Created example app, adding example for html arrays.

apps/examples/apps.py

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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ExamplesConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'apps.examples'

apps/examples/serializers.py

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+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+
+class HTMLArraySerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    name = serializers.CharField()
+    hours_open = serializers.IntegerField()
+    foods = serializers.ListField()

apps/examples/urls.py

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+from django.urls import path
+
+from . import views
+
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('examples/html-array', views.HTMLArray.as_view(), name='examples-html-array'),
+]

apps/examples/views.py

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+from rest_framework import views, permissions
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.parsers import FormParser, MultiPartParser
+
+from .serializers import HTMLArraySerializer
+
+
+class HTMLArray(views.APIView):
+    """
+    An example of handling an array of fields posted from an HTML form:
+
+    <input type="text" name="foods[]" value="pizza" />
+    <input type="text" name="foods[]" value="sushi" />
+
+    """
+    permission_classes = [permissions.AllowAny]
+    parser_classes = [FormParser, MultiPartParser]
+
+    def post(self, request, format=None):
+        data = request.data.copy()
+        data['foods'] = request.data.getlist('foods[]')  # Must be converted to list, not QueryDict
+        serializer = HTMLArraySerializer(data)
+
+        # Here we're just returning the value for visibility, but you would normally use the
+        # serializer to insert into db.
+        return Response(serializer.data)

project/settings.py

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     'apps.mail',
     'apps.user',
     'apps.workers',
+
+    # Examples
+    # !!! REMOVE ME IN PRODUCTION !!!
+    'apps.examples',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [

project/urls.py

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     path('', include('apps.file.urls')),
     path('', include('apps.user.urls')),
 
+    # Examples
+    path('', include('apps.examples.urls')),
+
     # DRF API
     path('api/', api_root, name='index'),
     path('api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls')),