Flash Sale Subscription Serializer Documentation

This section outlines the serializers used in the Flash Sale Subscription API. These serializers handle the transformation of data between complex types (e.g., Django models) and Python data types (e.g., JSON), facilitating the representation of data for API requests and responses.

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Serializers

1. Flash Sale Subscription Serializer: FlashSaleSubscriptionSerializer

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Serializer Overview

FlashSaleSubscriptionSerializer is used to serialize flash sale subscription data. It includes the subscription ID, the associated flash sale, subscription status, and timestamps for when the subscription was created and last updated.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	integer	The unique identifier for the subscription.
flash_sale	integer	The ID of the associated flash sale event.
is_subscribed	boolean	Indicates whether the user is subscribed to the flash sale.

Example Response

{
  "id": 1,
  "flash_sale": 101,
  "is_subscribed": true,
  "created_at": "2025-03-10T12:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-03-11T12:00:00Z"
}

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Serializer Methods

FlashSaleSubscriptionSerializer.update(self, instance, validated_data) This method updates the is_subscribed field of the subscription instance and saves the changes.

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