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  <div class="section" id="nesting-schemas">
<span id="nesting"></span><h1>Nesting Schemas<a class="headerlink" href="#nesting-schemas" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Schemas can be nested to represent relationships between objects (e.g. foreign key relationships). For example, a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Blog</span></code> may have an author represented by a User object.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">datetime</span> <span class="kn">as</span> <span class="nn">dt</span>

<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">User</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">email</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">name</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">email</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">email</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">created_at</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">dt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">now</span><span class="p">()</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">friends</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[]</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">employer</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">None</span>

<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Blog</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">title</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">author</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">title</span>
<span class="hll">        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">author</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">author</span>  <span class="c1"># A User object</span>
</span></pre></div>
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<p>Use a <a class="reference internal" href="api_reference.html#marshmallow.fields.Nested" title="marshmallow.fields.Nested"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Nested</span></code></a> field to represent the relationship, passing in a nested schema class.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">marshmallow</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pprint</span>

<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">UserSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="n">email</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Email</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="n">created_at</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">DateTime</span><span class="p">()</span>

<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">BlogSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="hll">    <span class="n">author</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">UserSchema</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>The serialized blog will have the nested user representation.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">user</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">User</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;Monty&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">email</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;monty@python.org&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">blog</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Blog</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">title</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;Something Completely Different&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">author</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">user</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">result</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">BlogSchema</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">blog</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {&#39;title&#39;: u&#39;Something Completely Different&#39;,</span>
<span class="c1"># {&#39;author&#39;: {&#39;name&#39;: u&#39;Monty&#39;,</span>
<span class="c1">#             &#39;email&#39;: u&#39;monty@python.org&#39;,</span>
<span class="c1">#             &#39;created_at&#39;: &#39;2014-08-17T14:58:57.600623+00:00&#39;}}</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>If the field is a collection of nested objects, you must set <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">many=True</span></code>.</p>
<div class="last highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">collaborators</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">UserSchema</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">many</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="specifying-which-fields-to-nest">
<span id="specifying-nested-fields"></span><h2>Specifying Which Fields to Nest<a class="headerlink" href="#specifying-which-fields-to-nest" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>You can explicitly specify which attributes of the nested objects you want to serialize with the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">only</span></code> argument.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">BlogSchema2</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="hll">    <span class="n">author</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">UserSchema</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">only</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;email&quot;</span><span class="p">])</span>
</span>
<span class="n">schema</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">BlogSchema2</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">result</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">blog</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {</span>
<span class="c1">#     &#39;title&#39;: u&#39;Something Completely Different&#39;,</span>
<span class="c1">#     &#39;author&#39;: {&#39;email&#39;: u&#39;monty@python.org&#39;}</span>
<span class="c1"># }</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>You can represent the attributes of deeply nested objects using dot delimiters.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SiteSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">blog</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">BlogSchema2</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">schema</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">SiteSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">only</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;blog.author.email&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="hll"><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">site</span><span class="p">)</span>
</span><span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {</span>
<span class="c1">#     &#39;blog&#39;: {</span>
<span class="c1">#         &#39;author&#39;: {&#39;email&#39;: u&#39;monty@python.org&#39;}</span>
<span class="c1">#     }</span>
<span class="c1"># }</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>If you pass in a string field name to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">only</span></code>, only a single value (or flat list of values if <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">many=True</span></code>) will be (de)serialized.</p>
<div class="last highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">UserSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="n">email</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Email</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="hll">    <span class="n">friends</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;self&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">only</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;name&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">many</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
</span><span class="c1"># ... create ``user`` ...</span>
<span class="n">serialized_data</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">UserSchema</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">user</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">serialized_data</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Steve&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;email&quot;: &quot;steve@example.com&quot;,</span>
<span class="hll"><span class="c1">#     &quot;friends&quot;: [&quot;Mike&quot;, &quot;Joe&quot;]</span>
</span><span class="c1"># }</span>
<span class="n">deserialized_data</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">UserSchema</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">deserialized_data</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Steve&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;email&quot;: &quot;steve@example.com&quot;,</span>
<span class="hll"><span class="c1">#     &quot;friends&quot;: [{&quot;name&quot;: &quot;Mike&quot;}, {&quot;name&quot;: &quot;Joe&quot;}]</span>
</span><span class="c1"># }</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<p>You can also exclude fields by passing in an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">exclude</span></code> list. This argument also allows representing the attributes of deeply nested objects using dot delimiters.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="two-way-nesting">
<span id="id1"></span><h2>Two-way Nesting<a class="headerlink" href="#two-way-nesting" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>If you have two objects that nest each other, you can refer to a nested schema by its class name. This allows you to nest Schemas that have not yet been defined.</p>
<p>For example, a representation of an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Author</span></code> model might include the books that have a foreign-key (many-to-one) relationship to it. Correspondingly, a representation of a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Book</span></code> will include its author representation.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">AuthorSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="c1"># Make sure to use the &#39;only&#39; or &#39;exclude&#39; params</span>
    <span class="c1"># to avoid infinite recursion</span>
<span class="hll">    <span class="n">books</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;BookSchema&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">many</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">exclude</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;author&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">))</span>
</span>    <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Meta</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">fields</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;id&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;name&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;books&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">BookSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">author</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">AuthorSchema</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">only</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;id&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;name&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span>
    <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Meta</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">fields</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;id&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;title&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;author&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">marshmallow</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">pprint</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">mymodels</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Author</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Book</span>

