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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
tests = r """
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>> > from django . forms import *
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>> > from django . core . files . uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
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>> > import datetime
>> > import time
>> > import re
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>> > from decimal import Decimal
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#########
# Forms #
#########
A Form is a collection of Fields . It knows how to validate a set of data and it
knows how to render itself in a couple of default ways ( e . g . , an HTML table ) .
You can pass it data in __init__ ( ) , as a dictionary .
# Form ########################################################################
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . birthday = DateField ( )
Pass a dictionary to a Form ' s __init__().
>> > p = Person ( { ' first_name ' : u ' John ' , ' last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' , ' birthday ' : u ' 1940-10-9 ' } )
>> > p . is_bound
True
>> > p . errors
{ }
>> > p . is_valid ( )
True
>> > p . errors . as_ul ( )
u ' '
>> > p . errors . as_text ( )
u ' '
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>> > p . cleaned_data [ " first_name " ] , p . cleaned_data [ " last_name " ] , p . cleaned_data [ " birthday " ]
( u ' John ' , u ' Lennon ' , datetime . date ( 1940 , 10 , 9 ) )
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>> > print p [ ' first_name ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " first_name " value = " John " id = " id_first_name " / >
>> > print p [ ' last_name ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " last_name " value = " Lennon " id = " id_last_name " / >
>> > print p [ ' birthday ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " id = " id_birthday " / >
>> > print p [ ' nonexistentfield ' ]
Traceback ( most recent call last ) :
. . .
KeyError : " Key ' nonexistentfield ' not found in Form "
>> > for boundfield in p :
. . . print boundfield
< input type = " text " name = " first_name " value = " John " id = " id_first_name " / >
< input type = " text " name = " last_name " value = " Lennon " id = " id_last_name " / >
< input type = " text " name = " birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " id = " id_birthday " / >
>> > for boundfield in p :
. . . print boundfield . label , boundfield . data
First name John
Last name Lennon
Birthday 1940 - 10 - 9
>> > print p
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " value = " John " id = " id_first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " value = " Lennon " id = " id_last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " id = " id_birthday " / > < / td > < / tr >
Empty dictionaries are valid , too .
>> > p = Person ( { } )
>> > p . is_bound
True
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>> > p . errors [ ' first_name ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p . errors [ ' last_name ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p . errors [ ' birthday ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > p . is_valid ( )
False
>> > p . cleaned_data
Traceback ( most recent call last ) :
. . .
AttributeError : ' Person ' object has no attribute ' cleaned_data '
>> > print p
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_table ( )
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / li >
>> > print p . as_p ( )
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul >
< p > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / p >
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul >
< p > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / p >
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul >
< p > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / p >
If you don ' t pass any values to the Form ' s __init__ ( ) , or if you pass None ,
the Form will be considered unbound and won ' t do any validation. Form.errors
will be an empty dictionary * but * Form . is_valid ( ) will return False .
>> > p = Person ( )
>> > p . is_bound
False
>> > p . errors
{ }
>> > p . is_valid ( )
False
>> > p . cleaned_data
Traceback ( most recent call last ) :
. . .
AttributeError : ' Person ' object has no attribute ' cleaned_data '
>> > print p
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_table ( )
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / li >
>> > print p . as_p ( )
< p > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < / p >
Unicode values are handled properly .
>> > p = Person ( { ' first_name ' : u ' John ' , ' last_name ' : u ' \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 ' , ' birthday ' : ' 1940-10-9 ' } )
>> > p . as_table ( )
u ' <tr><th><label for= " id_first_name " >First name:</label></th><td><input type= " text " name= " first_name " value= " John " id= " id_first_name " /></td></tr> \n <tr><th><label for= " id_last_name " >Last name:</label></th><td><input type= " text " name= " last_name " value= " \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 " id= " id_last_name " /></td></tr> \n <tr><th><label for= " id_birthday " >Birthday:</label></th><td><input type= " text " name= " birthday " value= " 1940-10-9 " id= " id_birthday " /></td></tr> '
>> > p . as_ul ( )
u ' <li><label for= " id_first_name " >First name:</label> <input type= " text " name= " first_name " value= " John " id= " id_first_name " /></li> \n <li><label for= " id_last_name " >Last name:</label> <input type= " text " name= " last_name " value= " \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 " id= " id_last_name " /></li> \n <li><label for= " id_birthday " >Birthday:</label> <input type= " text " name= " birthday " value= " 1940-10-9 " id= " id_birthday " /></li> '
>> > p . as_p ( )
u ' <p><label for= " id_first_name " >First name:</label> <input type= " text " name= " first_name " value= " John " id= " id_first_name " /></p> \n <p><label for= " id_last_name " >Last name:</label> <input type= " text " name= " last_name " value= " \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 " id= " id_last_name " /></p> \n <p><label for= " id_birthday " >Birthday:</label> <input type= " text " name= " birthday " value= " 1940-10-9 " id= " id_birthday " /></p> '
>> > p = Person ( { ' last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' } )
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>> > p . errors [ ' first_name ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p . errors [ ' birthday ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > p . is_valid ( )
False
>> > p . errors . as_ul ( )
u ' <ul class= " errorlist " ><li>first_name<ul class= " errorlist " ><li>This field is required.</li></ul></li><li>birthday<ul class= " errorlist " ><li>This field is required.</li></ul></li></ul> '
>> > print p . errors . as_text ( )
* first_name
* This field is required .
* birthday
* This field is required .
>> > p . cleaned_data
Traceback ( most recent call last ) :
. . .
AttributeError : ' Person ' object has no attribute ' cleaned_data '
>> > p [ ' first_name ' ] . errors
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p [ ' first_name ' ] . errors . as_ul ( )
u ' <ul class= " errorlist " ><li>This field is required.</li></ul> '
>> > p [ ' first_name ' ] . errors . as_text ( )
u ' * This field is required. '
>> > p = Person ( )
>> > print p [ ' first_name ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / >
>> > print p [ ' last_name ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / >
>> > print p [ ' birthday ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / >
cleaned_data will always * only * contain a key for fields defined in the
Form , even if you pass extra data when you define the Form . In this
example , we pass a bunch of extra fields to the form constructor ,
but cleaned_data contains only the form ' s fields.
>> > data = { ' first_name ' : u ' John ' , ' last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' , ' birthday ' : u ' 1940-10-9 ' , ' extra1 ' : ' hello ' , ' extra2 ' : ' hello ' }
>> > p = Person ( data )
>> > p . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' first_name ' ]
u ' John '
>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' last_name ' ]
u ' Lennon '
>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' birthday ' ]
datetime . date ( 1940 , 10 , 9 )
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cleaned_data will include a key and value for * all * fields defined in the Form ,
even if the Form ' s data didn ' t include a value for fields that are not
required . In this example , the data dictionary doesn ' t include a value for the
" nick_name " field , but cleaned_data includes it . For CharFields , it ' s set to the
empty string .
>> > class OptionalPersonForm ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . nick_name = CharField ( required = False )
>> > data = { ' first_name ' : u ' John ' , ' last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' }
>> > f = OptionalPersonForm ( data )
>> > f . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' nick_name ' ]
u ' '
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' first_name ' ]
u ' John '
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' last_name ' ]
u ' Lennon '
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For DateFields , it ' s set to None.
>> > class OptionalPersonForm ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . birth_date = DateField ( required = False )
>> > data = { ' first_name ' : u ' John ' , ' last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' }
>> > f = OptionalPersonForm ( data )
>> > f . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > print f . cleaned_data [ ' birth_date ' ]
None
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' first_name ' ]
u ' John '
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' last_name ' ]
u ' Lennon '
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" auto_id " tells the Form to add an " id " attribute to each form element .
If it ' s a string that contains ' % s ' , Django will use that as a format string
into which the field ' s name will be inserted. It will also put a <label> around
the human - readable labels for a field .
>> > p = Person ( auto_id = ' %s _id ' )
>> > print p . as_table ( )
< tr > < th > < label for = " first_name_id " > First name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " first_name_id " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " last_name_id " > Last name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " last_name_id " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " birthday_id " > Birthday : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " birthday_id " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " first_name_id " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " first_name_id " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " last_name_id " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " last_name_id " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " birthday_id " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " birthday_id " / > < / li >
>> > print p . as_p ( )
< p > < label for = " first_name_id " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " first_name_id " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " last_name_id " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " last_name_id " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " birthday_id " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " birthday_id " / > < / p >
If auto_id is any True value whose str ( ) does not contain ' %s ' , the " id "
attribute will be the name of the field .
>> > p = Person ( auto_id = True )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " birthday " / > < / li >
If auto_id is any False value , an " id " attribute won ' t be output unless it
was manually entered .
>> > p = Person ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < / li >
In this example , auto_id is False , but the " id " attribute for the " first_name "
field is given . Also note that field gets a < label > , while the others don ' t.
>> > class PersonNew ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( widget = TextInput ( attrs = { ' id ' : ' first_name_id ' } ) )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . birthday = DateField ( )
>> > p = PersonNew ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " first_name_id " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " id = " first_name_id " name = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < / li >
If the " id " attribute is specified in the Form and auto_id is True , the " id "
attribute in the Form gets precedence .
