Python Django json serialise
Question: I have a mysql objects.filter that I was trying to serialise to json. My
fields are `domain, generated_on, id, priority_mx, record, record_points_to,
ttl`

However, after I serialise the data like

    
    
    from getdata.models import record_search
    query_data = record_search.objects.filter(**filter_kwargs).only("domain", "record", "record_points_to", "priority_mx", "ttl", "generated_on")
    data = serializers.serialize(lang, query_data)
    

my data has one additional field

    
    
    model: "getdata.record_search"
    

I tried to remove it, by trying to select the fields as

    
    
     data = serializers.serialize(lang, query_data, fields=('domain','record_points_to'))
    

but `model: "getdata.record_search"` still remains in my serialised json data.
What is the best way to exclude this?

As of now, since the serializers.serialize() returns a string, I am doing it
as

    
    
    return re.sub('\"model\"\:\s+?\"getdata\.record_search\"\,', "", data)
    

But I am sure this is an ugly way to do this. What is the pythonic best way to
achieve this?


Answer: Serialization is used for serializing/unserializing of **models**. Django is
unable to unserialize model without this "model" field.

Why you use serialization at all? Why not use standard json library?

    
    
    import json
    from getdata.models import record_search
    
    query_data = record_search.objects.filter(**filter_kwargs) \
                              .values("id", "domain", "record", "record_points_to",
                                      "priority_mx", "ttl", "generated_on")
    data = json.dumps(list(query_data))
    

