Django: how do i edit/update a model? - django

Question

Argh. Hey all, i have a muy simple django question:
And argh, i'm sorry, i've read and read, and I am sure this is covered somewhere super-obviously, but i haven't found it!
How do i edit/update a model using django? Like, the data values? Not the model fields?
Here is my code! (I'm using a home-brew version of stuff!)
Here is the urls:
url(r'^editStory/(?P<id>\d+)$',
StoryModelView.as_view(
context_object_name='form',
template_name ='stories/editStory.html',
success_template= 'stories/editStorySuccess.html'
),
{},
'editStory'
),
Here is the view:
def get(self,request,id=None):
form = self.getForm(request,id)
return self.renderValidations(form)
def getForm(self, request,id):
if id:
return self.getModelById(request,id)
return StoryForm()
def getModelById(self,request,id):
theStory = get_object_or_404(Story, pk=id)
if theStory.user != request.user:
raise HttpResponseForbidden()
return StoryForm(theStory)
def renderValidations(self,form):
if self.context_object_name:
contextName = self.context_object_name
else:
contextName = 'form'
if self.template_name:
return render_to_response(self.template_name,{contextName:form})
else :
return render_to_response('stories/addStory.html',{contextName:form})
def getPostForm(self,request,id):
if id:
theStory = self.idHelper(request,id)
return StoryForm(request.POST,theStory)
return StoryForm(request.POST)
def processForm(self,form,request):
theStory = form.save(commit=False)
theStory.user = request.user
return theStory
Here is the template code:
{% block content %}
<h3>Edit story</h3>
<form action="" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{% for field in form %}
<div class="fieldWrapper">
{{ field.errors }}
{{ field.label_tag }} {{ field }}
</div>
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
{% endblock %}
try as i might, i either:
get an error
get nothing
i get an error with the code as-displayed, caused by this line
{% for field in form %}
and with the error of:
Caught AttributeError while rendering: 'Story' object has no attribute 'get'
or i get nothing - no data at all - if i change my "getModelById" method to read:
def getModelById(self,request,id):
theStory = get_object_or_404(StoryForm, pk=id)
if theStory.user != request.user:
raise HttpResponseForbidden()
return theStory
StoryForm is one of those "ModelForm" things, and its model is "Story".
SO! The question:
how do i fix this code to make it work? What have i done wrong?

Answer 1

You don't show what your class is inheriting from, but it seems like you're just using a standard single object display view. Instead, you should use one of the editing mixins that are provided for this purpose.

Answer 2

Without knowing what your model looks like, are you looking for something along the lines of
s = Story.objects.get(some criteria)
s.user = <some user>
s.save()
?
Sorry, I find your question a little vague.
Upon rereading, one thing jumped out at me:
You can't do a query (get, filter, or any variation on these) on a model-- you have to do it on an object manager, like objects.
So, as above, in your case, Story.objects.get_object_or_404 should solve your error.