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Creating forms from models
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==========================
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.. module:: django.forms.models
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:synopsis: ModelForm and ModelFormset.
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.. currentmodule:: django.forms
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``ModelForm``
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=============
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.. class:: ModelForm
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If you're building a database-driven app, chances are you'll have forms that
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map closely to Django models. For instance, you might have a ``BlogComment``
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model, and you want to create a form that lets people submit comments. In this
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case, it would be redundant to define the field types in your form, because
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you've already defined the fields in your model.
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For this reason, Django provides a helper class that lets you create a ``Form``
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class from a Django model.
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For example::
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>>> from django.forms import ModelForm
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# Create the form class.
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>>> class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
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... class Meta:
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... model = Article
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# Creating a form to add an article.
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>>> form = ArticleForm()
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# Creating a form to change an existing article.
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>>> article = Article.objects.get(pk=1)
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>>> form = ArticleForm(instance=article)
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Field types
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-----------
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The generated ``Form`` class will have a form field for every model field. Each
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model field has a corresponding default form field. For example, a
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``CharField`` on a model is represented as a ``CharField`` on a form. A
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model ``ManyToManyField`` is represented as a ``MultipleChoiceField``. Here is
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the full list of conversions:
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=============================== ========================================
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Model field Form field
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=============================== ========================================
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``AutoField`` Not represented in the form
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``BigIntegerField`` ``IntegerField`` with ``min_value`` set
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to -9223372036854775808 and ``max_value``
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set to 9223372036854775807.
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``BooleanField`` ``BooleanField``
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``CharField`` ``CharField`` with ``max_length`` set to
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the model field's ``max_length``
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``CommaSeparatedIntegerField`` ``CharField``
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``DateField`` ``DateField``
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``DateTimeField`` ``DateTimeField``
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``DecimalField`` ``DecimalField``
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``EmailField`` ``EmailField``
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``FileField`` ``FileField``
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``FilePathField`` ``FilePathField``
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``FloatField`` ``FloatField``
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``ForeignKey`` ``ModelChoiceField`` (see below)
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``ImageField`` ``ImageField``
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``IntegerField`` ``IntegerField``
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``IPAddressField`` ``IPAddressField``
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``GenericIPAddressField`` ``GenericIPAddressField``
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``ManyToManyField`` ``ModelMultipleChoiceField`` (see
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below)
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``NullBooleanField`` ``CharField``
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``PositiveIntegerField`` ``IntegerField``
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``PositiveSmallIntegerField`` ``IntegerField``
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``SlugField`` ``SlugField``
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``SmallIntegerField`` ``IntegerField``
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``TextField`` ``CharField`` with
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``widget=forms.Textarea``
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``TimeField`` ``TimeField``
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``URLField`` ``URLField``
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=============================== ========================================
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As you might expect, the ``ForeignKey`` and ``ManyToManyField`` model field
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types are special cases:
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* ``ForeignKey`` is represented by ``django.forms.ModelChoiceField``,
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which is a ``ChoiceField`` whose choices are a model ``QuerySet``.
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* ``ManyToManyField`` is represented by
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``django.forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField``, which is a
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``MultipleChoiceField`` whose choices are a model ``QuerySet``.
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In addition, each generated form field has attributes set as follows:
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* If the model field has ``blank=True``, then ``required`` is set to
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``False`` on the form field. Otherwise, ``required=True``.
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* The form field's ``label`` is set to the ``verbose_name`` of the model
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field, with the first character capitalized.
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* The form field's ``help_text`` is set to the ``help_text`` of the model
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field.
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* If the model field has ``choices`` set, then the form field's ``widget``
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will be set to ``Select``, with choices coming from the model field's
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``choices``. The choices will normally include the blank choice which is
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selected by default. If the field is required, this forces the user to
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make a selection. The blank choice will not be included if the model
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field has ``blank=False`` and an explicit ``default`` value (the
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``default`` value will be initially selected instead).
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Finally, note that you can override the form field used for a given model
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field. See `Overriding the default field types or widgets`_ below.
