So I have my UpdateView set up to send a request
object to the form so I can modify a queryset in the form (based on request.user
)
my views.py:
class DataSourceUpdateView(UpdateView):
model = DataSource
form_class = DataSourceForm
template_name = 'engine/datasource_update.html'
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
obj = DataSource.objects.get(pk=kwargs['pk'])
self.object = None
form = DataSourceForm(request)
return self.render_to_response(
self.get_context_data(form=form,
object=obj))
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
form = DataSourceForm(request, request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid:
return self.form_valid(form)
else:
return self.form_invalid(form)
my forms.py:
class DataSourceForm(forms.ModelForm):
def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
self.request = request
super(DataSourceForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['dataset_request'].queryset = DatasetRequest.objects.filter(
creator=self.request.user)
class Meta:
model = DataSource
exclude = ('creator', 'vote_score', 'num_vote_up',
'num_vote_down', 'file_size', 'slug')
My problem is, in the template, the form is not populated with existing values. How can I fix this?
With UpdateView
it's a little bit tricky. So, in order to initialize your form's data, you need to do it in the view itself not in the form.
So here is how you can perform what's you've done when using UpdateView
:
class DataSourceUpdateView(UpdateView):
model = DataSource
form_class = DataSourceForm
template_name = 'engine/datasource_update.html'
# An empty dict or add an initial data to your form
initial = {}
# And don't forget your success URL
# or use reverse_lazy by URL's name
# Or better, override get_success_url() method
# And return your success URL using reverse_lazy
sucess_url = '/'
def get_initial(self):
"""initialize your's form values here"""
base_initial = super().get_initial()
# So here you're initiazing you're form's data
base_initial['dataset_request'] = DatasetRequest.objects.filter(
creator=self.request.user
)
return base_initial
#... The rest of your view logic
And you're form will be:
class DataSourceForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = DataSource
exclude = (
'creator',
'vote_score',
'num_vote_up',
'num_vote_down',
'file_size',
'slug'
)
Bonus:
In order to understand why you need to initialize the form's data, you need to see the `UpdateView's MRO which are Visit this documentation link :
And the FormMixin
have these attributes and methods visit the documentation link which are:
Also i recommend you to see what the FormMixin
have like attributes and methods in order to see how you can override them or let Django do magics for you :D. See this documentation link
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