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class ModelFormMixin

from django.views.generic.edit import ModelFormMixin
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A mixin that provides a way to show and handle a modelform in a request.

Ancestors (MRO)

  1. ModelFormMixin
  2. FormMixin
  3. SingleObjectMixin
  4. ContextMixin

Attributes

  Defined in
context_object_name = None SingleObjectMixin
fields = None ModelFormMixin
form_class = None FormMixin
initial = {} FormMixin
model = None SingleObjectMixin
pk_url_kwarg = 'pk' SingleObjectMixin
prefix = None FormMixin
queryset = None SingleObjectMixin
slug_field = 'slug' SingleObjectMixin
slug_url_kwarg = 'slug' SingleObjectMixin
success_url = None FormMixin
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Methods

def form_invalid(self, form): FormMixin 

If the form is invalid, re-render the context data with the
data-filled form and errors.
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def form_invalid(self, form):
    """
    If the form is invalid, re-render the context data with the
    data-filled form and errors.
    """
    return self.render_to_response(self.get_context_data(form=form))

def form_valid(self, form):

ModelFormMixin

 
If the form is valid, save the associated model.
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def form_valid(self, form):
    """
    If the form is valid, save the associated model.
    """
    self.object = form.save()
    return super(ModelFormMixin, self).form_valid(form)

FormMixin

 
If the form is valid, redirect to the supplied URL.
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def form_valid(self, form):
    """
    If the form is valid, redirect to the supplied URL.
    """
    return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())

def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):

SingleObjectMixin

 
Insert the single object into the context dict.
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def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
    """
    Insert the single object into the context dict.
    """
    context = {}
    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
    context.update(kwargs)
    return super(SingleObjectMixin, self).get_context_data(**context)

ContextMixin

 
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def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
    if 'view' not in kwargs:
        kwargs['view'] = self
    return kwargs

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 isinstance(obj, models.Model):
        return obj._meta.model_name
    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
        if self.fields is None:
            warnings.warn("Using ModelFormMixin (base class of %s) without "
                          "the 'fields' attribute is deprecated." % self.__class__.__name__,
                          PendingDeprecationWarning)
        return model_forms.modelform_factory(model, fields=self.fields)

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

FormMixin

 
Returns the keyword arguments for instantiating the form.
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def get_form_kwargs(self):
    """
    Returns the keyword arguments for instantiating the form.
    """
    kwargs = {
        'initial': self.get_initial(),
        'prefix': self.get_prefix(),
    }
    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.copy()

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(self.pk_url_kwarg, None)
    slug = self.kwargs.get(self.slug_url_kwarg, 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("Generic detail view %s must be called with "
                             "either an object pk or a slug."
                             % self.__class__.__name__)
    try:
        # Get the single item from the filtered queryset
        obj = queryset.get()
    except ObjectDoesNotExist:
        raise Http404(_("No %(verbose_name)s found matching the query") %
                      {'verbose_name': queryset.model._meta.verbose_name})
    return obj

def get_prefix(self): FormMixin 

Returns the prefix to use for forms on this view
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def get_prefix(self):
    """
    Returns the prefix to use for forms on this view
    """
    return self.prefix

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("%(cls)s is missing a queryset. Define "
                                       "%(cls)s.model, %(cls)s.queryset, or override "
                                       "%(cls)s.get_queryset()." % {
                                            '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

 
Returns the supplied URL.
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def get_success_url(self):
    """
    Returns the supplied URL.
    """
    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

 
Returns the supplied success URL.
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def get_success_url(self):
    """
    Returns the supplied success URL.
    """
    if self.success_url:
        # Forcing possible reverse_lazy evaluation
        url = force_text(self.success_url)
    else:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured(
            "No URL to redirect to. Provide a success_url.")
    return url