Is there a way to access the model instance that is going to be presented in a generic.DetailView in views.py before the template gets rendered? Something like the hypothetical function here:
class MyModelDetailView(LoginRequiredMixin, generic.DetailView):
model = MyModel
template_name_suffix = '_details'
def do_some_initial_stuff(model_instance):
# do stuff to model_instace,
# like assigning fields, creating context variables based on existing fields, etc.
Ultimately, I would like have a user click a button for a specific model instance in one template, then get directed to this generic.DetailView template where the model is presented with some of its field values changed and some other stuff (eg. the model may have a field that acknowledges that the this user clicked the button in the previous template). Suggestions on the most efficient way to do this would be appreciated. Thanks :)
If you want to make certain changes only if a button is clicked in the previous view then you can make use of the Django sessions. Add the needed value to the sessions dict.
request.session['button_clicked'] = True
For making changes in the current context of view it can be done by overriding get_context_data().
Like:
class MyModelDetailView(LoginRequiredMixin, generic.DetailView):
model = MyModel
template_name_suffix = '_details'
def get_context_data(self):
context = super(MyModelDetailView, self).get_context_data()
# Object is accessible through self.object or self.get_object()
if request.session.pop('button_clicked', False):
myobject = self.object
# The alteration you make on myobject wont be saved until you save it using myobject.save()
# Alter the object using myobject and alter the context varible like this:
context['object'] = myobject
context['myvar'] = "My Variable"
# Then return
return context
More about Django Sessions: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/http/sessions/
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I'm making a settings interface which works by scanning for a settings folder in the installed applications, scanning for settings files, and finally scanning for ModelForms.
I'm at the last step now. The forms are properly found and loaded, but I now need to provide the initial data. The initial data is to be pulled from the database, and, as you can imagine, it must be limited to the authenticated user (via request.user.id).
Keep in mind, this is all done dynamically. None of the names for anything, nor their structure is known in advanced (I really don't want to maintain a boring settings interface).
Here is an example settings form. I just pick the model and which fields the user can edit (this is the extent to which I want to maintain a settings interface).
class Set_Personal_Info(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = UserProfile
fields = ('nick_name', 'url')
I've looked at modelformset_factory which almost does what I want to do, but it only seems to work with results of two or more. (Here, obj is one of the settings forms)
Formset = modelformset_factory(obj.Meta.model, form=obj)
Formset(queryset=obj.Meta.model.objects.filter(id=request.user.id))
I can't filter the data, I have to get one, and only one result. Unfortunately I can't use get()
Formset = modelformset_factory(obj.Meta.model, form=obj)
Formset(queryset=obj.Meta.model.objects.get(id=request.user.id))
'User' object has no attribute 'ordered'
Providing the query result as initial data also doesn't work as it's not a list.
Formset = modelformset_factory(obj.Meta.model, form=obj)
Formset(initial=obj.Meta.model.objects.get(id=request.user.id))
'User' object does not support indexing
I have a feeling that the answer is right in front of me. How can I pull database from the database and shove it into the form as initial values?
I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to do - if you're just interested in a single form, I don't know why you're getting involved in formsets at all.
To populate a modelform with initial data from the database, you just pass the instance argument:
my_form = Set_Personal_Info(instance=UserProfile.objects.get(id=request.user.id))
Don't forget to also pass the instance argument when you're instantiating the form on POST, so that Django updates the existing instance rather than creating a new one.
(Note you might want to think about giving better names to your objects. obj usually describes a model instance, rather than a form, for which form would be a better name. And form classes should follow PEP8, and probably include the word 'form' - so PersonalInfoForm would be a good name.)
Based on what I've understand ... if you want to generate a form with dynamic fields you can use this:
class MyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
def __init__(self, dynamic_fields, *args, **kwargs):
super(MyModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields = fields_for_model(self._meta.model, dynamic_fields, self._meta.exclude, self._meta.widgets)
class Meta:
model = MyModel
Where dynamic_fields is a tuple.
More on dynamic forms:
http://www.rossp.org/blog/2008/dec/15/modelforms/
http://jacobian.org/writing/dynamic-form-generation/
http://dougalmatthews.com/articles/2009/dec/16/nicer-dynamic-forms-django/
Also Daniel's approach is valid and clean ... Based on your different ids/types etc you can you use different Form objects
forms.py
class MyModelFormA(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = MyModel
fields = ('field_a','field_b','field_c')
class MyModelFormB(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = MyModel
fields = ('field_d','field_e','field_f')
views.py
if request.method == 'POST':
if id == 1:
form = MyModelFormA(data=request.POST)
elif id == 2:
form = MyModelFormB(data=request.POST)
else:
form = MyModelFormN(data=request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save() else:
if id == 1:
form = MyModelFormA()
elif id == 2:
form = MyModelFormB()
else:
form = MyModelFormN()
Please this as a consideration question. Maybe somebody will use one of the
solutions below.
I have a couple of models which contain a ForeignKey(User) field.
My class-based create views are derived from the generic CreateView.