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A full example
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--------------
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Consider this set of models::
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from django.db import models
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from django.forms import ModelForm
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TITLE_CHOICES = (
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('MR', 'Mr.'),
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('MRS', 'Mrs.'),
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('MS', 'Ms.'),
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)
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class Author(models.Model):
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name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
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title = models.CharField(max_length=3, choices=TITLE_CHOICES)
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birth_date = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)
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def __unicode__(self):
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return self.name
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class Book(models.Model):
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name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
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authors = models.ManyToManyField(Author)
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class AuthorForm(ModelForm):
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class Meta:
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model = Author
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class BookForm(ModelForm):
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class Meta:
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model = Book
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With these models, the ``ModelForm`` subclasses above would be roughly
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equivalent to this (the only difference being the ``save()`` method, which
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we'll discuss in a moment.)::
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from django import forms
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class AuthorForm(forms.Form):
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name = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
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title = forms.CharField(max_length=3,
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widget=forms.Select(choices=TITLE_CHOICES))
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birth_date = forms.DateField(required=False)
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class BookForm(forms.Form):
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name = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
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authors = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(queryset=Author.objects.all())
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.. _validation-on-modelform:
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Validation on a ``ModelForm``
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-----------------------------
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There are two main steps involved in validating a ``ModelForm``:
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1. :ref:`Validating the form <form-and-field-validation>`
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2. :ref:`Validating the model instance <validating-objects>`
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Just like normal form validation, model form validation is triggered implicitly
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when calling :meth:`~django.forms.Form.is_valid()` or accessing the
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:attr:`~django.forms.Form.errors` attribute and explicitly when calling
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``full_clean()``, although you will typically not use the latter method in
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practice.
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``Model`` validation is triggered from within the form validation step,
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right after the form's ``clean()`` method is called.
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.. warning::
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The cleaning process modifies the model instance passed to the
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``ModelForm`` constructor in various ways. For instance, any date fields on
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the model are converted into actual date objects. Failed validation may
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leave the underlying model instance in an inconsistent state and therefore
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it's not recommended to reuse it.
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.. _overriding-modelform-clean-method:
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Overriding the clean() method
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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You can override the ``clean()`` method on a model form to provide additional
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validation in the same way you can on a normal form.
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A model form instance bound to a model object will contain an ``instance``
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attribute that gives its methods access to that specific model instance.
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.. warning::
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The ``ModelForm.clean()`` method sets a flag that makes the :ref:`model
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validation <validating-objects>` step validate the uniqueness of model
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fields that are marked as ``unique``, ``unique_together`` or
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``unique_for_date|month|year``.
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If you would like to override the ``clean()`` method and maintain this
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validation, you must call the parent class's ``clean()`` method.
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Interaction with model validation
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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As part of the validation process, ``ModelForm`` will call the ``clean()``
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method of each field on your model that has a corresponding field on your form.
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If you have excluded any model fields, validation will not be run on those
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fields. See the :doc:`form validation </ref/forms/validation>` documentation
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for more on how field cleaning and validation work.
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The model's ``clean()`` method will be called before any uniqueness checks are
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made. See :ref:`Validating objects <validating-objects>` for more information
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on the model's ``clean()`` hook.
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The ``save()`` method
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---------------------
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Every ``ModelForm`` also has a ``save()`` method. This method creates and saves
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a database object from the data bound to the form. A subclass of ``ModelForm``
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can accept an existing model instance as the keyword argument ``instance``; if
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this is supplied, ``save()`` will update that instance. If it's not supplied,
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``save()`` will create a new instance of the specified model:
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.. code-block:: python
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# Create a form instance from POST data.
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>>> f = ArticleForm(request.POST)
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# Save a new Article object from the form's data.
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>>> new_article = f.save()
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# Create a form to edit an existing Article, but use
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# POST data to populate the form.
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>>> a = Article.objects.get(pk=1)
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>>> f = ArticleForm(request.POST, instance=a)
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>>> f.save()
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Note that if the form :ref:`hasn't been validated
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<validation-on-modelform>`, calling ``save()`` will do so by checking
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``form.errors``. A ``ValueError`` will be raised if the data in the form
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doesn't validate -- i.e., if ``form.errors`` evaluates to ``True``.
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This ``save()`` method accepts an optional ``commit`` keyword argument, which
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accepts either ``True`` or ``False``. If you call ``save()`` with
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``commit=False``, then it will return an object that hasn't yet been saved to
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the database. In this case, it's up to you to call ``save()`` on the resulting
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model instance. This is useful if you want to do custom processing on the
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object before saving it, or if you want to use one of the specialized
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:ref:`model saving options <ref-models-force-insert>`. ``commit`` is ``True``
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by default.
