How do I prepopulate an inline formset that is purely ImageFields? - django

Question

I have two models: Profile and CredentialImage.
I have implemented inlineformsets to allow the Profile to upload up to 5 maximum images(CredentialImage).
Currently, the images save to the database but they will not pre-populate when I revisit the update form, thus allowing the user to upload an unlimited amount of photos 5 at a time. Ideally, the same images saved to the database would pre-populate on the form as to limit the Profile to own and edit only 5 photos at a time.
From my understanding, I need to pass in the object to the page to pre-populate information, and I believe I'm doing just that by defining get_object.
Here are the two models:
class Profile(models.Model):
...
def get_absolute_url(self):
return reverse("profile:profile_detail",
kwargs={"username": self.user})
class CredentialImage(models.Model):
profile = models.ForeignKey(Profile, default=None,
related_name='credentialimage')
image = models.ImageField(upload_to=credential_photo_upload_loc)
The modelforms + initialization of the inlineformset_factory:
from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory
class ProfileUpdateForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Profile
fields = [
"introduction",
"biography",
]
class CredentialImageForm(ModelForm):
image = ImageField()
class Meta:
model = CredentialImage
fields = ['image', ]
CredentialImageFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Profile,
CredentialImage, fields=('image', ), extra=4, max_num=4)
A class-based UpdateView for updating a Profile:
class ProfileUpdateView(LoginRequiredMixin, UpdateView):
form_class = ProfileUpdateForm
template_name = 'profile/profile_edit.html'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(ProfileUpdateView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
if self.request.POST:
context['credential_image'] = CredentialImageFormSet(self.request.POST, self.request.FILES)
else:
context['credential_image'] = CredentialImageFormSet()
return context
def get_object(self, *args, **kwargs):
user_profile = self.kwargs.get('username')
obj = get_object_or_404(Profile, user__username=user_profile)
return obj
def form_valid(self, form):
data = self.get_context_data()
formset = data['credential_image']
if formset.is_valid():
self.object = form.save()
formset.instance = self.object
formset.save()
return redirect(self.object.get_absolute_url())
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.user = self.request.user
return super(ProfileUpdateView, self).form_valid(form)

Answer 1

You have to supply an instance in your get_context_data method.
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(ProfileUpdateView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
if self.request.POST:
context['credential_image'] = CredentialImageFormSet(self.request.POST, self.request.FILES, instance=self.object)
else:
context['credential_image'] = CredentialImageFormSet(instance=self.object)
return context