Formset Factory Make Fields Required - django

Question

I am using a modelformset_factory in Django to have a user fill out an unknown number of fields.
I have made the fields required but in the HTML rendering Django does not add required to the HTML element, looking around online this seems to be a common issue but I have not seen any valid answers that apply for what I want and I feel like this should be simple.
How do I make Django add the required tag to appropriate HTML elements for a Formset?
class ItemForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Media:
js = (formset_js_path,)
class Meta:
model = PurchaseOrderItems
fields = ['name', 'vendor', 'quantity', 'price', 'description']
labels = {
'name': 'Item',
}
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# self.fields['description'] .widget.attrs['required'] = 'required'
self.empty_permitted = False
self.fields['description'] = forms.CharField(
required=False,
label='Description',
)
def clean(self):
"""
:return:
"""
cleaned_data = super().clean()
# print(cleaned_data)
ItemFormSet = modelformset_factory(
PurchaseOrderItems,
form=ItemForm,
extra=0,
min_num=1,
validate_min=True,
can_delete=True,
)
Here is the HTML rendered for the name field, no required yet in my model it certainly is, so if this form is submitted I get DB errors because of empty values:
<input type="text" name="form-0-name" maxlength="150" class="form-control" id="id_form-0-name">

Answer 1

According to the release notes:
Required form fields now have the required HTML attribute. Set the new
Form.use_required_attribute attribute to False to disable it. The
required attribute isn’t included on forms of formsets because the
browser validation may not be correct when adding and deleting
formsets.
So if you want to disable, from your view you must submit the form in this way. This will affect all your fields.
form = ItemForm(use_required_attribute=False)
However, if you only want to affect some you must do the previous step and also in your form add this
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['name'].widget.attrs.update({'required': ''})
self.fields['vendor'].widget.attrs.update({'required': ''})
self.fields['quantity'].widget.attrs.update({'required': ''})
self.fields['price'].widget.attrs.update({'required': ''})
self.fields['description'].widget.attrs.update({'required': 'False'})
On the other hand I see that you are not using widgets in your form you should also use them to make it work.
widgets = {
'name': forms.TextInput(),
'vendor': forms.TextInput(),
'quantity': forms.TextInput(),
'price': forms.TextInput(),
'description': forms.TextInput(),
}
I put all the fields as TextInput, but look for what is indicated according to the type of data here Field types.