Quick hack for turning full=True on related fields on Tastypie

gistfile1.py

""" This is a quick fix to provide full dehydration by demand
on Django Tastypie.

In order to use it you can query for:

    /api/v1/user/1/full=True

"""

class RelatedResource(ModelResource):
    user = fields.ToOneField(UserResource, 'user')

    class Meta:
        queryset = Related.objects.all()
        resource_name = 'related'


class UserResource(ModelResource):
    related = fields.ToOneField(RelatedResource, 'related', full=False) # Default is false

    class Meta:
        queryset = User.objects.all()
        resource_name = 'user'

    def dehydrate(self, bundle):
        show_full = bundle.request.GET.get('full', "false").lower() == "true"
        if show_full:
            old_full = self.related.full
            self.related.full = True
            bundle.data['related'] = self.related.dehydrate(bundle)
            self.related.full = old_full
        return bundle