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Another side effect of using ``commit=False`` is seen when your model has
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a many-to-many relation with another model. If your model has a many-to-many
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relation and you specify ``commit=False`` when you save a form, Django cannot
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immediately save the form data for the many-to-many relation. This is because
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it isn't possible to save many-to-many data for an instance until the instance
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exists in the database.
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To work around this problem, every time you save a form using ``commit=False``,
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Django adds a ``save_m2m()`` method to your ``ModelForm`` subclass. After
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you've manually saved the instance produced by the form, you can invoke
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``save_m2m()`` to save the many-to-many form data. For example:
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.. code-block:: python
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# Create a form instance with POST data.
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>>> f = AuthorForm(request.POST)
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# Create, but don't save the new author instance.
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>>> new_author = f.save(commit=False)
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# Modify the author in some way.
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>>> new_author.some_field = 'some_value'
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# Save the new instance.
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>>> new_author.save()
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# Now, save the many-to-many data for the form.
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>>> f.save_m2m()
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Calling ``save_m2m()`` is only required if you use ``save(commit=False)``.
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When you use a simple ``save()`` on a form, all data -- including
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many-to-many data -- is saved without the need for any additional method calls.
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For example:
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.. code-block:: python
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# Create a form instance with POST data.
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>>> a = Author()
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>>> f = AuthorForm(request.POST, instance=a)
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# Create and save the new author instance. There's no need to do anything else.
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>>> new_author = f.save()
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Other than the ``save()`` and ``save_m2m()`` methods, a ``ModelForm`` works
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exactly the same way as any other ``forms`` form. For example, the
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``is_valid()`` method is used to check for validity, the ``is_multipart()``
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method is used to determine whether a form requires multipart file upload (and
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hence whether ``request.FILES`` must be passed to the form), etc. See
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:ref:`binding-uploaded-files` for more information.
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Using a subset of fields on the form
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In some cases, you may not want all the model fields to appear on the generated
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form. There are three ways of telling ``ModelForm`` to use only a subset of the
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model fields:
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1. Set ``editable=False`` on the model field. As a result, *any* form
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created from the model via ``ModelForm`` will not include that
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field.
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2. Use the ``fields`` attribute of the ``ModelForm``'s inner ``Meta``
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class. This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names
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to include in the form. The order in which the fields names are specified
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in that list is respected when the form renders them.
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3. Use the ``exclude`` attribute of the ``ModelForm``'s inner ``Meta``
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class. This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names
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to exclude from the form.
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For example, if you want a form for the ``Author`` model (defined
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above) that includes only the ``name`` and ``birth_date`` fields, you would
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specify ``fields`` or ``exclude`` like this::
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class PartialAuthorForm(ModelForm):
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class Meta:
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model = Author
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fields = ('name', 'birth_date')
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class PartialAuthorForm(ModelForm):
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class Meta:
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model = Author
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exclude = ('title',)
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Since the Author model has only 3 fields, 'name', 'title', and
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'birth_date', the forms above will contain exactly the same fields.
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.. note::
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If you specify ``fields`` or ``exclude`` when creating a form with
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``ModelForm``, then the fields that are not in the resulting form
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will not be set by the form's ``save()`` method. Also, if you
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manually add the excluded fields back to the form, they will not
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be initialized from the model instance.
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Django will prevent any attempt to save an incomplete model, so if
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the model does not allow the missing fields to be empty, and does
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not provide a default value for the missing fields, any attempt to
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``save()`` a ``ModelForm`` with missing fields will fail. To
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avoid this failure, you must instantiate your model with initial
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values for the missing, but required fields::
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author = Author(title='Mr')
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form = PartialAuthorForm(request.POST, instance=author)
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form.save()
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Alternatively, you can use ``save(commit=False)`` and manually set
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any extra required fields::
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form = PartialAuthorForm(request.POST)
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author = form.save(commit=False)
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author.title = 'Mr'
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author.save()
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See the `section on saving forms`_ for more details on using
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``save(commit=False)``.
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.. _section on saving forms: `The save() method`_
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Overriding the default field types or widgets
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---------------------------------------------
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The default field types, as described in the `Field types`_ table above, are
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sensible defaults. If you have a ``DateField`` in your model, chances are you'd
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want that to be represented as a ``DateField`` in your form. But
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``ModelForm`` gives you the flexibility of changing the form field type and
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widget for a given model field.