>> > p = PersonNew ( auto_id = True )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " first_name_id " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " id = " first_name_id " name = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " birthday " / > < / li >
>> > class SignupForm ( Form ) :
. . . email = EmailField ( )
. . . get_spam = BooleanField ( )
>> > f = SignupForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' email ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " email " / >
>> > print f [ ' get_spam ' ]
< input type = " checkbox " name = " get_spam " / >
>> > f = SignupForm ( { ' email ' : ' test@example.com ' , ' get_spam ' : True } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' email ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " email " value = " test@example.com " / >
>> > print f [ ' get_spam ' ]
< input checked = " checked " type = " checkbox " name = " get_spam " / >
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' True ' or ' true ' should be rendered without a value attribute
>> > f = SignupForm ( { ' email ' : ' test@example.com ' , ' get_spam ' : ' True ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' get_spam ' ]
< input checked = " checked " type = " checkbox " name = " get_spam " / >
>> > f = SignupForm ( { ' email ' : ' test@example.com ' , ' get_spam ' : ' true ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' get_spam ' ]
< input checked = " checked " type = " checkbox " name = " get_spam " / >
A value of ' False ' or ' false ' should be rendered unchecked
>> > f = SignupForm ( { ' email ' : ' test@example.com ' , ' get_spam ' : ' False ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' get_spam ' ]
< input type = " checkbox " name = " get_spam " / >
>> > f = SignupForm ( { ' email ' : ' test@example.com ' , ' get_spam ' : ' false ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' get_spam ' ]
< input type = " checkbox " name = " get_spam " / >
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Any Field can have a Widget class passed to its constructor :
>> > class ContactForm ( Form ) :
. . . subject = CharField ( )
. . . message = CharField ( widget = Textarea )
>> > f = ContactForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' subject ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " subject " / >
>> > print f [ ' message ' ]
< textarea rows = " 10 " cols = " 40 " name = " message " > < / textarea >
as_textarea ( ) , as_text ( ) and as_hidden ( ) are shortcuts for changing the output
widget type :
>> > f [ ' subject ' ] . as_textarea ( )
u ' <textarea rows= " 10 " cols= " 40 " name= " subject " ></textarea> '
>> > f [ ' message ' ] . as_text ( )
u ' <input type= " text " name= " message " /> '
>> > f [ ' message ' ] . as_hidden ( )
u ' <input type= " hidden " name= " message " /> '
The ' widget ' parameter to a Field can also be an instance :
>> > class ContactForm ( Form ) :
. . . subject = CharField ( )
. . . message = CharField ( widget = Textarea ( attrs = { ' rows ' : 80 , ' cols ' : 20 } ) )
>> > f = ContactForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' message ' ]
< textarea rows = " 80 " cols = " 20 " name = " message " > < / textarea >
Instance - level attrs are * not * carried over to as_textarea ( ) , as_text ( ) and
as_hidden ( ) :
>> > f [ ' message ' ] . as_text ( )
u ' <input type= " text " name= " message " /> '
>> > f = ContactForm ( { ' subject ' : ' Hello ' , ' message ' : ' I love you. ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > f [ ' subject ' ] . as_textarea ( )
u ' <textarea rows= " 10 " cols= " 40 " name= " subject " >Hello</textarea> '
>> > f [ ' message ' ] . as_text ( )
u ' <input type= " text " name= " message " value= " I love you. " /> '
>> > f [ ' message ' ] . as_hidden ( )
u ' <input type= " hidden " name= " message " value= " I love you. " /> '
For a form with a < select > , use ChoiceField :
>> > class FrameworkForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . language = ChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' P ' , ' Python ' ) , ( ' J ' , ' Java ' ) ] )
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select name = " language " >
< option value = " P " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( { ' name ' : ' Django ' , ' language ' : ' P ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select name = " language " >
< option value = " P " selected = " selected " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
A subtlety : If one of the choices ' value is the empty string and the form is
unbound , then the < option > for the empty - string choice will get selected = " selected " .
>> > class FrameworkForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . language = ChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' ' , ' ------ ' ) , ( ' P ' , ' Python ' ) , ( ' J ' , ' Java ' ) ] )
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select name = " language " >
< option value = " " selected = " selected " > - - - - - - < / option >
< option value = " P " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
You can specify widget attributes in the Widget constructor .
>> > class FrameworkForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . language = ChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' P ' , ' Python ' ) , ( ' J ' , ' Java ' ) ] , widget = Select ( attrs = { ' class ' : ' foo ' } ) )
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select class = " foo " name = " language " >
< option value = " P " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( { ' name ' : ' Django ' , ' language ' : ' P ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select class = " foo " name = " language " >
< option value = " P " selected = " selected " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
When passing a custom widget instance to ChoiceField , note that setting
' choices ' on the widget is meaningless . The widget will use the choices
defined on the Field , not the ones defined on the Widget .
>> > class FrameworkForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . language = ChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' P ' , ' Python ' ) , ( ' J ' , ' Java ' ) ] , widget = Select ( choices = [ ( ' R ' , ' Ruby ' ) , ( ' P ' , ' Perl ' ) ] , attrs = { ' class ' : ' foo ' } ) )
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select class = " foo " name = " language " >
< option value = " P " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( { ' name ' : ' Django ' , ' language ' : ' P ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select class = " foo " name = " language " >
< option value = " P " selected = " selected " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
You can set a ChoiceField ' s choices after the fact.
>> > class FrameworkForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . language = ChoiceField ( )
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select name = " language " >
< / select >
>> > f . fields [ ' language ' ] . choices = [ ( ' P ' , ' Python ' ) , ( ' J ' , ' Java ' ) ]
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< select name = " language " >
< option value = " P " > Python < / option >
< option value = " J " > Java < / option >
< / select >
Add widget = RadioSelect to use that widget with a ChoiceField .
>> > class FrameworkForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . language = ChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' P ' , ' Python ' ) , ( ' J ' , ' Java ' ) ] , widget = RadioSelect )
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< ul >
< li > < label > < input type = " radio " name = " language " value = " P " / > Python < / label > < / li >
< li > < label > < input type = " radio " name = " language " value = " J " / > Java < / label > < / li >
< / ul >
>> > print f
< tr > < th > Name : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Language : < / th > < td > < ul >
< li > < label > < input type = " radio " name = " language " value = " P " / > Python < / label > < / li >
< li > < label > < input type = " radio " name = " language " value = " J " / > Java < / label > < / li >
< / ul > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print f . as_ul ( )
< li > Name : < input type = " text " name = " name " / > < / li >
< li > Language : < ul >
< li > < label > < input type = " radio " name = " language " value = " P " / > Python < / label > < / li >
< li > < label > < input type = " radio " name = " language " value = " J " / > Java < / label > < / li >
< / ul > < / li >
Regarding auto_id and < label > , RadioSelect is a special case . Each radio button
gets a distinct ID , formed by appending an underscore plus the button ' s
zero - based index .
>> > f = FrameworkForm ( auto_id = ' id_ %s ' )
>> > print f [ ' language ' ]
< ul >
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< li > < label for = " id_language_0 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_0 " value = " P " name = " language " / > Python < / label > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_language_1 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_1 " value = " J " name = " language " / > Java < / label > < / li >
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< / ul >
When RadioSelect is used with auto_id , and the whole form is printed using
either as_table ( ) or as_ul ( ) , the label for the RadioSelect will point to the
ID of the * first * radio button .
>> > print f
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_name " > Name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " name " id = " id_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_language_0 " > Language : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul >
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< li > < label for = " id_language_0 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_0 " value = " P " name = " language " / > Python < / label > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_language_1 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_1 " value = " J " name = " language " / > Java < / label > < / li >
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< / ul > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print f . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " id_name " > Name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " name " id = " id_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_language_0 " > Language : < / label > < ul >
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< li > < label for = " id_language_0 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_0 " value = " P " name = " language " / > Python < / label > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_language_1 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_1 " value = " J " name = " language " / > Java < / label > < / li >
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< / ul > < / li >
>> > print f . as_p ( )
< p > < label for = " id_name " > Name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " name " id = " id_name " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_language_0 " > Language : < / label > < ul >
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< li > < label for = " id_language_0 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_0 " value = " P " name = " language " / > Python < / label > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_language_1 " > < input type = " radio " id = " id_language_1 " value = " J " name = " language " / > Java < / label > < / li >
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< / ul > < / p >
MultipleChoiceField is a special case , as its data is required to be a list :
>> > class SongForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . composers = MultipleChoiceField ( )
>> > f = SongForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ]
< select multiple = " multiple " name = " composers " >
< / select >
>> > class SongForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . composers = MultipleChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' J ' , ' John Lennon ' ) , ( ' P ' , ' Paul McCartney ' ) ] )
>> > f = SongForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ]
< select multiple = " multiple " name = " composers " >
< option value = " J " > John Lennon < / option >
< option value = " P " > Paul McCartney < / option >
< / select >
>> > f = SongForm ( { ' name ' : ' Yesterday ' , ' composers ' : [ ' P ' ] } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' name ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " name " value = " Yesterday " / >
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ]
< select multiple = " multiple " name = " composers " >
< option value = " J " > John Lennon < / option >
< option value = " P " selected = " selected " > Paul McCartney < / option >
< / select >
MultipleChoiceField rendered as_hidden ( ) is a special case . Because it can
have multiple values , its as_hidden ( ) renders multiple < input type = " hidden " >
tags .
