From a6c78b99c4cbbd1223c8cb74f3af25831d51528b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@digitalocean.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 09:34:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #2340: API requires manufacturer field when
 creating/updating an inventory item

---
 netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
index 1cf6d753c..0478932f7 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ class InventoryItemSerializer(TaggitSerializer, ValidatedModelSerializer):
     device = NestedDeviceSerializer()
     # Provide a default value to satisfy UniqueTogetherValidator
     parent = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=InventoryItem.objects.all(), allow_null=True, default=None)
-    manufacturer = NestedManufacturerSerializer()
+    manufacturer = NestedManufacturerSerializer(required=False, allow_null=True, default=None)
     tags = TagListSerializerField(required=False)
 
     class Meta: