serializers.py

class UserLoginSerializer(ModelSerializer):
    token = CharField(allow_blank=True, read_only=True)
    username = CharField(required=False, allow_blank=True)
    # email = EmailField(label='Email Address',required=False, allow_blank=True)
    remember = BooleanField(default=True, help_text = ("If checked you will stay logged in for 3 weeks"))
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = [
            'username',
            # 'email',
            'password',
            'remember',
            'token',

        ]
        extra_kwargs = {"password":
                            {"write_only": True}
                            }


views.py

class UserLoginAPIView(APIView):
permission_classes = [AllowAny]
serializer_class = UserLoginSerializer

def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    data = request.data
    serializer = UserLoginSerializer(data=data)
    if serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True):
        print('serializer.data',serializer.data)
        login(request, serializer.data)
        if data.get('remember'):
            request.session.set_expiry(60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 3)
        else:
            request.session.set_expiry(0)
        return Response({
            'detail': ('Logged in successfully'),
            # TODO: maybe more user info in the request would have sense
            'username': serializer.data.username
        })
    return Response(serializer.errors, status=HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)





class UserCreateSerializer(ModelSerializer):
    email = EmailField(label='Email Address')
    email2 = EmailField(label='Confirm Email Address')
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = [
            'username',
            'id',
            'password',
            'email',
            'email2',
        ]
        extra_kwargs = {"password":
                            {"write_only": True}
                        }

    def create(self, validated_data): #does not shows id when user is created
        print('validated_data',validated_data)
        username = validated_data['username']
        email = validated_data['email']
        email2 = validated_data['email2']
        password = validated_data['password']
        user_obj = User(
                username=username,
                email=email
            )
        user_obj.set_password(password)
        user_obj.save()
        return validated_data