Rest framework serializer always returns False for is_valid

Question

My serializer, quite basic: ``` class TestSerializer(serializers.Serializer): date_time = serializers.DateTimeField() ``` wanted to try out from shell but I get `False` each time I try to check it for validation. ``` > import datetime > s=TestSerializer({'date_time': datetime.datetime(year=2012,month=12,day=12)} > s.data {'date_time': datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 12, 0, 0)} > s.is_valid() False > s.errors {u'non_field_errors': [u'No input provided']} ``` Why is this? What is going on?

Accepted Answer

I think you need to specify data explicitly:

```
s = TestSerializer(data={'date_time': datetime.datetime(year=2012,month=12,day=12)}
```

Otherwise it assumes that the first argument is a model instance but that's not the case here.

Rest framework serializer always returns False for is_valid

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