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To specify a custom widget for a field, use the ``widgets`` attribute of the
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inner ``Meta`` class. This should be a dictionary mapping field names to widget
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classes or instances.
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For example, if you want the a ``CharField`` for the ``name``
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attribute of ``Author`` to be represented by a ``<textarea>`` instead
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of its default ``<input type="text">``, you can override the field's
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widget::
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from django.forms import ModelForm, Textarea
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class AuthorForm(ModelForm):
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class Meta:
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model = Author
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fields = ('name', 'title', 'birth_date')
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widgets = {
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'name': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 80, 'rows': 20}),
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}
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The ``widgets`` dictionary accepts either widget instances (e.g.,
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``Textarea(...)``) or classes (e.g., ``Textarea``).
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If you want to further customize a field -- including its type, label, etc. --
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you can do this by declaratively specifying fields like you would in a regular
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``Form``. Declared fields will override the default ones generated by using the
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``model`` attribute.
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For example, if you wanted to use ``MyDateFormField`` for the ``pub_date``
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field, you could do the following::
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class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
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pub_date = MyDateFormField()
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class Meta:
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model = Article
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If you want to override a field's default label, then specify the ``label``
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parameter when declaring the form field::
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>>> class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
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... pub_date = DateField(label='Publication date')
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...
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... class Meta:
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... model = Article
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.. note::
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If you explicitly instantiate a form field like this, Django assumes that you
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want to completely define its behavior; therefore, default attributes (such as
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``max_length`` or ``required``) are not drawn from the corresponding model. If
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you want to maintain the behavior specified in the model, you must set the
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relevant arguments explicitly when declaring the form field.
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For example, if the ``Article`` model looks like this::
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class Article(models.Model):
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headline = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=True, blank=True,
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help_text="Use puns liberally")
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content = models.TextField()
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and you want to do some custom validation for ``headline``, while keeping
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the ``blank`` and ``help_text`` values as specified, you might define
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``ArticleForm`` like this::
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class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
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headline = MyFormField(max_length=200, required=False,
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help_text="Use puns liberally")
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class Meta:
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model = Article
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You must ensure that the type of the form field can be used to set the
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contents of the corresponding model field. When they are not compatible,
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you will get a ``ValueError`` as no implicit conversion takes place.
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See the :doc:`form field documentation </ref/forms/fields>` for more information
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on fields and their arguments.
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Changing the order of fields
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----------------------------
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By default, a ``ModelForm`` will render fields in the same order that they are
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defined on the model, with ``ManyToManyField`` instances appearing last. If
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you want to change the order in which fields are rendered, you can use the
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``fields`` attribute on the ``Meta`` class.
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The ``fields`` attribute defines the subset of model fields that will be
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rendered, and the order in which they will be rendered. For example given this
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model::
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class Book(models.Model):
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author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
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title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
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the ``author`` field would be rendered first. If we wanted the title field
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to be rendered first, we could specify the following ``ModelForm``::
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>>> class BookForm(ModelForm):
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... class Meta:
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... model = Book
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... fields = ('title', 'author')
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Form inheritance
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----------------
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As with basic forms, you can extend and reuse ``ModelForms`` by inheriting
|
|
them. This is useful if you need to declare extra fields or extra methods on a
|
|
parent class for use in a number of forms derived from models. For example,
|
|
using the previous ``ArticleForm`` class::
|
|
|
|
>>> class EnhancedArticleForm(ArticleForm):
|
|
... def clean_pub_date(self):
|
|
... ...
|
|
|
|
This creates a form that behaves identically to ``ArticleForm``, except there's
|
|
some extra validation and cleaning for the ``pub_date`` field.
|
|
|
|
You can also subclass the parent's ``Meta`` inner class if you want to change
|
|
the ``Meta.fields`` or ``Meta.excludes`` lists::
|
|
|
|
>>> class RestrictedArticleForm(EnhancedArticleForm):
|
|
... class Meta(ArticleForm.Meta):
|
|
... exclude = ('body',)
|
|
|
|
This adds the extra method from the ``EnhancedArticleForm`` and modifies
|
|
the original ``ArticleForm.Meta`` to remove one field.
|
|
|
|
There are a couple of things to note, however.
|
|
|
|
* Normal Python name resolution rules apply. If you have multiple base
|
|
classes that declare a ``Meta`` inner class, only the first one will be
|
|
used. This means the child's ``Meta``, if it exists, otherwise the
|
|
``Meta`` of the first parent, etc.
