Django Match ForeignKey from ModelChoiceField to MySQL - django

Question

I have a ModelChoiceField called outage_name. I also have a simple form that allows you to select the item from the list. The ModelChoiceField is pulled from a MySQL DB. This queryset is located in forms.py
outage_name = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset = Outage.objects.filter(published = True)
The models.py is listed below.
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class Outage(models.Model):
outage_name = models.CharField(max_length=60, unique=True)
published = models.BooleanField()
def __unicode__(self):
return self.outage_name
class Detail(models.Model):
detail = models.CharField(max_length=60, unique=True)
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
outage = models.ForeignKey(Outage)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.outage
When I select from the list and submit the form I can't seem to figure out how to match outage = models.ForeignKey(Outage) that was selected on the list. To the correct outage_name. In my views.py I can hard code the id and it submits to the database and everything works fine.
def turnover_form(request):
if request.user.is_authenticated():
if request.method == 'POST':
form = TurnoverForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
details = Detail.objects.get_or_create(
detail = form.cleaned_data['detail'],
user = request.user,
outage = Outage.objects.get(pk=1))
return HttpResponseRedirect('/turnover/user/')
else:
form = TurnoverForm()
variables = RequestContext(request, {'form': form})
return render_to_response('turnover_form.html', variables)
else:
return HttpResponseRedirect('/authorization/')
Any advice on how to match the id with the selected item would be appreciated. I'm sure my code is not very pythonic as I'm still learning.

Answer 1

outage = form.cleaned_data['outage'] # cleaned_data['outage'] is a model instance