Django REST ViewSet create

Question

I have a viewset for employees where I want to add a create definition, such that I can set employer=request.user.pk and add the employee (user).

I've tried making a create definition (see code below) but the serializer is always invalid so it returns status 400. I don't know if it's me but there seems to be a lack of documentation on the create function so I can't figure out how to do it correctly. Any ideas?

class EmployeeViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = CustomUser.objects.all()
    serializer_class = CustomUserSerializer

    def list(self, request):
        queryset = self.queryset.filter(employer=request.user.pk)
        serializer = CustomUserSerializer(queryset, many=True)
        return Response(serializer.data)

    def create(self, request):
        serializer = self.serializer_class(data=request.data)

        if serializer.is_valid():
            CustomUser.objects.create_user(**serializer.validated_data)
            return Response(serializer.validated_data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

        return Response({'status': 'Bad Request',
                         'message': serializer.is_valid()},
                          status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

Answer 1

Override the perform_create method as,

class EmployeeViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = CustomUser.objects.all()
    serializer_class = CustomUserSerializer

    def get_queryset(self):
        return CustomUser.objects.filter(employer=self.request.user.pk)