|
|
|
|
* For technical reasons, a subclass cannot inherit from both a ``ModelForm``
|
|
and a ``Form`` simultaneously.
|
|
|
|
Chances are these notes won't affect you unless you're trying to do something
|
|
tricky with subclassing.
|
|
|
|
.. _modelforms-factory:
|
|
|
|
ModelForm factory function
|
|
--------------------------
|
|
|
|
You can create forms from a given model using the standalone function
|
|
:func:`~django.forms.models.modelform_factory`, instead of using a class
|
|
definition. This may be more convenient if you do not have many customizations
|
|
to make::
|
|
|
|
>>> from django.forms.models import modelform_factory
|
|
>>> BookForm = modelform_factory(Book)
|
|
|
|
This can also be used to make simple modifications to existing forms, for
|
|
example by specifying which fields should be displayed::
|
|
|
|
>>> Form = modelform_factory(Book, form=BookForm, fields=("author",))
|
|
|
|
... or which fields should be excluded::
|
|
|
|
>>> Form = modelform_factory(Book, form=BookForm, exclude=("title",))
|
|
|
|
You can also specify the widgets to be used for a given field::
|
|
|
|
>>> from django.forms import Textarea
|
|
>>> Form = modelform_factory(Book, form=BookForm, widgets={"title": Textarea()})
|
|
|
|
.. _model-formsets:
|
|
|
|
Model formsets
|
|
==============
|
|
|
|
.. class:: models.BaseModelFormSet
|
|
|
|
Like :doc:`regular formsets </topics/forms/formsets>`, Django provides a couple
|
|
of enhanced formset classes that make it easy to work with Django models. Let's
|
|
reuse the ``Author`` model from above::
|
|
|
|
>>> from django.forms.models import modelformset_factory
|
|
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author)
|
|
|
|
This will create a formset that is capable of working with the data associated
|
|
with the ``Author`` model. It works just like a regular formset::
|
|
|
|
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet()
|
|
>>> print(formset)
|
|
<input type="hidden" name="form-TOTAL_FORMS" value="1" id="id_form-TOTAL_FORMS" /><input type="hidden" name="form-INITIAL_FORMS" value="0" id="id_form-INITIAL_FORMS" /><input type="hidden" name="form-MAX_NUM_FORMS" id="id_form-MAX_NUM_FORMS" />
|
|
<tr><th><label for="id_form-0-name">Name:</label></th><td><input id="id_form-0-name" type="text" name="form-0-name" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
|
|
<tr><th><label for="id_form-0-title">Title:</label></th><td><select name="form-0-title" id="id_form-0-title">
|
|
<option value="" selected="selected">---------</option>
|
|
<option value="MR">Mr.</option>
|
|
<option value="MRS">Mrs.</option>
|
|
<option value="MS">Ms.</option>
|
|
</select></td></tr>
|
|
<tr><th><label for="id_form-0-birth_date">Birth date:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-birth_date" id="id_form-0-birth_date" /><input type="hidden" name="form-0-id" id="id_form-0-id" /></td></tr>
|
|
|
|
.. note::
|
|
|
|
:func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory` uses ``formset_factory``
|
|
to generate formsets. This means that a model formset is just an extension
|
|
of a basic formset that knows how to interact with a particular model.
|
|
|
|
Changing the queryset
|
|
---------------------
|
|
|
|
By default, when you create a formset from a model, the formset will use a
|
|
queryset that includes all objects in the model (e.g.,
|
|
``Author.objects.all()``). You can override this behavior by using the
|
|
``queryset`` argument::
|
|
|
|
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=Author.objects.filter(name__startswith='O'))
|
|
|
|
Alternatively, you can create a subclass that sets ``self.queryset`` in
|
|
``__init__``::
|
|
|
|
from django.forms.models import BaseModelFormSet
|
|
|
|
class BaseAuthorFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
|
|
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
|
|
super(BaseAuthorFormSet, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
|
|
self.queryset = Author.objects.filter(name__startswith='O')
|
|
|
|
Then, pass your ``BaseAuthorFormSet`` class to the factory function::
|
|
|
|
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, formset=BaseAuthorFormSet)
|
|
|
|
If you want to return a formset that doesn't include *any* pre-existing
|
|
instances of the model, you can specify an empty QuerySet::
|
|
|
|
>>> AuthorFormSet(queryset=Author.objects.none())
|
|
|
|
|
|
Controlling which fields are used with ``fields`` and ``exclude``
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
By default, a model formset uses all fields in the model that are not marked
|
|
with ``editable=False``. However, this can be overridden at the formset level::
|
|
|
|
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, fields=('name', 'title'))
|
|
|
|
Using ``fields`` restricts the formset to use only the given fields.
