Overrider the default list view for the Django Rest Framework

gistfile1.py

class AssetViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = Asset.objects.all()
    serializer_class = AssetSerializer

    def list(self, request):
        parent = self.request.query_params.get('parent', None)
        assets = self.get_queryset().filter(parent=parent)

        page = self.paginate_queryset(assets)
        if page is not None:
            serializer = self.get_serializer(page, many=True)
            return self.get_paginated_response(serializer.data)

        serializer = self.get_serializer(page, many=True)
        return Response(serializer.data)