Using modelformset_factory in a Django Class Based View - django

Question

I am building a view that will let me update multiple fields on multiple objects at the same time. I'm doing this using ModelFormSet & modelformset_factory.
The template will be a table of forms with the object name to the left of the fields (see image below).
I found this example, but I am stuck on how to implement the class based view & template.
My Formset
class BaseFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(BaseFormSet, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.queryset = Reference.objects.filter(
start__isnull=True)
ReferenceFormSet = modelformset_factory(
Reference,
fields=('start', 'end'),
formset=BaseFormSet,
extra=0)
My View
class ReferenceFormSetView(LoginRequiredMixin, SuperuserRequiredMixin, FormView):
model = Reference
form_class = ReferenceFormSet
template_name = "references/references_form.html"
def form_valid(self, form):
for sub_form in form:
if sub_form.has_changed():
sub_form.save()
return super(ReferenceFormSetView, self).form_valid(form)
My Template
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block content %}
<div class="container">
<h1>{{ headline }}</h1>
<div class="row">
<form action="" method="post">
{% crispy form %}
<div class="">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock content %}
Questions
The view seems odd with the Formset in the form_class. Is there a better way to handle this?
How can I access the instance name to display in the form?

Answer 1

I found a solution using a package called django-extra-views.
There is a class called ModelFormSetView which does exactly what I wanted. Here is my implementation (simplified) for others to use -
My View
class ReferenceFormSetView(ModelFormSetView):
model = Reference
template_name = "references/references_form.html"
fields = ['start', 'end']
extra = 0
def get_queryset(self):
return self.model.objects.all()
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('references:formset')
def formset_valid(self, formset):
"""
If the formset is valid redirect to the supplied URL
"""
messages.success(self.request, "Updated")
return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
def formset_invalid(self, formset):
"""
If the formset is invalid, re-render the context data with the
data-filled formset and errors.
"""
messages.error(self.request, "Error dummy")
return self.render_to_response(self.get_context_data(formset=formset))
My Template
<form class="" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ formset.management_form }}
{% for form in formset %}
<div class="">
{% for field in form %}
{{ field }}
{% endfor %}
</div>
{% endfor %}
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save</button>
</form>