|
|
Alternatively, you can take an "opt-out" approach, specifying which fields to
|
|
exclude::
|
|
|
|
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, exclude=('birth_date',))
|
|
|
|
Providing initial values
|
|
------------------------
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.4
|
|
|
|
As with regular formsets, it's possible to :ref:`specify initial data
|
|
<formsets-initial-data>` for forms in the formset by specifying an ``initial``
|
|
parameter when instantiating the model formset class returned by
|
|
:func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory`. However, with model
|
|
formsets, the initial values only apply to extra forms, those that aren't bound
|
|
to an existing object instance.
|
|
|
|
.. _saving-objects-in-the-formset:
|
|
|
|
Saving objects in the formset
|
|
-----------------------------
|
|
|
|
As with a ``ModelForm``, you can save the data as a model object. This is done
|
|
with the formset's ``save()`` method::
|
|
|
|
# Create a formset instance with POST data.
|
|
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(request.POST)
|
|
|
|
# Assuming all is valid, save the data.
|
|
>>> instances = formset.save()
|
|
|
|
The ``save()`` method returns the instances that have been saved to the
|
|
database. If a given instance's data didn't change in the bound data, the
|
|
instance won't be saved to the database and won't be included in the return
|
|
value (``instances``, in the above example).
|
|
|
|
When fields are missing from the form (for example because they have
|
|
been excluded), these fields will not be set by the ``save()``
|
|
method. You can find more information about this restriction, which
|
|
also holds for regular ``ModelForms``, in `Using a subset of fields on
|
|
the form`_.
|
|
|
|
Pass ``commit=False`` to return the unsaved model instances::
|
|
|
|
# don't save to the database
|
|
>>> instances = formset.save(commit=False)
|
|
>>> for instance in instances:
|
|
... # do something with instance
|
|
... instance.save()
|
|
|
|
This gives you the ability to attach data to the instances before saving them
|
|
to the database. If your formset contains a ``ManyToManyField``, you'll also
|
|
need to call ``formset.save_m2m()`` to ensure the many-to-many relationships
|
|
are saved properly.
|
|
|
|
.. _model-formsets-max-num:
|
|
|
|
Limiting the number of editable objects
|
|
---------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
As with regular formsets, you can use the ``max_num`` and ``extra`` parameters
|
|
to :func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory` to limit the number of
|
|
extra forms displayed.
|
|
|
|
``max_num`` does not prevent existing objects from being displayed::
|
|
|
|
>>> Author.objects.order_by('name')
|
|
[<Author: Charles Baudelaire>, <Author: Paul Verlaine>, <Author: Walt Whitman>]
|
|
|
|
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, max_num=1)
|
|
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=Author.objects.order_by('name'))
|
|
>>> [x.name for x in formset.get_queryset()]
|
|
[u'Charles Baudelaire', u'Paul Verlaine', u'Walt Whitman']
|
|
|
|
If the value of ``max_num`` is greater than the number of existing related
|
|
objects, up to ``extra`` additional blank forms will be added to the formset,
|
|
so long as the total number of forms does not exceed ``max_num``::
|
|
|
|
>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, max_num=4, extra=2)
|
|
>>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=Author.objects.order_by('name'))
|
|
>>> for form in formset:
|
|
... print(form.as_table())
|
|
<tr><th><label for="id_form-0-name">Name:</label></th><td><input id="id_form-0-name" type="text" name="form-0-name" value="Charles Baudelaire" maxlength="100" /><input type="hidden" name="form-0-id" value="1" id="id_form-0-id" /></td></tr>
|
|
<tr><th><label for="id_form-1-name">Name:</label></th><td><input id="id_form-1-name" type="text" name="form-1-name" value="Paul Verlaine" maxlength="100" /><input type="hidden" name="form-1-id" value="3" id="id_form-1-id" /></td></tr>
|
|
<tr><th><label for="id_form-2-name">Name:</label></th><td><input id="id_form-2-name" type="text" name="form-2-name" value="Walt Whitman" maxlength="100" /><input type="hidden" name="form-2-id" value="2" id="id_form-2-id" /></td></tr>
|
|
<tr><th><label for="id_form-3-name">Name:</label></th><td><input id="id_form-3-name" type="text" name="form-3-name" maxlength="100" /><input type="hidden" name="form-3-id" id="id_form-3-id" /></td></tr>
|
|
|
|
A ``max_num`` value of ``None`` (the default) puts a high limit on the number
|
|
of forms displayed (1000). In practice this is equivalent to no limit.
