from django.db import models
class Author(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name
class Book(models.Model):
author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.title
class AuthorMeeting(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
authors = models.ManyToManyField(Author)
created = models.DateField(editable=False)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name
__test__ = {'API_TESTS': """
>>> from datetime import date
>>> from django.forms.models import modelformset_factory
>>> qs = Author.objects.all()
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, extra=3)
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=qs)
>>> for form in formset.forms:
... print form.as_p()
>>> data = {
... 'form-TOTAL_FORMS': '3', # the number of forms rendered
... 'form-INITIAL_FORMS': '0', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'form-0-name': 'Charles Baudelaire',
... 'form-1-name': 'Arthur Rimbaud',
... 'form-2-name': '',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(data=data, queryset=qs)
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
>>> formset.save()
[, ]
>>> for author in Author.objects.order_by('name'):
... print author.name
Arthur Rimbaud
Charles Baudelaire
Gah! We forgot Paul Verlaine. Let's create a formset to edit the existing
authors with an extra form to add him. We *could* pass in a queryset to
restrict the Author objects we edit, but in this case we'll use it to display
them in alphabetical order by name.
>>> qs = Author.objects.order_by('name')
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, extra=1, can_delete=False)
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=qs)
>>> for form in formset.forms:
... print form.as_p()
>>> data = {
... 'form-TOTAL_FORMS': '3', # the number of forms rendered
... 'form-INITIAL_FORMS': '2', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'form-0-id': '2',
... 'form-0-name': 'Arthur Rimbaud',
... 'form-1-id': '1',
... 'form-1-name': 'Charles Baudelaire',
... 'form-2-name': 'Paul Verlaine',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(data=data, queryset=qs)
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
# Only changed or new objects are returned from formset.save()
>>> formset.save()
[]
>>> for author in Author.objects.order_by('name'):
... print author.name
Arthur Rimbaud
Charles Baudelaire
Paul Verlaine
This probably shouldn't happen, but it will. If an add form was marked for
deltetion, make sure we don't save that form.
>>> qs = Author.objects.order_by('name')
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, extra=1, can_delete=True)
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=qs)
>>> for form in formset.forms:
... print form.as_p()
>>> data = {
... 'form-TOTAL_FORMS': '4', # the number of forms rendered
... 'form-INITIAL_FORMS': '3', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'form-0-id': '2',
... 'form-0-name': 'Arthur Rimbaud',
... 'form-1-id': '1',
... 'form-1-name': 'Charles Baudelaire',
... 'form-2-id': '3',
... 'form-2-name': 'Paul Verlaine',
... 'form-3-name': 'Walt Whitman',
... 'form-3-DELETE': 'on',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(data=data, queryset=qs)
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
# No objects were changed or saved so nothing will come back.
>>> formset.save()
[]
>>> for author in Author.objects.order_by('name'):
... print author.name
Arthur Rimbaud
Charles Baudelaire
Paul Verlaine
Let's edit a record to ensure save only returns that one record.
>>> data = {
... 'form-TOTAL_FORMS': '4', # the number of forms rendered
... 'form-INITIAL_FORMS': '3', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'form-0-id': '2',
... 'form-0-name': 'Walt Whitman',
... 'form-1-id': '1',
... 'form-1-name': 'Charles Baudelaire',
... 'form-2-id': '3',
... 'form-2-name': 'Paul Verlaine',
... 'form-3-name': '',
... 'form-3-DELETE': '',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(data=data, queryset=qs)
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
# One record has changed.
>>> formset.save()
[]
Test the behavior of commit=False and save_m2m
>>> meeting = AuthorMeeting.objects.create(created=date.today())
>>> meeting.authors = Author.objects.all()