<span class="n">author</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Author</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;William Faulkner&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">book</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Book</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">title</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;As I Lay Dying&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">author</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">author</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">book_result</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">BookSchema</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">book</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">book_result</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">indent</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {</span>
<span class="c1">#   &quot;id&quot;: 124,</span>
<span class="c1">#   &quot;title&quot;: &quot;As I Lay Dying&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#   &quot;author&quot;: {</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;id&quot;: 8,</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;name&quot;: &quot;William Faulkner&quot;</span>
<span class="c1">#   }</span>
<span class="c1"># }</span>

<span class="n">author_result</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">AuthorSchema</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">author</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">author_result</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">indent</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {</span>
<span class="c1">#   &quot;id&quot;: 8,</span>
<span class="c1">#   &quot;name&quot;: &quot;William Faulkner&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#   &quot;books&quot;: [</span>
<span class="c1">#     {</span>
<span class="c1">#       &quot;id&quot;: 124,</span>
<span class="c1">#       &quot;title&quot;: &quot;As I Lay Dying&quot;</span>
<span class="c1">#     }</span>
<span class="c1">#   ]</span>
<span class="c1"># }</span>
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<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>If you need to, you can also pass the full, module-qualified path to <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">fields.Nested</span></code>.</p>
<div class="last highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">books</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;path.to.BookSchema&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
                      <span class="n">many</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">exclude</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;author&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">))</span>
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<div class="section" id="nesting-a-schema-within-itself">
<span id="self-nesting"></span><h2>Nesting A Schema Within Itself<a class="headerlink" href="#nesting-a-schema-within-itself" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>If the object to be marshalled has a relationship to an object of the same type, you can nest the <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Schema</span></code> within itself by passing <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&quot;self&quot;</span></code> (with quotes) to the <a class="reference internal" href="api_reference.html#marshmallow.fields.Nested" title="marshmallow.fields.Nested"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Nested</span></code></a> constructor.</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">UserSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="n">email</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Email</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="hll">    <span class="n">friends</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;self&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">many</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
</span>    <span class="c1"># Use the &#39;exclude&#39; argument to avoid infinite recursion</span>
<span class="hll">    <span class="n">employer</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fields</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Nested</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;self&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">exclude</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;employer&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">)</span>
</span>
<span class="n">user</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">User</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Steve&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;steve@example.com&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">user</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">friends</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Mike&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;mike@example.com&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">user</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">friends</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Joe&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;joe@example.com&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">user</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">employer</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">User</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Dirk&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;dirk@example.com&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">UserSchema</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">user</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">indent</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># {</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Steve&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;email&quot;: &quot;steve@example.com&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;friends&quot;: [</span>
<span class="c1">#         {</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Mike&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;email&quot;: &quot;mike@example.com&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;friends&quot;: [],</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;employer&quot;: null</span>
<span class="c1">#         },</span>
<span class="c1">#         {</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Joe&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;email&quot;: &quot;joe@example.com&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;friends&quot;: [],</span>
<span class="c1">#             &quot;employer&quot;: null</span>
<span class="c1">#         }</span>
<span class="c1">#     ],</span>
<span class="c1">#     &quot;employer&quot;: {</span>
<span class="c1">#         &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Dirk&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#         &quot;email&quot;: &quot;dirk@example.com&quot;,</span>
<span class="c1">#         &quot;friends&quot;: []</span>
<span class="c1">#     }</span>
<span class="c1"># }</span>
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<h2>Next Steps<a class="headerlink" href="#next-steps" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<li>Want to create your own field type? See the <a class="reference internal" href="custom_fields.html#custom-fields"><span class="std std-ref">Custom Fields</span></a> page.</li>
<li>Need to add schema-level validation, post-processing, or error handling behavior? See the <a class="reference internal" href="extending.html#extending"><span class="std std-ref">Extending Schemas</span></a> page.</li>
<li>For example applications using marshmallow, check out the <a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#examples"><span class="std std-ref">Examples</span></a> page.</li>
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