How to return a single object with Django-Rest-Framework

Question

I'm trying to return a single object with profile information but am stuck getting an array in return. How do I just return a single object.

Current output:

[{"id":1,"username":"someusername"}]

Desired output:

{"id":1,"username":"someusername"}

serializers.py

from rest_framework import serializers
from django.contrib.auth.models import User


class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('id', 'username')

views.py

# from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from profiles.serializers import UserSerializer
from rest_framework import viewsets
# Create your views here.


class CurrentUserViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
    """
    Lists information related to the current user.
    """
    serializer_class = UserSerializer

    def get_queryset(self):
        user = self.request.user.id
        return User.objects.filter(id=user)

Answer 1

The normal usage is use /user/ to get a list,use /user/[user_id]/ to get a certain object. If you want /user/ return detail info,do as:

class CurrentUserViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
    """
    Lists information related to the current user.
    """
    serializer_class = UserSerializer
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)

    def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        instance = request.user
        serializer = self.get_serializer(instance)
        return Response(serializer.data)