old_contents: import slumber
  import logging
  
  from django.conf import settings
  
  log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
  
  USER = getattr(settings, 'SLUMBER_USERNAME', None)
  PASS = getattr(settings, 'SLUMBER_PASSWORD', None)
  API_HOST = getattr(settings, 'SLUMBER_API_HOST', 'https://readthedocs.org')
  
  if USER and PASS:
      log.debug("Using slumber v2 with user %s, pointed at %s" % (USER, API_HOST))
      api = slumber.API(base_url='%s/api/v2/' % API_HOST, auth=(USER, PASS))
  else:
      log.warning("SLUMBER_USERNAME/PASSWORD settings are not set")
      api = slumber.API(base_url='%s/api/v2/' % API_HOST)
  
new_contents: import logging
  
  from slumber import API, serialize
  from django.conf import settings
  from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
  from rest_framework.parsers import JSONParser
  
  
  log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
  
  USER = getattr(settings, 'SLUMBER_USERNAME', None)
  PASS = getattr(settings, 'SLUMBER_PASSWORD', None)
  API_HOST = getattr(settings, 'SLUMBER_API_HOST', 'https://readthedocs.org')
  
  
  class DrfJsonSerializer(serialize.JsonSerializer):
      '''Additional serialization help from the DRF parser/renderer'''
      key = 'json-drf'
  
      def loads(self, data):
          return JSONParser().parse(data)
  
      def dumps(self, data):
          return JSONRenderer().render(data)
  
  
  def setup_api():
      api_config = {
          'base_url': '%s/api/v2/' % API_HOST,
          'serializer': serialize.Serializer(
              default='json-drf',
              serializers=[
                  serialize.JsonSerializer(),
                  DrfJsonSerializer(),
              ]
          )
      }
      if USER and PASS:
          log.debug("Using slumber v2 with user %s, pointed at %s", USER, API_HOST)
          api_config['auth'] = (USER, PASS)
      else:
          log.warning("SLUMBER_USERNAME/PASSWORD settings are not set")
      return API(**api_config)
  
  
  api = setup_api()
  
subject: Add a better serializer to the apiv2 client