Merge pull request #4797 from netbox-community/4695_fix_api_cable_choices_termination_types

Fixes #4695 - Add Metadata class that returns content type choices

netbox/utilities/metadata.py

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+from rest_framework.metadata import SimpleMetadata
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
+from utilities.api import ContentTypeField
+
+
+class ContentTypeMetadata(SimpleMetadata):
+
+    def get_field_info(self, field):
+        field_info = super().get_field_info(field)
+        if hasattr(field, 'queryset') and not field_info.get('read_only') and isinstance(field, ContentTypeField):
+            field_info['choices'] = [
+                {
+                    'value': choice_value,
+                    'display_name': force_str(choice_name, strings_only=True)
+                }
+                for choice_value, choice_name in field.choices.items()
+            ]
+            field_info['choices'].sort(key=lambda item: item['display_name'])
+        return field_info