Method run_validation

rest_framework/serializers.py:638–656

We override the default `run_validation`, because the validation performed by validators and the `.validate()` method should be coerced into an error dictionary with a 'non_fields_error' key.

(self, data=empty)

        return dictionary.get(self.field_name, empty)

    def run_validation(self, data=empty):
        """
        We override the default `run_validation`, because the validation
        performed by validators and the `.validate()` method should
        be coerced into an error dictionary with a 'non_fields_error' key.
        """
        (is_empty_value, data) = self.validate_empty_values(data)
        if is_empty_value:
            return data

        value = self.to_internal_value(data)
        try:
            self.run_validators(value)
            value = self.validate(value)
            assert value is not None, '.validate() should return the validated data'
        except (ValidationError, DjangoValidationError) as exc:
            raise ValidationError(detail=as_serializer_error(exc))

        return value

    def run_child_validation(self, data):
        """