Use GFKSerializerField for ObjectChangeSerializer.changed_object and EventRuleSerializer.action_object

contrib/openapi.json

@@ -219028,9 +219028,8 @@
                         "nullable": true
                     },
                     "action_object": {
-                        "type": "object",
-                        "additionalProperties": {},
-                        "readOnly": true
+                        "readOnly": true,
+                        "nullable": true
                     },
                     "description": {
                         "type": "string",
@@ -229795,7 +229794,11 @@
                         "format": "int64"
                     },
                     "changed_object": {
-                        "nullable": true,
+                        "readOnly": true,
+                        "nullable": true
+                    },
+                    "object_repr": {
+                        "type": "string",
                         "readOnly": true
                     },
                     "message": {
@@ -229820,6 +229823,7 @@
                     "display_url",
                     "id",
                     "message",
+                    "object_repr",
                     "postchange_data",
                     "prechange_data",
                     "request_id",

netbox/core/api/serializers_/change_logging.py

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema_field
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from core.choices import *
 from core.models import ObjectChange
-from netbox.api.exceptions import SerializerNotFound
 from netbox.api.fields import ChoiceField, ContentTypeField
+from netbox.api.gfk_fields import GFKSerializerField
 from netbox.api.serializers import BaseModelSerializer
 from users.api.serializers_.users import UserSerializer
-from utilities.api import get_serializer_for_model
 
 __all__ = (
     'ObjectChangeSerializer',
@@ -26,7 +24,10 @@ class ObjectChangeSerializer(BaseModelSerializer):
     changed_object_type = ContentTypeField(
         read_only=True
     )
-    changed_object = serializers.SerializerMethodField(
+    changed_object = GFKSerializerField(
+        read_only=True
+    )
+    object_repr = serializers.CharField(
         read_only=True
     )
     prechange_data = serializers.JSONField(
@@ -44,22 +45,6 @@ class ObjectChangeSerializer(BaseModelSerializer):
         model = ObjectChange
         fields = [
             'id', 'url', 'display_url', 'display', 'time', 'user', 'user_name', 'request_id', 'action',
-            'changed_object_type', 'changed_object_id', 'changed_object', 'message', 'prechange_data',
-            'postchange_data',
+            'changed_object_type', 'changed_object_id', 'changed_object', 'object_repr', 'message',
+            'prechange_data', 'postchange_data',
         ]
-
-    @extend_schema_field(serializers.JSONField(allow_null=True))
-    def get_changed_object(self, obj):
-        """
-        Serialize a nested representation of the changed object.
-        """
-        if obj.changed_object is None:
-            return None
-
-        try:
-            serializer = get_serializer_for_model(obj.changed_object)
-        except SerializerNotFound:
-            return obj.object_repr
-        data = serializer(obj.changed_object, nested=True, context={'request': self.context['request']}).data
-
-        return data

netbox/extras/api/serializers_/events.py

@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-from drf_spectacular.types import OpenApiTypes
-from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema_field
-from rest_framework import serializers
-
 from core.models import ObjectType
 from extras.choices import *
 from extras.models import EventRule, Webhook
 from netbox.api.fields import ChoiceField, ContentTypeField
+from netbox.api.gfk_fields import GFKSerializerField
 from netbox.api.serializers import NetBoxModelSerializer
 from users.api.serializers_.mixins import OwnerMixin
-from utilities.api import get_serializer_for_model
-from .scripts import ScriptSerializer
 
 __all__ = (
     'EventRuleSerializer',
@@ -30,7 +25,7 @@ class EventRuleSerializer(OwnerMixin, NetBoxModelSerializer):
     action_object_type = ContentTypeField(
         queryset=ObjectType.objects.with_feature('event_rules'),
     )
-    action_object = serializers.SerializerMethodField(read_only=True)
+    action_object = GFKSerializerField(read_only=True)
 
     class Meta:
         model = EventRule
@@ -41,17 +36,6 @@ class EventRuleSerializer(OwnerMixin, NetBoxModelSerializer):
         ]
         brief_fields = ('id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'description')
 
-    @extend_schema_field(OpenApiTypes.OBJECT)
-    def get_action_object(self, instance):
-        context = {'request': self.context['request']}
-        # We need to manually instantiate the serializer for scripts
-        if instance.action_type == EventRuleActionChoices.SCRIPT:
-            script = instance.action_object
-            return ScriptSerializer(script, nested=True, context=context).data
-        else:
-            serializer = get_serializer_for_model(instance.action_object_type.model_class())
-            return serializer(instance.action_object, nested=True, context=context).data
-
 
 #
 # Webhooks