Django 4.x - implementing JSON serialization of nested objects leading to TypeError
I'm prototyping a solution and I'm working with a `TypeError` while trying to serialize a nested object to JSON in my Django 4.x application. I have a model structure where `Author` has a one-to-many relationship with `Book`. When I try to serialize the `Author` object along with its related `Book` objects using Django's built-in serializers, I get the following behavior: ``` TypeError: Object of type Book is not JSON serializable ``` Here’s the code I'm using to serialize the data: ```python from django.core import serializers from .models import Author # Fetching the author with related books author = Author.objects.prefetch_related('books').get(id=1) # Serializing the author object author_data = serializers.serialize('json', [author], use_natural_primary_keys=True) ``` I have tried using the `json.dumps()` method directly on the queryset, but that resulted in the same `TypeError`. I also explored using Django Rest Framework serializers, but I'm unsure how to configure that for nested relationships. Here's what my models look like: ```python class Author(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=100) class Book(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=100) author = models.ForeignKey(Author, related_name='books', on_delete=models.CASCADE) ``` Additionally, I attempted to flatten the data structure manually, but it feels inefficient and cumbersome. I would like to know if there's a recommended approach in Django for serializing nested objects to JSON without running into type errors. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I'm developing on macOS with Python. Thanks for taking the time to read this! This is my first time working with Python 3.11. Any ideas what could be causing this?