|
|
|
|
Using a model formset in a view
|
|
-------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Model formsets are very similar to formsets. Let's say we want to present a
|
|
formset to edit ``Author`` model instances::
|
|
|
|
def manage_authors(request):
|
|
AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author)
|
|
if request.method == 'POST':
|
|
formset = AuthorFormSet(request.POST, request.FILES)
|
|
if formset.is_valid():
|
|
formset.save()
|
|
# do something.
|
|
else:
|
|
formset = AuthorFormSet()
|
|
return render_to_response("manage_authors.html", {
|
|
"formset": formset,
|
|
})
|
|
|
|
As you can see, the view logic of a model formset isn't drastically different
|
|
than that of a "normal" formset. The only difference is that we call
|
|
``formset.save()`` to save the data into the database. (This was described
|
|
above, in :ref:`saving-objects-in-the-formset`.)
|
|
|
|
.. _model-formsets-overriding-clean:
|
|
|
|
Overriding ``clean()`` on a ``ModelFormSet``
|
|
--------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Just like with ``ModelForms``, by default the ``clean()`` method of a
|
|
``ModelFormSet`` will validate that none of the items in the formset violate
|
|
the unique constraints on your model (either ``unique``, ``unique_together`` or
|
|
``unique_for_date|month|year``). If you want to override the ``clean()`` method
|
|
on a ``ModelFormSet`` and maintain this validation, you must call the parent
|
|
class's ``clean`` method::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
|
|
def clean(self):
|
|
super(MyModelFormSet, self).clean()
|
|
# example custom validation across forms in the formset
|
|
for form in self.forms:
|
|
# your custom formset validation
|
|
...
|
|
|
|
Using a custom queryset
|
|
-----------------------
|
|
|
|
As stated earlier, you can override the default queryset used by the model
|
|
formset::
|
|
|
|
def manage_authors(request):
|
|
AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author)
|
|
if request.method == "POST":
|
|
formset = AuthorFormSet(request.POST, request.FILES,
|
|
queryset=Author.objects.filter(name__startswith='O'))
|
|
if formset.is_valid():
|
|
formset.save()
|
|
# Do something.
|
|
else:
|
|
formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=Author.objects.filter(name__startswith='O'))
|
|
return render_to_response("manage_authors.html", {
|
|
"formset": formset,
|
|
})
|
|
|
|
Note that we pass the ``queryset`` argument in both the ``POST`` and ``GET``
|
|
cases in this example.
|
|
|
|
Using the formset in the template
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
.. highlight:: html+django
|
|
|
|
There are three ways to render a formset in a Django template.
|
|
|
|
First, you can let the formset do most of the work::
|
|
|
|
<form method="post" action="">
|
|
{{ formset }}
|
|
</form>
|
|
|
|
Second, you can manually render the formset, but let the form deal with
|
|
itself::
|
|
|
|
<form method="post" action="">
|
|
{{ formset.management_form }}
|
|
{% for form in formset %}
|
|
{{ form }}
|
|
{% endfor %}
|
|
</form>
|
|
|
|
When you manually render the forms yourself, be sure to render the management
|
|
form as shown above. See the :ref:`management form documentation
|
|
<understanding-the-managementform>`.
|
|
|
|
Third, you can manually render each field::
|
|
|
|
<form method="post" action="">
|
|
{{ formset.management_form }}
|
|
{% for form in formset %}
|
|
{% for field in form %}
|
|
{{ field.label_tag }}: {{ field }}
|
|
{% endfor %}
|
|
{% endfor %}
|
|
</form>
|
|
|
|
If you opt to use this third method and you don't iterate over the fields with
|
|
a ``{% for %}`` loop, you'll need to render the primary key field. For example,
|
|
if you were rendering the ``name`` and ``age`` fields of a model::
|
|
|
|
<form method="post" action="">
|
|
{{ formset.management_form }}
|
|
{% for form in formset %}
|
|
{{ form.id }}
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>{{ form.name }}</li>
|
|
<li>{{ form.age }}</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
{% endfor %}
|
|
</form>
|
|
|
|
Notice how we need to explicitly render ``{{ form.id }}``. This ensures that
|
|
the model formset, in the ``POST`` case, will work correctly. (This example
|
|
assumes a primary key named ``id``. If you've explicitly defined your own
|
|
primary key that isn't called ``id``, make sure it gets rendered.)
