class BaseCreateView

from django.views.generic.edit import BaseCreateView
Base view for creating an new object instance.

Using this base class requires subclassing to provide a response mixin.

Attributes

  Defined in
context_object_name = None SingleObjectMixin
form_class = None FormMixin
http_method_names = ['get', 'post', 'put', 'delete', 'head', 'options', 'trace'] View
initial = {} FormMixin
model = None SingleObjectMixin
queryset = None SingleObjectMixin
slug_field = 'slug' SingleObjectMixin
success_url = None FormMixin
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Methods

def __init__(self, **kwargs): View

Constructor. Called in the URLconf; can contain helpful extra
keyword arguments, and other things.
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def __init__(self, **kwargs):
    """
    Constructor. Called in the URLconf; can contain helpful extra
    keyword arguments, and other things.
    """
    # Go through keyword arguments, and either save their values to our
    # instance, or raise an error.
    for key, value in kwargs.iteritems():
        setattr(self, key, value)

def as_view(cls, **initkwargs): View

Main entry point for a request-response process.
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@classonlymethod
def as_view(cls, **initkwargs):
    """
    Main entry point for a request-response process.
    """
    # sanitize keyword arguments
    for key in initkwargs:
        if key in cls.http_method_names:
            raise TypeError(u"You tried to pass in the %s method name as a "
                            u"keyword argument to %s(). Don't do that."
                            % (key, cls.__name__))
        if not hasattr(cls, key):
            raise TypeError(u"%s() received an invalid keyword %r" % (
                cls.__name__, key))
    def view(request, *args, **kwargs):
        self = cls(**initkwargs)
        return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
    # take name and docstring from class
    update_wrapper(view, cls, updated=())
    # and possible attributes set by decorators
    # like csrf_exempt from dispatch
    update_wrapper(view, cls.dispatch, assigned=())
    return view

def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs): View

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def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    # Try to dispatch to the right method; if a method doesn't exist,
    # defer to the error handler. Also defer to the error handler if the
    # request method isn't on the approved list.
    if request.method.lower() in self.http_method_names:
        handler = getattr(self, request.method.lower(), self.http_method_not_allowed)
    else:
        handler = self.http_method_not_allowed
    self.request = request
    self.args = args
    self.kwargs = kwargs
    return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)

def form_invalid(self, form): FormMixin

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def form_invalid(self, form):
    return self.render_to_response(self.get_context_data(form=form))

def form_valid(self, form):

ModelFormMixin

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def form_valid(self, form):
    self.object = form.save()
    return super(ModelFormMixin, self).form_valid(form)

FormMixin

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def form_valid(self, form):
    return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())

def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):

BaseCreateView

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def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    self.object = None
    return super(BaseCreateView, self).get(request, *args, **kwargs)

ProcessFormView

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def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    form_class = self.get_form_class()
    form = self.get_form(form_class)
    return self.render_to_response(self.get_context_data(form=form))

def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):

ModelFormMixin

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def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
    context = kwargs
    if self.object:
        context['object'] = self.object
        context_object_name = self.get_context_object_name(self.object)
        if context_object_name:
            context[context_object_name] = self.object
    return context

FormMixin

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def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
    return kwargs

SingleObjectMixin

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def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
    context = kwargs
    context_object_name = self.get_context_object_name(self.object)
    if context_object_name:
        context[context_object_name] = self.object
    return context

def get_context_object_name(self, obj): SingleObjectMixin

Get the name to use for the object.
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def get_context_object_name(self, obj):
    """
    Get the name to use for the object.
    """
    if self.context_object_name:
        return self.context_object_name
    elif hasattr(obj, '_meta'):
        return smart_str(obj._meta.object_name.lower())
    else:
        return None

def get_form(self, form_class): FormMixin

Returns an instance of the form to be used in this view.
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def get_form(self, form_class):
    """
    Returns an instance of the form to be used in this view.
    """
    return form_class(**self.get_form_kwargs())

def get_form_class(self):

ModelFormMixin

Returns the form class to use in this view
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def get_form_class(self):
    """
    Returns the form class to use in this view
    """
    if self.form_class:
        return self.form_class
    else:
        if self.model is not None:
            # If a model has been explicitly provided, use it
            model = self.model
        elif hasattr(self, 'object') and self.object is not None:
            # If this view is operating on a single object, use
            # the class of that object
            model = self.object.__class__
        else:
            # Try to get a queryset and extract the model class
            # from that
            model = self.get_queryset().model
        return model_forms.modelform_factory(model)

