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+from django.db import models
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+
+
+class _SerializableQuerySet(models.query.QuerySet):
+    """Implements the serialize method on a QuerySet"""
+    def serialize(self, *args):
+        serialized = []
+        for elem in self:
+            serialized.append(elem.serialize(*args))
+        return serialized
+
+
+class SerializableManager(models.Manager):
+    """Implements table-level serialization via SerializableQuerySet"""
+    # when queried from a related Model, use this Manager
+    use_for_related_fields = True
+
+    def get_query_set(self):
+        return _SerializableQuerySet(self.model)
+
+    # implement serialize on the Manager itself (on .objects, before .all())
+    def serialize(self, *args):
+        return self.get_query_set().serialize(*args)
+
+
+class SerializableModel(models.Model):
+    """
+    Abstract Model that implements recursive serializability of models to
+    dictionaries, both at the row and table level, with some overriding allowed
+    """
+    objects = SerializableManager()
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+    def serialize(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Serializes the Model object with model_to_dict_custom and kwargs, and
+        proceeds to recursively serialize related objects as requested in args
+        """
+        serialized = model_to_dict_custom(self, **kwargs)
+        args = list(args)  # convert tuple to list
+
+        # iterate and recurse through all arguments
+        index = 0
+        length = len(args)
+        while index < length:
+            # split the current element
+            field_with_joins = args[index]
+            field, join = _split_joins(field_with_joins)
+            all_joins = [join] if join else []  # empty string to empty array
+
+            # delete it from the list
+            del args[index]
+            length -= 1
+
+            # get all joins for this field from the arguments
+            arg_joins = [_split_joins(arg, only_join=True)
+                for arg in args if arg.startswith(field)]
+            all_joins += arg_joins  # combine all joins on this field
+
+            # recurse if related object actually exists
+            try:
+                serialized[field] = getattr(self, field).serialize(*all_joins)
+            except (AttributeError, ObjectDoesNotExist):
+                pass
+
+            # shrink length and remove all args that were recursed over
+            length -= len(arg_joins)
+            args = [arg for arg in args if not arg.startswith(field)]
+
+        return serialized
+
+
+def model_to_dict_custom(instance, fields=None, exclude=None, editable=True):
+    """
+    Custom model_to_dict function that differs by including all uneditable
+    fields and excluding all M2M fields by default
+    Also sets all ForeignKey fields to name + _id, similar to .values()
+    """
+    # avoid circular import
+    from django.db.models.fields.related import ForeignKey
+    opts = instance._meta
+    data = {}
+    for f in opts.fields:
+        # skip uneditable fields if editable kwarg is False
+        if not editable and not f.ediable:
+            continue
+        # whitelisted fields only if fields kwarg is passed
+        if fields and f.name not in fields:
+            continue
+        # blacklist fields from exclude kwarg
+        if exclude and f.name in exclude:
+            continue
+        else:
+            if isinstance(f, ForeignKey):
+                data[f.name + '_id'] = f.value_from_object(instance)
+            else:
+                data[f.name] = f.value_from_object(instance)
+    return data
+
+
+def _split_joins(join_string, only_join=False):
+    """
+    Split a string into the field and it's joins, separated by __ as per
+    Django convention
+    """
+    split = join_string.split('__')
+    field = split.pop(0)  # the first field
+    join = '__'.join(split)  # the rest of the fields
+
+    # return single join or tuple based on kwarg
+    if only_join:
+        return join
+    return field, join
+