Django class-based UpdateView - django

Question

We are using Django 1.9.5. I am writing update company profile view. I want to have two fields on my update profile page:
company name,
apikey(generated with a dedicated function).
I want to change field name by hands and then save by clicking button Update. For filed apikey I want to have separated button which would automatically generate new key, save it to db and update my page.
I am overwriting post method at UpdateView class. But simething isn't working. Please take a look at my code:
models.py:
class Organization(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(_('organisation display name'), max_length=512,
blank=True)
apikey = models.CharField(_("API authentication key"), max_length=APIKEY_LENGTH,
default=get_apikey)
where get_apikey is
from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
APIKEY_PREFIX = "key-"
APIKEY_LENGTH = 80
def get_apikey():
rnd_len = APIKEY_LENGTH - len(APIKEY_PREFIX)
return "{}{}".format(
APIKEY_PREFIX,
get_random_string(rnd_len, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
)
forms.py:
from django import forms
from crispy_forms.helper import FormHelper, Layout
from orgs.models import Organization
class OrgProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(OrgProfileForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.helper = FormHelper()
self.helper.form_tag = False
class Meta:
model = Organization
fields = ['name', 'apikey']
views.py
from django.views.generic.edit import UpdateView, BaseUpdateView
from orgs.forms import OrgProfileForm
from orgs.models import Organization
from local.auth import get_apikey
class OrgProfileView(UpdateView):
model = Organization
template_name = 'orgs/orgprofile.html'
form_class = OrgProfileForm
url_name = 'profile'
success_url = '/'
def get_object(self, queryset=None):
org_obj = Organization.objects.get(orgname=self.kwargs["orgname"])
return org_obj
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
import ipdb
ipdb.set_trace()
if '_key' in request.POST:
org_obj = Organization.objects.get(orgname=self.kwargs["orgname"])
org_obj.apikey = get_apikey()
org_obj.save()
self.object = org_obj
return super(BaseUpdateView, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)
template.html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load i18n %}
{% load staticfiles %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block title %}{% trans "Organization profile" %}{% endblock title %}
{% block header_title %}{% trans "Organization profile" %}{% endblock header_title %}
{% block content %}
<form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
{% crispy form %}
<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Generate new key' %}" name="_key">
<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Update form' %}" name="_update">
</form>
{% endblock content %}
Using _key and '_update' I want to differentiate between two buttons and actions update name and regenerate new apikey.

Answer 1

Ohh, I have found the way around. In post request for updating apikey I need to:
update apikey value in model and save it,
redirect back to get request
views.py
class OrgProfileView(UpdateView):
model = Organization
template_name = 'orgs/orgprofile.html'
form_class = OrgProfileForm
url_name = 'profile'
def get_object(self, queryset=None):
org_obj = Organization.objects.get(orgname=self.kwargs["orgname"])
return org_obj
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
if '_key' in request.POST:
org_obj = Organization.objects.get(orgname=self.kwargs["orgname"])
org_obj.apikey = get_apikey()
org_obj.save()
self.object = org_obj
return super(BaseUpdateView, self).get(request, *args, **kwargs)
else:
self.object = self.get_object()
return super(BaseUpdateView, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)