>> > f = SongForm ( { ' name ' : ' Yesterday ' , ' composers ' : [ ' P ' ] } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ] . as_hidden ( )
< input type = " hidden " name = " composers " value = " P " / >
>> > f = SongForm ( { ' name ' : ' From Me To You ' , ' composers ' : [ ' P ' , ' J ' ] } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ] . as_hidden ( )
< input type = " hidden " name = " composers " value = " P " / >
< input type = " hidden " name = " composers " value = " J " / >
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DateTimeField rendered as_hidden ( ) is special too
>> > class MessageForm ( Form ) :
. . . when = SplitDateTimeField ( )
>> > f = MessageForm ( { ' when_0 ' : ' 1992-01-01 ' , ' when_1 ' : ' 01:01 ' } )
>> > print f . is_valid ( )
True
>> > print f [ ' when ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " when_0 " value = " 1992-01-01 " id = " id_when_0 " / > < input type = " text " name = " when_1 " value = " 01:01 " id = " id_when_1 " / >
>> > print f [ ' when ' ] . as_hidden ( )
< input type = " hidden " name = " when_0 " value = " 1992-01-01 " id = " id_when_0 " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " when_1 " value = " 01:01 " id = " id_when_1 " / >
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MultipleChoiceField can also be used with the CheckboxSelectMultiple widget .
>> > class SongForm ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . composers = MultipleChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' J ' , ' John Lennon ' ) , ( ' P ' , ' Paul McCartney ' ) ] , widget = CheckboxSelectMultiple )
>> > f = SongForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ]
< ul >
< li > < label > < input type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " J " / > John Lennon < / label > < / li >
< li > < label > < input type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " P " / > Paul McCartney < / label > < / li >
< / ul >
>> > f = SongForm ( { ' composers ' : [ ' J ' ] } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ]
< ul >
< li > < label > < input checked = " checked " type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " J " / > John Lennon < / label > < / li >
< li > < label > < input type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " P " / > Paul McCartney < / label > < / li >
< / ul >
>> > f = SongForm ( { ' composers ' : [ ' J ' , ' P ' ] } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ]
< ul >
< li > < label > < input checked = " checked " type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " J " / > John Lennon < / label > < / li >
< li > < label > < input checked = " checked " type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " P " / > Paul McCartney < / label > < / li >
< / ul >
Regarding auto_id , CheckboxSelectMultiple is a special case . Each checkbox
gets a distinct ID , formed by appending an underscore plus the checkbox ' s
zero - based index .
>> > f = SongForm ( auto_id = ' %s _id ' )
>> > print f [ ' composers ' ]
< ul >
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< li > < label for = " composers_id_0 " > < input type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " J " id = " composers_id_0 " / > John Lennon < / label > < / li >
< li > < label for = " composers_id_1 " > < input type = " checkbox " name = " composers " value = " P " id = " composers_id_1 " / > Paul McCartney < / label > < / li >
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< / ul >
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Data for a MultipleChoiceField should be a list . QueryDict , MultiValueDict and
MergeDict ( when created as a merge of MultiValueDicts ) conveniently work with
this .
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>> > data = { ' name ' : ' Yesterday ' , ' composers ' : [ ' J ' , ' P ' ] }
>> > f = SongForm ( data )
>> > f . errors
{ }
>> > from django . http import QueryDict
>> > data = QueryDict ( ' name=Yesterday&composers=J&composers=P ' )
>> > f = SongForm ( data )
>> > f . errors
{ }
>> > from django . utils . datastructures import MultiValueDict
>> > data = MultiValueDict ( dict ( name = [ ' Yesterday ' ] , composers = [ ' J ' , ' P ' ] ) )
>> > f = SongForm ( data )
>> > f . errors
{ }
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>> > from django . utils . datastructures import MergeDict
>> > data = MergeDict ( MultiValueDict ( dict ( name = [ ' Yesterday ' ] , composers = [ ' J ' , ' P ' ] ) ) )
>> > f = SongForm ( data )
>> > f . errors
{ }
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The MultipleHiddenInput widget renders multiple values as hidden fields .
>> > class SongFormHidden ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . composers = MultipleChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' J ' , ' John Lennon ' ) , ( ' P ' , ' Paul McCartney ' ) ] , widget = MultipleHiddenInput )
>> > f = SongFormHidden ( MultiValueDict ( dict ( name = [ ' Yesterday ' ] , composers = [ ' J ' , ' P ' ] ) ) , auto_id = False )
>> > print f . as_ul ( )
< li > Name : < input type = " text " name = " name " value = " Yesterday " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " composers " value = " J " / >
< input type = " hidden " name = " composers " value = " P " / > < / li >
When using CheckboxSelectMultiple , the framework expects a list of input and
returns a list of input .
>> > f = SongForm ( { ' name ' : ' Yesterday ' } , auto_id = False )
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>> > f . errors [ ' composers ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > f = SongForm ( { ' name ' : ' Yesterday ' , ' composers ' : [ ' J ' ] } , auto_id = False )
>> > f . errors
{ }
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>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' composers ' ]
[ u ' J ' ]
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' name ' ]
u ' Yesterday '
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>> > f = SongForm ( { ' name ' : ' Yesterday ' , ' composers ' : [ ' J ' , ' P ' ] } , auto_id = False )
>> > f . errors
{ }
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>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' composers ' ]
[ u ' J ' , u ' P ' ]
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' name ' ]
u ' Yesterday '
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Validation errors are HTML - escaped when output as HTML .
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>> > from django . utils . safestring import mark_safe
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>> > class EscapingForm ( Form ) :
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. . . special_name = CharField ( label = " <em>Special</em> Field " )
. . . special_safe_name = CharField ( label = mark_safe ( " <em>Special</em> Field " ) )
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. . . def clean_special_name ( self ) :
. . . raise ValidationError ( " Something ' s wrong with ' %s ' " % self . cleaned_data [ ' special_name ' ] )
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. . . def clean_special_safe_name ( self ) :
. . . raise ValidationError ( mark_safe ( " ' <b> %s </b> ' is a safe string " % self . cleaned_data [ ' special_safe_name ' ] ) )
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>> > f = EscapingForm ( { ' special_name ' : " Nothing to escape " , ' special_safe_name ' : " Nothing to escape " } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print f
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< tr > < th > & lt ; em & gt ; Special & lt ; / em & gt ; Field : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > Something & #39;s wrong with 'Nothing to escape'</li></ul><input type="text" name="special_name" value="Nothing to escape" /></td></tr>
< tr > < th > < em > Special < / em > Field : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > ' <b>Nothing to escape</b> ' is a safe string < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " special_safe_name " value = " Nothing to escape " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > f = EscapingForm (
. . . { ' special_name ' : " Should escape < & > and <script>alert( ' xss ' )</script> " ,
. . . ' special_safe_name ' : " <i>Do not escape</i> " } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print f
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< tr > < th > & lt ; em & gt ; Special & lt ; / em & gt ; Field : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > Something & #39;s wrong with 'Should escape < & > and <script>alert('xss')</script>'</li></ul><input type="text" name="special_name" value="Should escape < & > and <script>alert('xss')</script>" /></td></tr>
< tr > < th > < em > Special < / em > Field : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > ' <b><i>Do not escape</i></b> ' is a safe string < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " special_safe_name " value = " <i>Do not escape</i> " / > < / td > < / tr >
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""" + \
r """ # [This concatenation is to keep the string below the jython ' s 32K limit].
# Validating multiple fields in relation to another ###########################
There are a couple of ways to do multiple - field validation . If you want the
validation message to be associated with a particular field , implement the
clean_XXX ( ) method on the Form , where XXX is the field name . As in
Field . clean ( ) , the clean_XXX ( ) method should return the cleaned value . In the
clean_XXX ( ) method , you have access to self . cleaned_data , which is a dictionary
of all the data that has been cleaned * so far * , in order by the fields ,
including the current field ( e . g . , the field XXX if you ' re in clean_XXX()).
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 )
. . . password1 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . password2 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . def clean_password2 ( self ) :
. . . if self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password1 ' ) and self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password2 ' ) and self . cleaned_data [ ' password1 ' ] != self . cleaned_data [ ' password2 ' ] :
. . . raise ValidationError ( u ' Please make sure your passwords match. ' )
. . . return self . cleaned_data [ ' password2 ' ]
>> > f = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > f . errors
{ }
>> > f = UserRegistration ( { } , auto_id = False )
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>> > f . errors [ ' username ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > f . errors [ ' password1 ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > f . errors [ ' password2 ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > f = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : ' adrian ' , ' password1 ' : ' foo ' , ' password2 ' : ' bar ' } , auto_id = False )
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>> > f . errors [ ' password2 ' ]
[ u ' Please make sure your passwords match. ' ]
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>> > f = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : ' adrian ' , ' password1 ' : ' foo ' , ' password2 ' : ' foo ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > f . errors
{ }
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>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' username ' ]
u ' adrian '
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' password1 ' ]
u ' foo '
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' password2 ' ]
u ' foo '
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Another way of doing multiple - field validation is by implementing the
Form ' s clean() method. If you do this, any ValidationError raised by that
method will not be associated with a particular field ; it will have a
special - case association with the field named ' __all__ ' .
