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"""
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41. Serialization
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``django.core.serializers`` provides interfaces to converting Django querysets
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to and from "flat" data (i.e. strings).
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"""
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from django.db import models
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class Category(models.Model):
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    name = models.CharField(maxlength=20)
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    class Meta:
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       ordering = ('name',)
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    def __str__(self):
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        return self.name
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class Author(models.Model):
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    name = models.CharField(maxlength=20)
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    class Meta:
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        ordering = ('name',)
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    def __str__(self):
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        return self.name
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class Article(models.Model):
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    author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
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    headline = models.CharField(maxlength=50)
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    pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
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    categories = models.ManyToManyField(Category)
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    class Meta:
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       ordering = ('pub_date',)
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    def __str__(self):
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        return self.headline
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class AuthorProfile(models.Model):
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    author = models.OneToOneField(Author)
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    date_of_birth = models.DateField()
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    def __str__(self):
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        return "Profile of %s" % self.author
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__test__ = {'API_TESTS':"""
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# Create some data:
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>>> from datetime import datetime
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>>> sports = Category(name="Sports")
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>>> music = Category(name="Music")
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>>> op_ed = Category(name="Op-Ed")
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>>> sports.save(); music.save(); op_ed.save()
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>>> joe = Author(name="Joe")
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>>> jane = Author(name="Jane")
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>>> joe.save(); jane.save()
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>>> a1 = Article(
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...     author = jane,
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...     headline = "Poker has no place on ESPN",
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...     pub_date = datetime(2006, 6, 16, 11, 00))
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>>> a2 = Article(
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...     author = joe,
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...     headline = "Time to reform copyright",
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...     pub_date = datetime(2006, 6, 16, 13, 00))
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>>> a1.save(); a2.save()
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>>> a1.categories = [sports, op_ed]
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>>> a2.categories = [music, op_ed]
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# Serialize a queryset to XML
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>>> from django.core import serializers
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>>> xml = serializers.serialize("xml", Article.objects.all())
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# The output is valid XML
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>>> from xml.dom import minidom
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>>> dom = minidom.parseString(xml)
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# Deserializing has a similar interface, except that special DeserializedObject
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# instances are returned.  This is because data might have changed in the 
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# database since the data was serialized (we'll simulate that below).
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>>> for obj in serializers.deserialize("xml", xml):
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...     print obj
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<DeserializedObject: Poker has no place on ESPN>
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<DeserializedObject: Time to reform copyright>
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# Deserializing data with different field values doesn't change anything in the
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# database until we call save():
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>>> xml = xml.replace("Poker has no place on ESPN", "Poker has no place on television")
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>>> objs = list(serializers.deserialize("xml", xml))
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# Even those I deserialized, the database hasn't been touched
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>>> Article.objects.all()
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[<Article: Poker has no place on ESPN>, <Article: Time to reform copyright>]
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# But when I save, the data changes as you might except.
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>>> objs[0].save()
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>>> Article.objects.all()
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[<Article: Poker has no place on television>, <Article: Time to reform copyright>]
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# Django also ships with a built-in JSON serializers
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>>> json = serializers.serialize("json", Category.objects.filter(pk=2))
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>>> json
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'[{"pk": "2", "model": "serializers.category", "fields": {"name": "Music"}}]'
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# You can easily create new objects by deserializing data with an empty PK
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# (It's easier to demo this with JSON...)
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>>> new_author_json = '[{"pk": null, "model": "serializers.author", "fields": {"name": "Bill"}}]'
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>>> for obj in serializers.deserialize("json", new_author_json):
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...     obj.save()
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>>> Author.objects.all()
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[<Author: Bill>, <Author: Jane>, <Author: Joe>]
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# All the serializers work the same
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>>> json = serializers.serialize("json", Article.objects.all())
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>>> for obj in serializers.deserialize("json", json):
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...     print obj
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<DeserializedObject: Poker has no place on television>
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<DeserializedObject: Time to reform copyright>
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>>> json = json.replace("Poker has no place on television", "Just kidding; I love TV poker")
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>>> for obj in serializers.deserialize("json", json):
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...     obj.save()
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>>> Article.objects.all()
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[<Article: Just kidding; I love TV poker>, <Article: Time to reform copyright>]
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# If you use your own primary key field (such as a OneToOneField), 
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# it doesn't appear in the serialized field list - it replaces the
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# pk identifier.
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>>> profile = AuthorProfile(author=joe, date_of_birth=datetime(1970,1,1))
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>>> profile.save()
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>>> json = serializers.serialize("json", AuthorProfile.objects.all())
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>>> json
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'[{"pk": "1", "model": "serializers.authorprofile", "fields": {"date_of_birth": "1970-01-01"}}]'
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>>> for obj in serializers.deserialize("json", json):
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...     print obj
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<DeserializedObject: Profile of Joe>
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# Objects ids can be referenced before they are defined in the serialization data
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# However, the deserialization process will need to be contained within a transaction
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>>> json = '[{"pk": "3", "model": "serializers.article", "fields": {"headline": "Forward references pose no problem", "pub_date": "2006-06-16 15:00:00", "categories": [4, 1], "author": 4}}, {"pk": "4", "model": "serializers.category", "fields": {"name": "Reference"}}, {"pk": "4", "model": "serializers.author", "fields": {"name": "Agnes"}}]'
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>>> from django.db import transaction
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>>> transaction.enter_transaction_management()
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>>> transaction.managed(True)
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>>> for obj in serializers.deserialize("json", json):
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...     obj.save()
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>>> transaction.commit()
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>>> transaction.leave_transaction_management()
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>>> article = Article.objects.get(pk=3)
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>>> article
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<Article: Forward references pose no problem>
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>>> article.categories.all()
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[<Category: Reference>, <Category: Sports>]
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>>> article.author
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<Author: Agnes>
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"""}