Added a custom user serializer to allow sorting of notes by user

project/notes/serializers.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from .models import Note
 
 
 class NoteSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+    owner = serializers.ReadOnlyField(source='owner.username')
+
     class Meta:
         model = Note
-        fields = ('id', 'title', 'content', 'date_created')
+        fields = ('id', 'title', 'content', 'date_created', 'owner')

project/notes/views.py

@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ class NoteViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         user = self.request.user
         queryset = Note.objects.filter(owner=user).order_by('date_created')
         return queryset
+
+    def perform_create(self, serializer):
+        serializer.save(owner=self.request.user)