AssertionError: HyperlinkedIdentityField requires the request in the serializer context.

[Lucianovici]

Hi,

It looks like I don't get a warning, but I get an assertion error.

>>> serializer = UserSerializer(user)
>>> serializer.data
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/work/playground/python/django-angular/virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rest_framework/serializers.py", line 572, in data
    self._data = self.to_native(obj)
  File "/work/playground/python/django-angular/virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rest_framework/serializers.py", line 351, in to_native
    value = field.field_to_native(obj, field_name)
  File "/work/playground/python/django-angular/virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rest_framework/relations.py", line 529, in field_to_native
    "`HyperlinkedIdentityField` requires the request in the serializer"
AssertionError: `HyperlinkedIdentityField` requires the request in the serializer context. Add `context={'request': request}` when instantiating the serializer.

[kevinastone]

Thanks for the report. Let me look into this (looks like a 2.2+ update) and figure out a fix.

[edgartaor]

I'm getting the same assertion error.

[limbera]

i am getting the same assertion error just using curl and vanilla DRF - so i think the problem might be with DRF itself.

[kevinastone]

I updated the blog post to pass in a context with a fake request object.
http://blog.kevinastone.com/getting-started-with-django-rest-framework-and-angularjs.html#model-serializers

[Lucianovici]

Thanks @kevinastone.