from rest_framework import serializers from userausfall.models import User class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): confidant_email = serializers.EmailField(source="get_confidant_email") class Meta: model = User fields = ("email", "username", "confidant_email") def get_confidant_email(self): return "" def update(self, instance, validated_data): print(validated_data) confidant = validated_data.pop("get_confidant_email") return super().update(instance, validated_data)