class PlantListCreateAPIView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
 class PlantRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     queryset = Plant.objects.all()
     serializer_class = PlantSerializer
+    parser_classes = [MultiPartParser, FormParser]  # Allow file uploads and form data
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diff --git a/plant_catalog/catalog/models.py b/plant_catalog/catalog/models.py
index 0f36f88..bc757ea 100644
--- a/plant_catalog/catalog/models.py
+++ b/plant_catalog/catalog/models.py
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ from django.db import models
 
 class Plant(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-    description = models.TextField(null=True)
-    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='plants/', null=True, blank=True)  # Allow null values
-    buy_price = models.FloatField(null=True)
-    sell_price = models.FloatField(null=True)
-    stock = models.IntegerField(default=0)
-
+    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)  # Allow null and blank
+    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='plants/', null=True, blank=True)  # Optional image
+    buy_price = models.FloatField(null=True, blank=True)  # Allow null for buy price
+    sell_price = models.FloatField(null=True, blank=True)  # Allow null for sell price
+    stock = models.IntegerField(default=0)  # Default to 0
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
diff --git a/plant_catalog/catalog/serializers.py b/plant_catalog/catalog/serializers.py
index a34300e..20dfb76 100644
--- a/plant_catalog/catalog/serializers.py
+++ b/plant_catalog/catalog/serializers.py
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ from .models import Plant
 class PlantSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = Plant
-        fields = ['id', 'name', 'description', 'image']  # Relevant fields
+        fields = ['id', 'name', 'description', 'image', 'buy_price', 'sell_price', 'stock']  # Include all fields
         extra_kwargs = {
-            'image': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True}  # Optional field
+            'buy_price': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True},  # Allow null for buy price
+            'sell_price': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True},  # Allow null for sell price
+            'image': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True},  # Allow image to be optional
+            'description': {'required': False, 'allow_null': True},  # Optional description
         }
 
         
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