Note that in Form . clean ( ) , you have access to self . cleaned_data , a dictionary of
all the fields / values that have * not * raised a ValidationError . Also note
Form . clean ( ) is required to return a dictionary of all clean data .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 )
. . . password1 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . password2 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . def clean ( self ) :
. . . if self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password1 ' ) and self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password2 ' ) and self . cleaned_data [ ' password1 ' ] != self . cleaned_data [ ' password2 ' ] :
. . . raise ValidationError ( u ' Please make sure your passwords match. ' )
. . . return self . cleaned_data
>> > f = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > f . errors
{ }
>> > f = UserRegistration ( { } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f . as_table ( )
< tr > < th > Username : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Password1 : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Password2 : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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>> > f . errors [ ' username ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > f . errors [ ' password1 ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > f . errors [ ' password2 ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > f = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : ' adrian ' , ' password1 ' : ' foo ' , ' password2 ' : ' bar ' } , auto_id = False )
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>> > f . errors [ ' __all__ ' ]
[ u ' Please make sure your passwords match. ' ]
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>> > print f . as_table ( )
< tr > < td colspan = " 2 " > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > Please make sure your passwords match . < / li > < / ul > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Username : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " adrian " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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< tr > < th > Password1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Password2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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>> > print f . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > Please make sure your passwords match . < / li > < / ul > < / li >
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " adrian " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
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< li > Password1 : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / li >
< li > Password2 : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / li >
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>> > f = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : ' adrian ' , ' password1 ' : ' foo ' , ' password2 ' : ' foo ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > f . errors
{ }
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>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' username ' ]
u ' adrian '
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' password1 ' ]
u ' foo '
>> > f . cleaned_data [ ' password2 ' ]
u ' foo '
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# Dynamic construction ########################################################
It ' s possible to construct a Form dynamically by adding to the self.fields
dictionary in __init__ ( ) . Don ' t forget to call Form.__init__() within the
subclass ' __init__().
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . def __init__ ( self , * args , * * kwargs ) :
. . . super ( Person , self ) . __init__ ( * args , * * kwargs )
. . . self . fields [ ' birthday ' ] = DateField ( )
>> > p = Person ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p
< tr > < th > First name : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Last name : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Birthday : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < / td > < / tr >
Instances of a dynamic Form do not persist fields from one Form instance to
the next .
>> > class MyForm ( Form ) :
. . . def __init__ ( self , data = None , auto_id = False , field_list = [ ] ) :
. . . Form . __init__ ( self , data , auto_id = auto_id )
. . . for field in field_list :
. . . self . fields [ field [ 0 ] ] = field [ 1 ]
>> > field_list = [ ( ' field1 ' , CharField ( ) ) , ( ' field2 ' , CharField ( ) ) ]
>> > my_form = MyForm ( field_list = field_list )
>> > print my_form
< tr > < th > Field1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > field_list = [ ( ' field3 ' , CharField ( ) ) , ( ' field4 ' , CharField ( ) ) ]
>> > my_form = MyForm ( field_list = field_list )
>> > print my_form
< tr > < th > Field3 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field3 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field4 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field4 " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > class MyForm ( Form ) :
. . . default_field_1 = CharField ( )
. . . default_field_2 = CharField ( )
. . . def __init__ ( self , data = None , auto_id = False , field_list = [ ] ) :
. . . Form . __init__ ( self , data , auto_id = auto_id )
. . . for field in field_list :
. . . self . fields [ field [ 0 ] ] = field [ 1 ]
>> > field_list = [ ( ' field1 ' , CharField ( ) ) , ( ' field2 ' , CharField ( ) ) ]
>> > my_form = MyForm ( field_list = field_list )
>> > print my_form
< tr > < th > Default field 1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " default_field_1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Default field 2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " default_field_2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > field_list = [ ( ' field3 ' , CharField ( ) ) , ( ' field4 ' , CharField ( ) ) ]
>> > my_form = MyForm ( field_list = field_list )
>> > print my_form
< tr > < th > Default field 1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " default_field_1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Default field 2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " default_field_2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field3 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field3 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field4 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field4 " / > < / td > < / tr >
Similarly , changes to field attributes do not persist from one Form instance
to the next .
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( required = False )
. . . last_name = CharField ( required = False )
. . . def __init__ ( self , names_required = False , * args , * * kwargs ) :
. . . super ( Person , self ) . __init__ ( * args , * * kwargs )
. . . if names_required :
. . . self . fields [ ' first_name ' ] . required = True
. . . self . fields [ ' first_name ' ] . widget . attrs [ ' class ' ] = ' required '
. . . self . fields [ ' last_name ' ] . required = True
. . . self . fields [ ' last_name ' ] . widget . attrs [ ' class ' ] = ' required '
>> > f = Person ( names_required = False )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . required , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . required
( False , False )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . widget . attrs , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . widget . attrs
( { } , { } )
>> > f = Person ( names_required = True )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . required , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . required
( True , True )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . widget . attrs , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . widget . attrs
( { ' class ' : ' required ' } , { ' class ' : ' required ' } )
>> > f = Person ( names_required = False )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . required , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . required
( False , False )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . widget . attrs , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . widget . attrs
( { } , { } )
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( max_length = 30 )
. . . last_name = CharField ( max_length = 30 )
. . . def __init__ ( self , name_max_length = None , * args , * * kwargs ) :
. . . super ( Person , self ) . __init__ ( * args , * * kwargs )
. . . if name_max_length :
. . . self . fields [ ' first_name ' ] . max_length = name_max_length
. . . self . fields [ ' last_name ' ] . max_length = name_max_length
>> > f = Person ( name_max_length = None )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . max_length , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . max_length
( 30 , 30 )
>> > f = Person ( name_max_length = 20 )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . max_length , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . max_length
( 20 , 20 )
>> > f = Person ( name_max_length = None )
>> > f [ ' first_name ' ] . field . max_length , f [ ' last_name ' ] . field . max_length
( 30 , 30 )
HiddenInput widgets are displayed differently in the as_table ( ) , as_ul ( )
and as_p ( ) output of a Form - - their verbose names are not displayed , and a
separate row is not displayed . They ' re displayed in the last row of the
form , directly after that row ' s form element.
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . hidden_text = CharField ( widget = HiddenInput )
. . . birthday = DateField ( )
>> > p = Person ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p
< tr > < th > First name : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Last name : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Birthday : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " / > < / li >
>> > print p . as_p ( )
< p > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / p >
< p > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / p >
< p > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " / > < / p >
With auto_id set , a HiddenInput still gets an ID , but it doesn ' t get a label.
>> > p = Person ( auto_id = ' id_ %s ' )
>> > print p
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " id = " id_hidden_text " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " id = " id_hidden_text " / > < / li >
>> > print p . as_p ( )
< p > < label for = " id_first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " id = " id_first_name " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " id = " id_last_name " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " id = " id_birthday " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " id = " id_hidden_text " / > < / p >
If a field with a HiddenInput has errors , the as_table ( ) and as_ul ( ) output
will include the error message ( s ) with the text " (Hidden field [fieldname]) "
prepended . This message is displayed at the top of the output , regardless of
its field ' s order in the form.
>> > p = Person ( { ' first_name ' : ' John ' , ' last_name ' : ' Lennon ' , ' birthday ' : ' 1940-10-9 ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p
< tr > < td colspan = " 2 " > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > ( Hidden field hidden_text ) This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > First name : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " first_name " value = " John " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Last name : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " last_name " value = " Lennon " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Birthday : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > ( Hidden field hidden_text ) This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < / li >
< li > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " value = " John " / > < / li >
< li > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " value = " Lennon " / > < / li >
< li > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " / > < / li >
>> > print p . as_p ( )
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > ( Hidden field hidden_text ) This field is required . < / li > < / ul >
< p > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " value = " John " / > < / p >
< p > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " value = " Lennon " / > < / p >
< p > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " hidden_text " / > < / p >
A corner case : It ' s possible for a form to have only HiddenInputs.
>> > class TestForm ( Form ) :
. . . foo = CharField ( widget = HiddenInput )
. . . bar = CharField ( widget = HiddenInput )
>> > p = TestForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_table ( )
< input type = " hidden " name = " foo " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " bar " / >
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< input type = " hidden " name = " foo " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " bar " / >
>> > print p . as_p ( )
< input type = " hidden " name = " foo " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " bar " / >
A Form ' s fields are displayed in the same order in which they were defined.
