Delete multiple rows in django - django

Question

I am trying to delete severals rows at the same time in django.
How can I simply change the state of the booleanfield 'to_delete', just by clicking on the checkbox?
I am using datatables. The way how I am doing it is to create a boolean to_delete in my model, when the checkbox is selected, I am calling the function delete_multiple_company in my view. However, this doesn`t work. Any idea, what I am doing wrong please. Many Thanks,
I`ve created my view:
views.py
def delete_multiple_company(request, company_id):
company = get_object_or_404(Company, pk=company_id)
company = Company.objects.get(pk=company_id)
company.objects.filter(to_delete=True).delete()
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("company:index_company"))
urls.py
url(r'^(?P<company_id>[0-9]+)/delete_multiple_company/$', views.delete_multiple_company, name='delete_multiple_company'),
models.py
class Company(models.Model):
to_delete = models.BooleanField(default=False)
index.html
<span class="fa fa-plus"></span>Delete Companies
<table id="dtBasicExample" class="table table-striped table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Select</th>
<th>#</th>
<th>Checked ?</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{% for company in companys.all %}
<tr>
<td id="{{ company.id }}"><input type="checkbox" class="companyCheckbox" name="checkedbox" id="{{ company.id }}" value="{{ company.id }}"></td>
<td>{{ company.id }}</td>
<td>{{ company.to_delete }}</td>
</tr>
{% endfor %}
</tbody>
</table>

Answer 1

I experienced a similar issue as you, what I did was put in a form.
index.py
<form method="POST" class="post-form">{% csrf_token %}
<button type="submit" class="save btn btn-default">Delete</button>
<span class="fa fa-plus"></span>Delete Companies</a>
<table id="dtBasicExample" class="table table-striped table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Select</th>
<th>#</th>
<th>Checked ?</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{% for company in companys.all %}
<tr>
<td id="{{ company.id }}"><input type="checkbox" class="companyCheckbox" name="checkedbox" id="{{ company.id }}" value="{{ company.id }}"></td>
<td>{{ company.id }}</td>
<td>{{ company.to_delete }}</td>
</tr>
{% endfor %}
</tbody>
</table>
<button type="submit" class="save btn btn-default">Delete</button>
</form>
Clicking on the button then triggered the POST method in my view.
views.py
def index(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
print('I made it here')
# Put your code here, note you will return a dict, so some trial and error should be expected