Django - unique_together option with override save method in form - django

Question

I want to use the unique_together option when user save data within a form and not with the django admin.
models.py:
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class ezApp(models.Model):
name = models.SlugField(max_length=50, unique=True )
date_created = models.DateTimeField('date created', auto_now_add=True)
date_updated = models.DateTimeField('date updated', auto_now=True)
created_by = models.ForeignKey(User)
in_use = models.BooleanField()
class Meta:
unique_together = (('name', 'created_by'),)
forms.py
from django.forms import ModelForm
from django.forms.models import BaseModelFormSet
from ezApp.models import *
class BaseEzAppFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.user = kwargs.pop('user')
super(BaseEzAppFormSet, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
def save_new(self, form, commit=True):
obj = form.save(commit=False)
obj.created_by = self.user
if commit:
obj.save()
return obj
views.py:
from django.shortcuts import *
from ezApp.models import *
from django.forms.models import modelformset_factory
from django.http import HttpResponseServerError
from ezApp.forms import *
def createEzAppInstance(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
ezAppFormSet = modelformset_factory(ezApp, extra=1, fields=('name'), formset=BaseEzAppFormSet)
formset = ezAppFormSet(request.POST, request.FILES, user=request.user)
if formset.is_valid():
formset.save()
return render_to_response("ezApp/manage_new_ezApp.html", {'formset': formset, 'title': "New App"}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
else:
error_msg = u"You are not logged in"
return HttpResponseServerError(error_msg)
With unique_together in the Meta of the model, the validation is working only inside django admin but not when I use the form to save new data.

Answer 1

As msc points out you need to override the save method rather than writing your own.
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
obj = super(BaseEzAppFormSet, self).save(form, *args, commit=False, **kwargs)
obj.created_by = self.user
obj.save()
return obj
It doesn't look like your save_new() method was ever being called in your view.