>> > class TestForm ( Form ) :
. . . field1 = CharField ( )
. . . field2 = CharField ( )
. . . field3 = CharField ( )
. . . field4 = CharField ( )
. . . field5 = CharField ( )
. . . field6 = CharField ( )
. . . field7 = CharField ( )
. . . field8 = CharField ( )
. . . field9 = CharField ( )
. . . field10 = CharField ( )
. . . field11 = CharField ( )
. . . field12 = CharField ( )
. . . field13 = CharField ( )
. . . field14 = CharField ( )
>> > p = TestForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p
< tr > < th > Field1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field3 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field3 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field4 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field4 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field5 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field5 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field6 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field6 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field7 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field7 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field8 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field8 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field9 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field9 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field10 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field10 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field11 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field11 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field12 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field12 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field13 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field13 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Field14 : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " field14 " / > < / td > < / tr >
Some Field classes have an effect on the HTML attributes of their associated
Widget . If you set max_length in a CharField and its associated widget is
either a TextInput or PasswordInput , then the widget ' s rendered HTML will
include the " maxlength " attribute .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 ) # uses TextInput by default
. . . password = CharField ( max_length = 10 , widget = PasswordInput )
. . . realname = CharField ( max_length = 10 , widget = TextInput ) # redundantly define widget, just to test
. . . address = CharField ( ) # no max_length defined here
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Realname : < input type = " text " name = " realname " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Address : < input type = " text " name = " address " / > < / li >
If you specify a custom " attrs " that includes the " maxlength " attribute ,
the Field ' s max_length attribute will override whatever " maxlength " you specify
in " attrs " .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , widget = TextInput ( attrs = { ' maxlength ' : 20 } ) )
. . . password = CharField ( max_length = 10 , widget = PasswordInput )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
# Specifying labels ###########################################################
You can specify the label for a field by using the ' label ' argument to a Field
class . If you don ' t specify ' label ' , Django will use the field name with
underscores converted to spaces , and the initial letter capitalized .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , label = ' Your username ' )
. . . password1 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . password2 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput , label = ' Password (again) ' )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Your username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password1 : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / li >
< li > Password ( again ) : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / li >
Labels for as_ * methods will only end in a colon if they don ' t end in other
punctuation already .
>> > class Questions ( Form ) :
. . . q1 = CharField ( label = ' The first question ' )
. . . q2 = CharField ( label = ' What is your name? ' )
. . . q3 = CharField ( label = ' The answer to life is: ' )
. . . q4 = CharField ( label = ' Answer this question! ' )
. . . q5 = CharField ( label = ' The last question. Period. ' )
>> > print Questions ( auto_id = False ) . as_p ( )
< p > The first question : < input type = " text " name = " q1 " / > < / p >
< p > What is your name ? < input type = " text " name = " q2 " / > < / p >
< p > The answer to life is : < input type = " text " name = " q3 " / > < / p >
< p > Answer this question ! < input type = " text " name = " q4 " / > < / p >
< p > The last question . Period . < input type = " text " name = " q5 " / > < / p >
>> > print Questions ( ) . as_p ( )
< p > < label for = " id_q1 " > The first question : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " q1 " id = " id_q1 " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_q2 " > What is your name ? < / label > < input type = " text " name = " q2 " id = " id_q2 " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_q3 " > The answer to life is : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " q3 " id = " id_q3 " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_q4 " > Answer this question ! < / label > < input type = " text " name = " q4 " id = " id_q4 " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_q5 " > The last question . Period . < / label > < input type = " text " name = " q5 " id = " id_q5 " / > < / p >
A label can be a Unicode object or a bytestring with special characters .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , label = ' ŠĐĆŽćžšđ ' )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput , label = u ' \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 ' )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > p . as_ul ( )
u ' <li> \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 : <input type= " text " name= " username " maxlength= " 10 " /></li> \n <li> \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 : <input type= " password " name= " password " /></li> '
If a label is set to the empty string for a field , that field won ' t get a label.
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , label = ' ' )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = ' id_ %s ' )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < input id = " id_username " type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_password " > Password : < / label > < input type = " password " name = " password " id = " id_password " / > < / li >
If label is None , Django will auto - create the label from the field name . This
is default behavior .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , label = None )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = ' id_ %s ' )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " id_username " > Username : < / label > < input id = " id_username " type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_password " > Password : < / label > < input type = " password " name = " password " id = " id_password " / > < / li >
# Label Suffix ################################################################
You can specify the ' label_suffix ' argument to a Form class to modify the
punctuation symbol used at the end of a label . By default , the colon ( : ) is
used , and is only appended to the label if the label doesn ' t already end with a
punctuation symbol : . , ! , ? or : . If you specify a different suffix , it will
be appended regardless of the last character of the label .
>> > class FavoriteForm ( Form ) :
. . . color = CharField ( label = ' Favorite color? ' )
. . . animal = CharField ( label = ' Favorite animal ' )
. . .
>> > f = FavoriteForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f . as_ul ( )
< li > Favorite color ? < input type = " text " name = " color " / > < / li >
< li > Favorite animal : < input type = " text " name = " animal " / > < / li >
>> > f = FavoriteForm ( auto_id = False , label_suffix = ' ? ' )
>> > print f . as_ul ( )
< li > Favorite color ? < input type = " text " name = " color " / > < / li >
< li > Favorite animal ? < input type = " text " name = " animal " / > < / li >
>> > f = FavoriteForm ( auto_id = False , label_suffix = ' ' )
>> > print f . as_ul ( )
< li > Favorite color ? < input type = " text " name = " color " / > < / li >
< li > Favorite animal < input type = " text " name = " animal " / > < / li >
>> > f = FavoriteForm ( auto_id = False , label_suffix = u ' \u2192 ' )
>> > f . as_ul ( )
u ' <li>Favorite color? <input type= " text " name= " color " /></li> \n <li>Favorite animal \u2192 <input type= " text " name= " animal " /></li> '
""" + \
r """ # [This concatenation is to keep the string below the jython ' s 32K limit].
# Initial data ################################################################
You can specify initial data for a field by using the ' initial ' argument to a
Field class . This initial data is displayed when a Form is rendered with * no *
data . It is not displayed when a Form is rendered with any data ( including an
empty dictionary ) . Also , the initial value is * not * used if data for a
particular required field isn ' t provided.
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , initial = ' django ' )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
Here , we ' re not submitting any data, so the initial value will be displayed.
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " django " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
Here , we ' re submitting data, so the initial value will *not* be displayed.
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : u ' ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : u ' foo ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " foo " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
An ' initial ' value is * not * used as a fallback if data is not provided . In this
example , we don ' t provide a value for ' username ' , and the form raises a
validation error rather than using the initial value for ' username ' .
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' password ' : ' secret ' } )
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>> > p . errors [ ' username ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > p . is_valid ( )
False
# Dynamic initial data ########################################################
The previous technique dealt with " hard-coded " initial data , but it ' s also
possible to specify initial data after you ' ve already created the Form class
( i . e . , at runtime ) . Use the ' initial ' parameter to the Form constructor . This
should be a dictionary containing initial values for one or more fields in the
form , keyed by field name .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
Here , we ' re not submitting any data, so the initial value will be displayed.
>> > p = UserRegistration ( initial = { ' username ' : ' django ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " django " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( initial = { ' username ' : ' stephane ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " stephane " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
The ' initial ' parameter is meaningless if you pass data .
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { } , initial = { ' username ' : ' django ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : u ' ' } , initial = { ' username ' : ' django ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : u ' foo ' } , initial = { ' username ' : ' django ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " foo " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
A dynamic ' initial ' value is * not * used as a fallback if data is not provided .
In this example , we don ' t provide a value for ' username ' , and the form raises a
validation error rather than using the initial value for ' username ' .
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' password ' : ' secret ' } , initial = { ' username ' : ' django ' } )
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>> > p . errors [ ' username ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > p . is_valid ( )
False
If a Form defines ' initial ' * and * ' initial ' is passed as a parameter to Form ( ) ,
then the latter will get precedence .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , initial = ' django ' )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( initial = { ' username ' : ' babik ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " babik " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
# Callable initial data ########################################################
The previous technique dealt with raw values as initial data , but it ' s also
possible to specify callable data .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
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. . . options = MultipleChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' f ' , ' foo ' ) , ( ' b ' , ' bar ' ) , ( ' w ' , ' whiz ' ) ] )
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We need to define functions that get called later .
>> > def initial_django ( ) :
. . . return ' django '
>> > def initial_stephane ( ) :
. . . return ' stephane '
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>> > def initial_options ( ) :
. . . return [ ' f ' , ' b ' ]
>> > def initial_other_options ( ) :
. . . return [ ' b ' , ' w ' ]
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Here , we ' re not submitting any data, so the initial value will be displayed.
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>> > p = UserRegistration ( initial = { ' username ' : initial_django , ' options ' : initial_options } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " django " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
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< li > Options : < select multiple = " multiple " name = " options " >
< option value = " f " selected = " selected " > foo < / option >
< option value = " b " selected = " selected " > bar < / option >
< option value = " w " > whiz < / option >
< / select > < / li >
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The ' initial ' parameter is meaningless if you pass data .