FormMixin

Returns the form class to use in this view
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def get_form_class(self):
    """
    Returns the form class to use in this view
    """
    return self.form_class

def get_form_kwargs(self):

ModelFormMixin

Returns the keyword arguments for instanciating the form.
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def get_form_kwargs(self):
    """
    Returns the keyword arguments for instanciating the form.
    """
    kwargs = super(ModelFormMixin, self).get_form_kwargs()
    kwargs.update({'instance': self.object})
    return kwargs

FormMixin

Returns the keyword arguments for instanciating the form.
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def get_form_kwargs(self):
    """
    Returns the keyword arguments for instanciating the form.
    """
    kwargs = {'initial': self.get_initial()}
    if self.request.method in ('POST', 'PUT'):
        kwargs.update({
            'data': self.request.POST,
            'files': self.request.FILES,
        })
    return kwargs

def get_initial(self): FormMixin

Returns the initial data to use for forms on this view.
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def get_initial(self):
    """
    Returns the initial data to use for forms on this view.
    """
    return self.initial

def get_object(self, queryset=None): SingleObjectMixin

Returns the object the view is displaying.

By default this requires `self.queryset` and a `pk` or `slug` argument
in the URLconf, but subclasses can override this to return any object.
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def get_object(self, queryset=None):
    """
    Returns the object the view is displaying.
    By default this requires `self.queryset` and a `pk` or `slug` argument
    in the URLconf, but subclasses can override this to return any object.
    """
    # Use a custom queryset if provided; this is required for subclasses
    # like DateDetailView
    if queryset is None:
        queryset = self.get_queryset()
    # Next, try looking up by primary key.
    pk = self.kwargs.get('pk', None)
    slug = self.kwargs.get('slug', None)
    if pk is not None:
        queryset = queryset.filter(pk=pk)
    # Next, try looking up by slug.
    elif slug is not None:
        slug_field = self.get_slug_field()
        queryset = queryset.filter(**{slug_field: slug})
    # If none of those are defined, it's an error.
    else:
        raise AttributeError(u"Generic detail view %s must be called with "
                             u"either an object pk or a slug."
                             % self.__class__.__name__)
    try:
        obj = queryset.get()
    except ObjectDoesNotExist:
        raise Http404(_(u"No %(verbose_name)s found matching the query") %
                      {'verbose_name': queryset.model._meta.verbose_name})
    return obj

def get_queryset(self): SingleObjectMixin

Get the queryset to look an object up against. May not be called if
`get_object` is overridden.
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def get_queryset(self):
    """
    Get the queryset to look an object up against. May not be called if
    `get_object` is overridden.
    """
    if self.queryset is None:
        if self.model:
            return self.model._default_manager.all()
        else:
            raise ImproperlyConfigured(u"%(cls)s is missing a queryset. Define "
                                       u"%(cls)s.model, %(cls)s.queryset, or override "
                                       u"%(cls)s.get_object()." % {
                                            'cls': self.__class__.__name__
                                    })
    return self.queryset._clone()

def get_slug_field(self): SingleObjectMixin

Get the name of a slug field to be used to look up by slug.
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def get_slug_field(self):
    """
    Get the name of a slug field to be used to look up by slug.
    """
    return self.slug_field

def get_success_url(self):

ModelFormMixin

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def get_success_url(self):
    if self.success_url:
        url = self.success_url % self.object.__dict__
    else:
        try:
            url = self.object.get_absolute_url()
        except AttributeError:
            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                "No URL to redirect to.  Either provide a url or define"
                " a get_absolute_url method on the Model.")
    return url

FormMixin

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def get_success_url(self):
    if self.success_url:
        url = self.success_url
    else:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured(
            "No URL to redirect to. Provide a success_url.")
    return url

def http_method_not_allowed(self, request, *args, **kwargs): View

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def http_method_not_allowed(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    allowed_methods = [m for m in self.http_method_names if hasattr(self, m)]
    logger.warning('Method Not Allowed (%s): %s' % (request.method, request.path),
        extra={
            'status_code': 405,
            'request': self.request
        }
    )
    return http.HttpResponseNotAllowed(allowed_methods)

def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):

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def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    self.object = None
    return super(BaseCreateView, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)

ProcessFormView

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def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    form_class = self.get_form_class()
    form = self.get_form(form_class)
    if form.is_valid():
        return self.form_valid(form)
    else:
        return self.form_invalid(form)

def put(self, *args, **kwargs): ProcessFormView

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def put(self, *args, **kwargs):
    return self.post(*args, **kwargs)