Currently, after calling values() and the query executes, the output is a
single level dictionary, including foreign keys. I propose adding an extra
parameter for values, or at least values_list, where if it's set to true, a
nested dictionary will be returned when there's a foreign key.
Example:
Person model with the following fields: first_name, last_name and hometown
(foreign key)
Hometown model with the following fields: name
A single record from Person.objects.values() will looks like this
{"id": 1
"first_name": "first name",
"last_name": "last name",
"hometown__id": 1,
"hometown__name": "town name",
}
I propose adding a nested optional parameter to values, where a single
record from Person.objects.values(nested=True) will look like
{"id": 1
"first_name": "first name",
"last_name": "last name",
"hometown": {
"id": 1,
"name": "town name"
}
}
This feature is needed given that most APIs these days are nested, while
it's simple to implement, I think it's much better to have it a built-in
django feature.
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