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>> > p = UserRegistration ( { } , initial = { ' username ' : initial_django , ' options ' : initial_options } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
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< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Options : < select multiple = " multiple " name = " options " >
< option value = " f " > foo < / option >
< option value = " b " > bar < / option >
< option value = " w " > whiz < / option >
< / select > < / li >
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>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : u ' ' } , initial = { ' username ' : initial_django } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
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< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Options : < select multiple = " multiple " name = " options " >
< option value = " f " > foo < / option >
< option value = " b " > bar < / option >
< option value = " w " > whiz < / option >
< / select > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : u ' foo ' , ' options ' : [ ' f ' , ' b ' ] } , initial = { ' username ' : initial_django } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " foo " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
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< li > Options : < select multiple = " multiple " name = " options " >
< option value = " f " selected = " selected " > foo < / option >
< option value = " b " selected = " selected " > bar < / option >
< option value = " w " > whiz < / option >
< / select > < / li >
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A callable ' initial ' value is * not * used as a fallback if data is not provided .
In this example , we don ' t provide a value for ' username ' , and the form raises a
validation error rather than using the initial value for ' username ' .
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>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' password ' : ' secret ' } , initial = { ' username ' : initial_django , ' options ' : initial_options } )
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>> > p . errors [ ' username ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > p . is_valid ( )
False
If a Form defines ' initial ' * and * ' initial ' is passed as a parameter to Form ( ) ,
then the latter will get precedence .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , initial = initial_django )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
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. . . options = MultipleChoiceField ( choices = [ ( ' f ' , ' foo ' ) , ( ' b ' , ' bar ' ) , ( ' w ' , ' whiz ' ) ] , initial = initial_other_options )
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>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " django " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
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< li > Options : < select multiple = " multiple " name = " options " >
< option value = " f " > foo < / option >
< option value = " b " selected = " selected " > bar < / option >
< option value = " w " selected = " selected " > whiz < / option >
< / select > < / li >
>> > p = UserRegistration ( initial = { ' username ' : initial_stephane , ' options ' : initial_options } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " stephane " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < / li >
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< li > Options : < select multiple = " multiple " name = " options " >
< option value = " f " selected = " selected " > foo < / option >
< option value = " b " selected = " selected " > bar < / option >
< option value = " w " > whiz < / option >
< / select > < / li >
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# Help text ###################################################################
You can specify descriptive text for a field by using the ' help_text ' argument
to a Field class . This help text is displayed when a Form is rendered .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , help_text = ' e.g., user@example.com ' )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput , help_text = ' Choose wisely. ' )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
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< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < span class = " helptext " > e . g . , user @example.com < / span > < / li >
< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < span class = " helptext " > Choose wisely . < / span > < / li >
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>> > print p . as_p ( )
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< p > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < span class = " helptext " > e . g . , user @example.com < / span > < / p >
< p > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < span class = " helptext " > Choose wisely . < / span > < / p >
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>> > print p . as_table ( )
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< tr > < th > Username : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < br / > < span class = " helptext " > e . g . , user @example.com < / span > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Password : < / th > < td > < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < br / > < span class = " helptext " > Choose wisely . < / span > < / td > < / tr >
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The help text is displayed whether or not data is provided for the form .
>> > p = UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : u ' foo ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
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< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " foo " maxlength = " 10 " / > < span class = " helptext " > e . g . , user @example.com < / span > < / li >
< li > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < span class = " helptext " > Choose wisely . < / span > < / li >
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help_text is not displayed for hidden fields . It can be used for documentation
purposes , though .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , help_text = ' e.g., user@example.com ' )
. . . password = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . next = CharField ( widget = HiddenInput , initial = ' / ' , help_text = ' Redirect destination ' )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
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< li > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < span class = " helptext " > e . g . , user @example.com < / span > < / li >
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< li > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " next " value = " / " / > < / li >
Help text can include arbitrary Unicode characters .
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , help_text = ' ŠĐĆŽćžšđ ' )
>> > p = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
>> > p . as_ul ( )
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u ' <li>Username: <input type= " text " name= " username " maxlength= " 10 " /> <span class= " helptext " > \u0160 \u0110 \u0106 \u017d \u0107 \u017e \u0161 \u0111 </span></li> '
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# Subclassing forms ###########################################################
You can subclass a Form to add fields . The resulting form subclass will have
all of the fields of the parent Form , plus whichever fields you define in the
subclass .
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . birthday = DateField ( )
>> > class Musician ( Person ) :
. . . instrument = CharField ( )
>> > p = Person ( auto_id = False )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < / li >
>> > m = Musician ( auto_id = False )
>> > print m . as_ul ( )
< li > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < / li >
< li > Instrument : < input type = " text " name = " instrument " / > < / li >
Yes , you can subclass multiple forms . The fields are added in the order in
which the parent classes are listed .
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . birthday = DateField ( )
>> > class Instrument ( Form ) :
. . . instrument = CharField ( )
>> > class Beatle ( Person , Instrument ) :
. . . haircut_type = CharField ( )
>> > b = Beatle ( auto_id = False )
>> > print b . as_ul ( )
< li > First name : < input type = " text " name = " first_name " / > < / li >
< li > Last name : < input type = " text " name = " last_name " / > < / li >
< li > Birthday : < input type = " text " name = " birthday " / > < / li >
< li > Instrument : < input type = " text " name = " instrument " / > < / li >
< li > Haircut type : < input type = " text " name = " haircut_type " / > < / li >
# Forms with prefixes #########################################################
Sometimes it ' s necessary to have multiple forms display on the same HTML page,
or multiple copies of the same form . We can accomplish this with form prefixes .
Pass the keyword argument ' prefix ' to the Form constructor to use this feature .
This value will be prepended to each HTML form field name . One way to think
about this is " namespaces for HTML forms " . Notice that in the data argument ,
each field ' s key has the prefix, in this case ' person1 ' , prepended to the
actual field name .
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . birthday = DateField ( )
>> > data = {
. . . ' person1-first_name ' : u ' John ' ,
. . . ' person1-last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' ,
. . . ' person1-birthday ' : u ' 1940-10-9 '
. . . }
>> > p = Person ( data , prefix = ' person1 ' )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " id_person1-first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " person1-first_name " value = " John " id = " id_person1-first_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_person1-last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " person1-last_name " value = " Lennon " id = " id_person1-last_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_person1-birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " person1-birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " id = " id_person1-birthday " / > < / li >
>> > print p [ ' first_name ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " person1-first_name " value = " John " id = " id_person1-first_name " / >
>> > print p [ ' last_name ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " person1-last_name " value = " Lennon " id = " id_person1-last_name " / >
>> > print p [ ' birthday ' ]
< input type = " text " name = " person1-birthday " value = " 1940-10-9 " id = " id_person1-birthday " / >
>> > p . errors
{ }
>> > p . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' first_name ' ]
u ' John '
>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' last_name ' ]
u ' Lennon '
>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' birthday ' ]
datetime . date ( 1940 , 10 , 9 )
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Let ' s try submitting some bad data to make sure form.errors and field.errors
work as expected .
>> > data = {
. . . ' person1-first_name ' : u ' ' ,
. . . ' person1-last_name ' : u ' ' ,
. . . ' person1-birthday ' : u ' '
. . . }
>> > p = Person ( data , prefix = ' person1 ' )
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>> > p . errors [ ' first_name ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p . errors [ ' last_name ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p . errors [ ' birthday ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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>> > p [ ' first_name ' ] . errors
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p [ ' person1-first_name ' ] . errors
Traceback ( most recent call last ) :
. . .
KeyError : " Key ' person1-first_name ' not found in Form "
In this example , the data doesn ' t have a prefix, but the form requires it, so
the form doesn ' t " see " the fields.
>> > data = {
. . . ' first_name ' : u ' John ' ,
. . . ' last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' ,
. . . ' birthday ' : u ' 1940-10-9 '
. . . }
>> > p = Person ( data , prefix = ' person1 ' )
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>> > p . errors [ ' first_name ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p . errors [ ' last_name ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
>> > p . errors [ ' birthday ' ]
[ u ' This field is required. ' ]
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With prefixes , a single data dictionary can hold data for multiple instances
of the same form .
>> > data = {
. . . ' person1-first_name ' : u ' John ' ,
. . . ' person1-last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' ,
. . . ' person1-birthday ' : u ' 1940-10-9 ' ,
. . . ' person2-first_name ' : u ' Jim ' ,
. . . ' person2-last_name ' : u ' Morrison ' ,
. . . ' person2-birthday ' : u ' 1943-12-8 '
. . . }
>> > p1 = Person ( data , prefix = ' person1 ' )
>> > p1 . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > p1 . cleaned_data [ ' first_name ' ]
u ' John '
>> > p1 . cleaned_data [ ' last_name ' ]
u ' Lennon '
>> > p1 . cleaned_data [ ' birthday ' ]
datetime . date ( 1940 , 10 , 9 )
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>> > p2 = Person ( data , prefix = ' person2 ' )
>> > p2 . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > p2 . cleaned_data [ ' first_name ' ]
u ' Jim '
>> > p2 . cleaned_data [ ' last_name ' ]
u ' Morrison '
>> > p2 . cleaned_data [ ' birthday ' ]
datetime . date ( 1943 , 12 , 8 )
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By default , forms append a hyphen between the prefix and the field name , but a
form can alter that behavior by implementing the add_prefix ( ) method . This
method takes a field name and returns the prefixed field , according to
self . prefix .