|
|
|
|
.. highlight:: python
|
|
|
|
.. _inline-formsets:
|
|
|
|
Inline formsets
|
|
===============
|
|
|
|
.. class:: models.BaseInlineFormSet
|
|
|
|
Inline formsets is a small abstraction layer on top of model formsets. These
|
|
simplify the case of working with related objects via a foreign key. Suppose
|
|
you have these two models::
|
|
|
|
class Author(models.Model):
|
|
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
|
|
|
|
class Book(models.Model):
|
|
author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
|
|
title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
|
|
|
|
If you want to create a formset that allows you to edit books belonging to
|
|
a particular author, you could do this::
|
|
|
|
>>> from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory
|
|
>>> BookFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book)
|
|
>>> author = Author.objects.get(name=u'Mike Royko')
|
|
>>> formset = BookFormSet(instance=author)
|
|
|
|
.. note::
|
|
|
|
:func:`~django.forms.models.inlineformset_factory` uses
|
|
:func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory` and marks
|
|
``can_delete=True``.
|
|
|
|
.. seealso::
|
|
|
|
:ref:`Manually rendered can_delete and can_order <manually-rendered-can-delete-and-can-order>`.
|
|
|
|
Overriding methods on an ``InlineFormSet``
|
|
------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
When overriding methods on ``InlineFormSet``, you should subclass
|
|
:class:`~models.BaseInlineFormSet` rather than
|
|
:class:`~models.BaseModelFormSet`.
|
|
|
|
For example, if you want to override ``clean()``::
|
|
|
|
from django.forms.models import BaseInlineFormSet
|
|
|
|
class CustomInlineFormSet(BaseInlineFormSet):
|
|
def clean(self):
|
|
super(CustomInlineFormSet, self).clean()
|
|
# example custom validation across forms in the formset
|
|
for form in self.forms:
|
|
# your custom formset validation
|
|
...
|
|
|
|
See also :ref:`model-formsets-overriding-clean`.
|
|
|
|
Then when you create your inline formset, pass in the optional argument
|
|
``formset``::
|
|
|
|
>>> from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory
|
|
>>> BookFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book, formset=CustomInlineFormSet)
|
|
>>> author = Author.objects.get(name=u'Mike Royko')
|
|
>>> formset = BookFormSet(instance=author)
|
|
|
|
More than one foreign key to the same model
|
|
-------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
If your model contains more than one foreign key to the same model, you'll
|
|
need to resolve the ambiguity manually using ``fk_name``. For example, consider
|
|
the following model::
|
|
|
|
class Friendship(models.Model):
|
|
from_friend = models.ForeignKey(Friend)
|
|
to_friend = models.ForeignKey(Friend)
|
|
length_in_months = models.IntegerField()
|
|
|
|
To resolve this, you can use ``fk_name`` to
|
|
:func:`~django.forms.models.inlineformset_factory`::
|
|
|
|
>>> FriendshipFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Friend, Friendship, fk_name="from_friend")
|
|
|
|
Using an inline formset in a view
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
You may want to provide a view that allows a user to edit the related objects
|
|
of a model. Here's how you can do that::
|
|
|
|
def manage_books(request, author_id):
|
|
author = Author.objects.get(pk=author_id)
|
|
BookInlineFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book)
|
|
if request.method == "POST":
|
|
formset = BookInlineFormSet(request.POST, request.FILES, instance=author)
|
|
if formset.is_valid():
|
|
formset.save()
|
|
# Do something. Should generally end with a redirect. For example:
|
|
return HttpResponseRedirect(author.get_absolute_url())
|
|
else:
|
|
formset = BookInlineFormSet(instance=author)
|
|
return render_to_response("manage_books.html", {
|
|
"formset": formset,
|
|
})
|
|
|
|
Notice how we pass ``instance`` in both the ``POST`` and ``GET`` cases.
|