# create an Author instance to add to the meeting.
>>> new_author = Author.objects.create(name=u'John Steinbeck')
>>> AuthorMeetingFormSet = modelformset_factory(AuthorMeeting, extra=1, can_delete=True)
>>> data = {
... 'form-TOTAL_FORMS': '2', # the number of forms rendered
... 'form-INITIAL_FORMS': '1', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'form-0-id': '1',
... 'form-0-name': '2nd Tuesday of the Week Meeting',
... 'form-0-authors': [2, 1, 3, 4],
... 'form-1-name': '',
... 'form-1-authors': '',
... 'form-1-DELETE': '',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorMeetingFormSet(data=data, queryset=AuthorMeeting.objects.all())
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
>>> instances = formset.save(commit=False)
>>> for instance in instances:
... instance.created = date.today()
... instance.save()
>>> formset.save_m2m()
>>> instances[0].authors.all()
[, , , ]
# delete the author we created to allow later tests to continue working.
>>> new_author.delete()
Test the behavior of max_num with model formsets. It should properly limit
the queryset to reduce the amount of objects being pulled in when not being
used.
>>> qs = Author.objects.order_by('name')
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, max_num=2)
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=qs)
>>> formset.initial
[{'id': 1, 'name': u'Charles Baudelaire'}, {'id': 3, 'name': u'Paul Verlaine'}]
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, max_num=3)
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=qs)
>>> formset.initial
[{'id': 1, 'name': u'Charles Baudelaire'}, {'id': 3, 'name': u'Paul Verlaine'}, {'id': 2, 'name': u'Walt Whitman'}]
# Inline Formsets ############################################################
We can also create a formset that is tied to a parent model. This is how the
admin system's edit inline functionality works.
>>> from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory
>>> AuthorBooksFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book, can_delete=False, extra=3)
>>> author = Author.objects.get(name='Charles Baudelaire')
>>> formset = AuthorBooksFormSet(instance=author)
>>> for form in formset.forms:
... print form.as_p()
>>> data = {
... 'book_set-TOTAL_FORMS': '3', # the number of forms rendered
... 'book_set-INITIAL_FORMS': '0', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'book_set-0-title': 'Les Fleurs du Mal',
... 'book_set-1-title': '',
... 'book_set-2-title': '',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorBooksFormSet(data, instance=author)
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
>>> formset.save()
[]
>>> for book in author.book_set.all():
... print book.title
Les Fleurs du Mal
Now that we've added a book to Charles Baudelaire, let's try adding another
one. This time though, an edit form will be available for every existing
book.
>>> AuthorBooksFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book, can_delete=False, extra=2)
>>> author = Author.objects.get(name='Charles Baudelaire')
>>> formset = AuthorBooksFormSet(instance=author)
>>> for form in formset.forms:
... print form.as_p()
>>> data = {
... 'book_set-TOTAL_FORMS': '3', # the number of forms rendered
... 'book_set-INITIAL_FORMS': '1', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'book_set-0-id': '1',
... 'book_set-0-title': 'Les Fleurs du Mal',
... 'book_set-1-title': 'Le Spleen de Paris',
... 'book_set-2-title': '',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorBooksFormSet(data, instance=author)
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
>>> formset.save()
[]
As you can see, 'Le Spleen de Paris' is now a book belonging to Charles Baudelaire.
>>> for book in author.book_set.order_by('title'):
... print book.title
Le Spleen de Paris
Les Fleurs du Mal
The save_as_new parameter lets you re-associate the data to a new instance.
This is used in the admin for save_as functionality.
>>> data = {
... 'book_set-TOTAL_FORMS': '3', # the number of forms rendered
... 'book_set-INITIAL_FORMS': '2', # the number of forms with initial data
... 'book_set-0-id': '1',
... 'book_set-0-title': 'Les Fleurs du Mal',
... 'book_set-1-id': '2',
... 'book_set-1-title': 'Le Spleen de Paris',
... 'book_set-2-title': '',
... }
>>> formset = AuthorBooksFormSet(data, instance=Author(), save_as_new=True)
>>> formset.is_valid()
True
>>> new_author = Author.objects.create(name='Charles Baudelaire')
>>> formset.instance = new_author
>>> [book for book in formset.save() if book.author.pk == new_author.pk]
[, ]
"""}