There are two options to save the associated user when adding a new object:
Saving the form in the views by overriding the form_valid method;
this doesn't expose user_id (and other not mentioned here data that should not be exposed)
class CreateOfferView(CreateView):
model = Offer
form_class = SomeModelFormWithUserFieldExcluded
def form_valid(self, form):
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.user = self.request.user
instance.save()
Saving the form with user id stored (and exposed) in a hidden field.
Here's the tricky part. There are more models with user field... so
when creating a form I need to fill the user field with initial (currently logged in) user and also I need to make that field hidden. For this purpose I've used my OwnFormMixin
class OwnFormMixin(object):
def get_form(self, form_class):
form = super(OwnFormMixin, self).get_form(form_class)
form.fields['user'].widget = forms.HiddenInput()
def get_initial(self):
initial = super(OwnFormMixin, self).get_initial()
initial['user'] = self.request.user.pk
#I could also do this in get_form() with form.fields['user'].initial
class CreateOfferView(OwnFormMixin, CreateView):
model = Offer
form_class = SomeModelFormWithAllFields
There are more CreateXXXView using the OwnFormMixin..
How do you save your user data in the forms?
Hidden vs. saving directly in your views? What are pros/cons?
Unless you're allowing users to modify that ForeignKeyField, there's no reason to include it in a form — I'd go with your first solution of using exclude to keep the user field out of your ModelForm, and setting the user from request.user. In fact, the Django documentation now has an example along these exact lines.
You have the advantage of not having to secure against manipulation of the user_id parameter, not exposing your internal user IDs and not having to worry about the different Create vs. Update cases. A slight disadvantage is that if you ever need the ability to change an object's associated User you'll need to start again.
I have a fairly simple Django application (v1.3 on Red Hat) for which I'm using the admin application to create and modify database records. One of the fields in my underlying model is a date field. Each time the corresponding field is displayed in the admin's new or edit form I'd like the initial value of this field to be today's date (and time). The user may choose to modify it thereafter, if she desires.
I know that I can set the default field value within my model definition (i.e. in models.py). Which works fine when a database record is first created. But for subsequent invocations of the change form the callable that I've assigned to the default parameter (datetime.datetime.now) obviously doesn't get invoked.
I've looked at - and tried - pretty well all of the many proposed solutions described elsewhere in stackoverflow, without success. Most of these appear to revolve around inserting initialisation code into the ModelForm subclass, e.g. either something like this...
class ConstantDefAdminForm(ModelForm) :
a_date_field = DateField(initial="datetime.datetime.now") # or now()
class Meta :
model = ConstantDef
widgets = {
...
}
or something like this...
class ConstantDefAdminForm(ModelForm) :
class Meta :
model = ConstantDef
widgets = {
...
}
def __init__(self, ...) :
# some initialisation of a_date_field
super(ConstantDefAdminForm, self).__init__(...)
But neither of these approaches work. The initial field value is always set to the value that is stored in the database. My reading of the Django documentation is that the various ways of imposing initial field values in forms only work for unbound forms, not bound forms. Right?
But this capability (to selectively override currently stored values) would seem to be such a popular requirement that I'm convinced that there must be a way to do it.
Has anyone out there succeeded in doing this?
Thanks in advance,
Phil
In Django 1.4 the default=<callable> in model's declaration works well:
class MyModel(models.Model):
dt = models.TimeField(null=True, blank=True, default=datetime.datetime.now)
every time you add a record the default value of the field is updated.
But the use the field's default parameter cause me some problem with the Admin log history of DateField objects, that are every time recorded as changed also when they are not modified. So I've adopted a solution based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/11145346/1838607:
import datetime
class MyModelAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = MyModel
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(MyModelAdminForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['dt'].initial = datetime.datetime.now
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
form = MyModelAdminForm
fields = ('dt',)
Here's an approach that might work. In your model admin class, change the value of obj.a_date_field before the form is bound. The 'default' value for the date field should be the new value.
class MyModelAdmin(ModelAdmin):
...
def get_object(self, request, object_id):
obj = super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_object(request, object_id)
if obj is not None:
obj.a_date_field = datetime.now()
return obj
Note that get_object is not documented, so this is a bit hacky.
I had a similar problem, and I found the solution from here
I think what you will want to do is this:
class yourAdminModel(admin.ModelAdmin):
fields = ['your_date_field']
def add_view(self, request, form_url="", extra_context=None):
data = request.GET.copy()
data['your_date_field'] = datetime.date.today() # or whatever u need
request.GET = data
return super(yourAdminModel, self).add_view(request, form_url="", extra_context=extra_context)
You should be able to use auto_now with your DateTime Field which according to the docs will automatically set the value to now() each time the form is saved
Since Django 1.7 there is a function get_changeform_initial_data in ModelAdmin that sets initial form values:
def get_changeform_initial_data(self, request):
return {'dt': datetime.now()}
How do I allow fields to be populated by the user at the time of object creation ("add" page) and then made read-only when accessed at "change" page?