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . first_name = CharField ( )
. . . last_name = CharField ( )
. . . birthday = DateField ( )
. . . def add_prefix ( self , field_name ) :
. . . return self . prefix and ' %s -prefix- %s ' % ( self . prefix , field_name ) or field_name
>> > p = Person ( prefix = ' foo ' )
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li > < label for = " id_foo-prefix-first_name " > First name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " foo-prefix-first_name " id = " id_foo-prefix-first_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_foo-prefix-last_name " > Last name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " foo-prefix-last_name " id = " id_foo-prefix-last_name " / > < / li >
< li > < label for = " id_foo-prefix-birthday " > Birthday : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " foo-prefix-birthday " id = " id_foo-prefix-birthday " / > < / li >
>> > data = {
. . . ' foo-prefix-first_name ' : u ' John ' ,
. . . ' foo-prefix-last_name ' : u ' Lennon ' ,
. . . ' foo-prefix-birthday ' : u ' 1940-10-9 '
. . . }
>> > p = Person ( data , prefix = ' foo ' )
>> > p . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' first_name ' ]
u ' John '
>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' last_name ' ]
u ' Lennon '
>> > p . cleaned_data [ ' birthday ' ]
datetime . date ( 1940 , 10 , 9 )
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# Forms with NullBooleanFields ################################################
NullBooleanField is a bit of a special case because its presentation ( widget )
is different than its data . This is handled transparently , though .
>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . is_cool = NullBooleanField ( )
>> > p = Person ( { ' name ' : u ' Joe ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p [ ' is_cool ' ]
< select name = " is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " selected = " selected " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " > No < / option >
< / select >
>> > p = Person ( { ' name ' : u ' Joe ' , ' is_cool ' : u ' 1 ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p [ ' is_cool ' ]
< select name = " is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " selected = " selected " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " > No < / option >
< / select >
>> > p = Person ( { ' name ' : u ' Joe ' , ' is_cool ' : u ' 2 ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p [ ' is_cool ' ]
< select name = " is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " selected = " selected " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " > No < / option >
< / select >
>> > p = Person ( { ' name ' : u ' Joe ' , ' is_cool ' : u ' 3 ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p [ ' is_cool ' ]
< select name = " is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " selected = " selected " > No < / option >
< / select >
>> > p = Person ( { ' name ' : u ' Joe ' , ' is_cool ' : True } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p [ ' is_cool ' ]
< select name = " is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " selected = " selected " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " > No < / option >
< / select >
>> > p = Person ( { ' name ' : u ' Joe ' , ' is_cool ' : False } , auto_id = False )
>> > print p [ ' is_cool ' ]
< select name = " is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " selected = " selected " > No < / option >
< / select >
# Forms with FileFields ################################################
FileFields are a special case because they take their data from the request . FILES ,
not request . POST .
>> > class FileForm ( Form ) :
. . . file1 = FileField ( )
>> > f = FileForm ( auto_id = False )
>> > print f
< tr > < th > File1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " file " name = " file1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > f = FileForm ( data = { } , files = { } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f
< tr > < th > File1 : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " file " name = " file1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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>> > f = FileForm ( data = { } , files = { ' file1 ' : SimpleUploadedFile ( ' name ' , ' ' ) } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print f
< tr > < th > File1 : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > The submitted file is empty . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " file " name = " file1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > f = FileForm ( data = { } , files = { ' file1 ' : ' something that is not a file ' } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f
< tr > < th > File1 : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > No file was submitted . Check the encoding type on the form . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " file " name = " file1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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>> > f = FileForm ( data = { } , files = { ' file1 ' : SimpleUploadedFile ( ' name ' , ' some content ' ) } , auto_id = False )
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>> > print f
< tr > < th > File1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " file " name = " file1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
>> > f . is_valid ( )
True
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>> > f = FileForm ( data = { } , files = { ' file1 ' : SimpleUploadedFile ( ' 我隻氣墊船裝滿晒鱔.txt ' , ' मेरी मँडराने वाली नाव सर्पमीनों से भरी ह ' ) } , auto_id = False )
>> > print f
< tr > < th > File1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " file " name = " file1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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# Basic form processing in a view #############################################
>> > from django . template import Template , Context
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 )
. . . password1 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . password2 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . def clean ( self ) :
. . . if self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password1 ' ) and self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password2 ' ) and self . cleaned_data [ ' password1 ' ] != self . cleaned_data [ ' password2 ' ] :
. . . raise ValidationError ( u ' Please make sure your passwords match. ' )
. . . return self . cleaned_data
>> > def my_function ( method , post_data ) :
. . . if method == ' POST ' :
. . . form = UserRegistration ( post_data , auto_id = False )
. . . else :
. . . form = UserRegistration ( auto_id = False )
. . . if form . is_valid ( ) :
. . . return ' VALID: %r ' % form . cleaned_data
. . . t = Template ( ' <form action= " " method= " post " > \n <table> \n {{ form }} \n </table> \n <input type= " submit " /> \n </form> ' )
. . . return t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : form } ) )
Case 1 : GET ( an empty form , with no errors ) .
>> > print my_function ( ' GET ' , { } )
< form action = " " method = " post " >
< table >
< tr > < th > Username : < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Password1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Password2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< / table >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
Case 2 : POST with erroneous data ( a redisplayed form , with errors ) .
>> > print my_function ( ' POST ' , { ' username ' : ' this-is-a-long-username ' , ' password1 ' : ' foo ' , ' password2 ' : ' bar ' } )
< form action = " " method = " post " >
< table >
< tr > < td colspan = " 2 " > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > Please make sure your passwords match . < / li > < / ul > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Username : < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > Ensure this value has at most 10 characters ( it has 23 ) . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " this-is-a-long-username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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< tr > < th > Password1 : < / th > < td > < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < th > Password2 : < / th > < td > < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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< / table >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
Case 3 : POST with valid data ( the success message ) .
>> > print my_function ( ' POST ' , { ' username ' : ' adrian ' , ' password1 ' : ' secret ' , ' password2 ' : ' secret ' } )
VALID : { ' username ' : u ' adrian ' , ' password1 ' : u ' secret ' , ' password2 ' : u ' secret ' }
# Some ideas for using templates with forms ###################################
>> > class UserRegistration ( Form ) :
. . . username = CharField ( max_length = 10 , help_text = " Good luck picking a username that doesn ' t already exist. " )
. . . password1 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . password2 = CharField ( widget = PasswordInput )
. . . def clean ( self ) :
. . . if self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password1 ' ) and self . cleaned_data . get ( ' password2 ' ) and self . cleaned_data [ ' password1 ' ] != self . cleaned_data [ ' password2 ' ] :
. . . raise ValidationError ( u ' Please make sure your passwords match. ' )
. . . return self . cleaned_data
You have full flexibility in displaying form fields in a template . Just pass a
Form instance to the template , and use " dot " access to refer to individual
fields . Note , however , that this flexibility comes with the responsibility of
displaying all the errors , including any that might not be associated with a
particular field .
>> > t = Template ( ''' <form action= " " >
. . . { { form . username . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Your username : { { form . username } } < / label > < / p >
. . . { { form . password1 . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Password : { { form . password1 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . { { form . password2 . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Password ( again ) : { { form . password2 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . < input type = " submit " / >
. . . < / form > ''' )
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( auto_id = False ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
< p > < label > Your username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / label > < / p >
< p > < label > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / label > < / p >
< p > < label > Password ( again ) : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / label > < / p >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : ' django ' } , auto_id = False ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
< p > < label > Your username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " django " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / label > < / p >
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < p > < label > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / label > < / p >
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < p > < label > Password ( again ) : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / label > < / p >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
Use form . [ field ] . label to output a field ' s label. You can specify the label for
a field by using the ' label ' argument to a Field class . If you don ' t specify
' label ' , Django will use the field name with underscores converted to spaces ,
and the initial letter capitalized .
>> > t = Template ( ''' <form action= " " >
. . . < p > < label > { { form . username . label } } : { { form . username } } < / label > < / p >
. . . < p > < label > { { form . password1 . label } } : { { form . password1 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . < p > < label > { { form . password2 . label } } : { { form . password2 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . < input type = " submit " / >
. . . < / form > ''' )
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( auto_id = False ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
< p > < label > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / label > < / p >
< p > < label > Password1 : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / label > < / p >
< p > < label > Password2 : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / label > < / p >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
User form . [ field ] . label_tag to output a field ' s label with a <label> tag
wrapped around it , but * only * if the given field has an " id " attribute .
Recall from above that passing the " auto_id " argument to a Form gives each
field an " id " attribute .
>> > t = Template ( ''' <form action= " " >
. . . < p > { { form . username . label_tag } } : { { form . username } } < / p >
. . . < p > { { form . password1 . label_tag } } : { { form . password1 } } < / p >
. . . < p > { { form . password2 . label_tag } } : { { form . password2 } } < / p >
. . . < input type = " submit " / >
. . . < / form > ''' )
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( auto_id = False ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
< p > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / p >
< p > Password1 : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / p >
< p > Password2 : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / p >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( auto_id = ' id_ %s ' ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
< p > < label for = " id_username " > Username < / label > : < input id = " id_username " type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_password1 " > Password1 < / label > : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " id = " id_password1 " / > < / p >
< p > < label for = " id_password2 " > Password2 < / label > : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " id = " id_password2 " / > < / p >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
User form . [ field ] . help_text to output a field ' s help text. If the given field
does not have help text , nothing will be output .
