Merge pull request #2319 from maryokhin/master

Assert fields in `exclude` are model fields
encode · Dec 18, 2014 · e0096fe · e0096fe
2 parents 7105c13 + d60ecfc
commit e0096fe
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diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -880,6 +880,10 @@ def get_fields(self):
             exclude = getattr(self.Meta, 'exclude', None)
             if exclude is not None:
                 for field_name in exclude:
+                    assert field_name in fields, (
+                        'The field in the `exclude` option must be a model field. Got %s.' %
+                        field_name
+                    )
                     fields.remove(field_name)
 
         # Determine the set of model fields, and the fields that they map to.