The simplest solution I found was to override the get_readonly_fields function of ModelAdmin:
class TestAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None):
'''
Override to make certain fields readonly if this is a change request
'''
if obj is not None:
return self.readonly_fields + ('title',)
return self.readonly_fields
admin.site.register(TestModel, TestAdmin)
Object will be none for the add page, and an instance of your model for the change page.
Edit: Please note this was tested on Django==1.2
There's two thing to address in your question.
1. Read-only form fields
Doesn't exist as is in Django, but you can implement it yourself, and this blog post can help.
2. Different form for add/change
I guess you're looking for a solution in the admin site context (otherwise, just use 2 different forms in your views).
You could eventually override add_view or change_view in your ModelAdmin and use a different form in one of the view, but I'm afraid you will end up with an awful load of duplicated code.
Another solution I can think of, is a form that will modify its fields upon instantiation, when passed an instance parameter (ie: an edit case). Assuming you have a ReadOnlyField class, that would give you something like:
class MyModelAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Stuff
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(MyModelAdminForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
if kwargs.get('instance') is not None:
self.fields['title'] = ReadOnlyField()
In here, the field title in the model Stuff will be read-only on the change page of the admin site, but editable on the creation form.
Hope that helps.
You can edit that model's save method to handle such a requirement. For example, you can check if the field already contains some value, if it does, ignore the new value.
One option is to override or replace the change_form template for that specific model.
Given a model with ForeignKeyField (FKF) or ManyToManyField (MTMF) fields with a foreignkey to 'self' how can I prevent self (recursive) selection within the Django Admin (admin).
In short, it should be possible to prevent self (recursive) selection of a model instance in the admin. This applies when editing existing instances of a model, not creating new instances.
For example, take the following model for an article in a news app;
class Article(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
slug = models.SlugField()
related_articles = models.ManyToManyField('self')
If there are 3 Article instances (title: a1-3), when editing an existing Article instance via the admin the related_articles field is represented by default by a html (multiple)select box which provides a list of ALL articles (Article.objects.all()). The user should only see and be able to select Article instances other than itself, e.g. When editing Article a1, related_articles available to select = a2, a3.
I can currently see 3 potential to ways to do this, in order of decreasing preference;
Provide a way to set the queryset providing available choices in the admin form field for the related_articles (via an exclude query filter, e.g. Article.objects.filter(~Q(id__iexact=self.id)) to exclude the current instance being edited from the list of related_articles a user can see and select from. Creation/setting of the queryset to use could occur within the constructor (__init__) of a custom Article ModelForm, or, via some kind of dynamic limit_choices_to Model option. This would require a way to grab the instance being edited to use for filtering.
Override the save_model function of the Article Model or ModelAdmin class to check for and remove itself from the related_articles before saving the instance. This still means that admin users can see and select all articles including the instance being edited (for existing articles).
Filter out self references when required for use outside the admin, e.g. templates.
The ideal solution (1) is currently possible to do via custom model forms outside of the admin as it's possible to pass in a filtered queryset variable for the instance being edited to the model form constructor. Question is, can you get at the Article instance, i.e. 'self' being edited the admin before the form is created to do the same thing.
It could be I am going about this the wrong way, but if your allowed to define a FKF / MTMF to the same model then there should be a way to have the admin - do the right thing - and prevent a user from selecting itself by excluding it in the list of available choices.
Note: Solution 2 and 3 are possible to do now and are provided to try and avoid getting these as answers, ideally i'd like to get an answer to solution 1.
Carl is correct, here's a cut and paste code sample that would go in admin.py
I find navigating the Django relationships can be tricky if you don't have a solid grasp, and a living example can be worth 1000 time more than a "go read this" (not that you don't need to understand what is happening).
class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = MyModel
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(MyForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['myManyToManyField'].queryset = MyModel.objects.exclude(
id__exact=self.instance.id)
You can use a custom ModelForm in the admin (by setting the "form" attribute of your ModelAdmin subclass). So you do it the same way in the admin as you would anywhere else.
You can also override the get_form method of the ModelAdmin like so:
def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
"""
Modify the fields in the form that are self-referential by
removing self instance from queryset
"""
form = super().get_form(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
# obj won't exist yet for create page
if obj:
# Finds fieldnames of related fields whose model is self
rmself_fields = [f.name for f in self.model._meta.get_fields() if (
f.concrete and f.is_relation and f.related_model is self.model)]
for fieldname in rmself_fields:
form.base_fields[fieldname]._queryset =
form.base_fields[fieldname]._queryset.exclude(id=obj.id)
return form
Note that this is a on-size-fits-all solution that automatically finds self-referencing model fields and removes self from all of them :-)
I like the solution of checking at save() time:
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
# call full_clean() that in turn will call clean()
self.full_clean()
return super().save(*args, **kwargs)
def clean(self):
obj = self
parents = set()
while obj is not None:
if obj in parents:
raise ValidationError('Loop error', code='infinite_loop')
parents.add(obj)
obj = obj.parent