>> > t = Template ( ''' <form action= " " >
. . . < p > { { form . username . label_tag } } : { { form . username } } < br / > { { form . username . help_text } } < / p >
. . . < p > { { form . password1 . label_tag } } : { { form . password1 } } < / p >
. . . < p > { { form . password2 . label_tag } } : { { form . password2 } } < / p >
. . . < input type = " submit " / >
. . . < / form > ''' )
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( auto_id = False ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
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< p > Username : < input type = " text " name = " username " maxlength = " 10 " / > < br / > Good luck picking a username that doesn & #39;t already exist.</p>
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< p > Password1 : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / p >
< p > Password2 : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / p >
< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
>> > Template ( ' {{ form.password1.help_text }} ' ) . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( auto_id = False ) } ) )
u ' '
The label_tag ( ) method takes an optional attrs argument : a dictionary of HTML
attributes to add to the < label > tag .
>> > f = UserRegistration ( auto_id = ' id_ %s ' )
>> > for bf in f :
. . . print bf . label_tag ( attrs = { ' class ' : ' pretty ' } )
< label for = " id_username " class = " pretty " > Username < / label >
< label for = " id_password1 " class = " pretty " > Password1 < / label >
< label for = " id_password2 " class = " pretty " > Password2 < / label >
To display the errors that aren ' t associated with a particular field -- e.g.,
the errors caused by Form . clean ( ) - - use { { form . non_field_errors } } in the
template . If used on its own , it is displayed as a < ul > ( or an empty string , if
the list of errors is empty ) . You can also use it in { % if % } statements .
>> > t = Template ( ''' <form action= " " >
. . . { { form . username . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Your username : { { form . username } } < / label > < / p >
. . . { { form . password1 . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Password : { { form . password1 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . { { form . password2 . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Password ( again ) : { { form . password2 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . < input type = " submit " / >
. . . < / form > ''' )
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : ' django ' , ' password1 ' : ' foo ' , ' password2 ' : ' bar ' } , auto_id = False ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
< p > < label > Your username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " django " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / label > < / p >
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< p > < label > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / label > < / p >
< p > < label > Password ( again ) : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / label > < / p >
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< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
>> > t = Template ( ''' <form action= " " >
. . . { { form . non_field_errors } }
. . . { { form . username . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Your username : { { form . username } } < / label > < / p >
. . . { { form . password1 . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Password : { { form . password1 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . { { form . password2 . errors . as_ul } } < p > < label > Password ( again ) : { { form . password2 } } < / label > < / p >
. . . < input type = " submit " / >
. . . < / form > ''' )
>> > print t . render ( Context ( { ' form ' : UserRegistration ( { ' username ' : ' django ' , ' password1 ' : ' foo ' , ' password2 ' : ' bar ' } , auto_id = False ) } ) )
< form action = " " >
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > Please make sure your passwords match . < / li > < / ul >
< p > < label > Your username : < input type = " text " name = " username " value = " django " maxlength = " 10 " / > < / label > < / p >
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< p > < label > Password : < input type = " password " name = " password1 " / > < / label > < / p >
< p > < label > Password ( again ) : < input type = " password " name = " password2 " / > < / label > < / p >
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< input type = " submit " / >
< / form >
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# The empty_permitted attribute ##############################################
Sometimes ( pretty much in formsets ) we want to allow a form to pass validation
if it is completely empty . We can accomplish this by using the empty_permitted
agrument to a form constructor .
>> > class SongForm ( Form ) :
. . . artist = CharField ( )
. . . name = CharField ( )
First let ' s show what happens id empty_permitted=False (the default):
>> > data = { ' artist ' : ' ' , ' song ' : ' ' }
>> > form = SongForm ( data , empty_permitted = False )
>> > form . is_valid ( )
False
>> > form . errors
{ ' name ' : [ u ' This field is required. ' ] , ' artist ' : [ u ' This field is required. ' ] }
>> > form . cleaned_data
Traceback ( most recent call last ) :
. . .
AttributeError : ' SongForm ' object has no attribute ' cleaned_data '
Now let ' s show what happens when empty_permitted=True and the form is empty.
>> > form = SongForm ( data , empty_permitted = True )
>> > form . is_valid ( )
True
>> > form . errors
{ }
>> > form . cleaned_data
{ }
But if we fill in data for one of the fields , the form is no longer empty and
the whole thing must pass validation .
>> > data = { ' artist ' : ' The Doors ' , ' song ' : ' ' }
>> > form = SongForm ( data , empty_permitted = False )
>> > form . is_valid ( )
False
>> > form . errors
{ ' name ' : [ u ' This field is required. ' ] }
>> > form . cleaned_data
Traceback ( most recent call last ) :
. . .
AttributeError : ' SongForm ' object has no attribute ' cleaned_data '
If a field is not given in the data then None is returned for its data . Lets
make sure that when checking for empty_permitted that None is treated
accordingly .
>> > data = { ' artist ' : None , ' song ' : ' ' }
>> > form = SongForm ( data , empty_permitted = True )
>> > form . is_valid ( )
True
However , we * really * need to be sure we are checking for None as any data in
initial that returns False on a boolean call needs to be treated literally .
>> > class PriceForm ( Form ) :
. . . amount = FloatField ( )
. . . qty = IntegerField ( )
>> > data = { ' amount ' : ' 0.0 ' , ' qty ' : ' ' }
>> > form = PriceForm ( data , initial = { ' amount ' : 0.0 } , empty_permitted = True )
>> > form . is_valid ( )
True
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# Extracting hidden and visible fields ######################################
>> > class SongForm ( Form ) :
. . . token = CharField ( widget = HiddenInput )
. . . artist = CharField ( )
. . . name = CharField ( )
>> > form = SongForm ( )
>> > [ f . name for f in form . hidden_fields ( ) ]
[ ' token ' ]
>> > [ f . name for f in form . visible_fields ( ) ]
[ ' artist ' , ' name ' ]
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# Hidden initial input gets its own unique id ################################
>> > class MyForm ( Form ) :
. . . field1 = CharField ( max_length = 50 , show_hidden_initial = True )
>> > print MyForm ( )
< tr > < th > < label for = " id_field1 " > Field1 : < / label > < / th > < td > < input id = " id_field1 " type = " text " name = " field1 " maxlength = " 50 " / > < input type = " hidden " name = " initial-field1 " id = " initial-id_field1 " / > < / td > < / tr >
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# The error_html_class and required_html_class attributes ####################
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>> > class Person ( Form ) :
. . . name = CharField ( )
. . . is_cool = NullBooleanField ( )
. . . email = EmailField ( required = False )
. . . age = IntegerField ( )
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>> > p = Person ( { } )
>> > p . error_css_class = ' error '
>> > p . required_css_class = ' required '
>> > print p . as_ul ( )
< li class = " required error " > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < label for = " id_name " > Name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " name " id = " id_name " / > < / li >
< li class = " required " > < label for = " id_is_cool " > Is cool : < / label > < select name = " is_cool " id = " id_is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " selected = " selected " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " > No < / option >
< / select > < / li >
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< li > < label for = " id_email " > Email : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " email " id = " id_email " / > < / li >
< li class = " required error " > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < label for = " id_age " > Age : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " age " id = " id_age " / > < / li >
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>> > print p . as_p ( )
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul >
< p class = " required error " > < label for = " id_name " > Name : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " name " id = " id_name " / > < / p >
< p class = " required " > < label for = " id_is_cool " > Is cool : < / label > < select name = " is_cool " id = " id_is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " selected = " selected " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " > No < / option >
< / select > < / p >
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< p > < label for = " id_email " > Email : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " email " id = " id_email " / > < / p >
< ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul >
< p class = " required error " > < label for = " id_age " > Age : < / label > < input type = " text " name = " age " id = " id_age " / > < / p >
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>> > print p . as_table ( )
< tr class = " required error " > < th > < label for = " id_name " > Name : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " name " id = " id_name " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr class = " required " > < th > < label for = " id_is_cool " > Is cool : < / label > < / th > < td > < select name = " is_cool " id = " id_is_cool " >
< option value = " 1 " selected = " selected " > Unknown < / option >
< option value = " 2 " > Yes < / option >
< option value = " 3 " > No < / option >
< / select > < / td > < / tr >
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< tr > < th > < label for = " id_email " > Email : < / label > < / th > < td > < input type = " text " name = " email " id = " id_email " / > < / td > < / tr >
< tr class = " required error " > < th > < label for = " id_age " > Age : < / label > < / th > < td > < ul class = " errorlist " > < li > This field is required . < / li > < / ul > < input type = " text " name = " age " id = " id_age " / > < / td > < / tr >
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# Checking that the label for SplitDateTimeField is not being displayed #####
>> > class EventForm ( Form ) :
. . . happened_at = SplitDateTimeField ( widget = widgets . SplitHiddenDateTimeWidget )
. . .
>> > form = EventForm ( )
>> > form . as_ul ( )
u ' <input type= " hidden " name= " happened_at_0 " id= " id_happened_at_0 " /><input type= " hidden " name= " happened_at_1 " id= " id_happened_at_1 " /> '
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"""