I have a three page form-list coming out of a single model. I could save the model first time, but when I want to edit the model, only the first form shows the initial value, subsequent forms does not show the initial data. but when I print the initial_dict
from views, I can see all the initial views correctly. I followed this blog on form wizard.
Here is my model.py:
class Item(models.Model):
user=models.ForeignKey(User)
price=models.DecimalField(max_digits=8,decimal_places=2)
image=models.ImageField(upload_to="assets/", blank=True)
description=models.TextField(blank=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return '%s-%s' %(self.user.username, self.price)
urls.py:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^create/$', MyWizard.as_view([FirstForm, SecondForm, ThirdForm]), name='wizards'),
url(r'^edit/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'formwizard.views.edit_wizard', name='edit_wizard'),
)
forms.py:
class FirstForm(forms.Form):
id = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.HiddenInput, required=False)
price = forms.DecimalField(max_digits=8, decimal_places=2)
#add all the fields that you want to include in the form
class SecondForm(forms.Form):
image = forms.ImageField(required=False)
class ThirdForm(forms.Form):
description = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
views.py:
class MyWizard(SessionWizardView):
template_name = "wizard_form.html"
file_storage = FileSystemStorage(location=os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT))
#if you are uploading files you need to set FileSystemStorage
def done(self, form_list, **kwargs):
for form in form_list:
print form.initial
if not self.request.user.is_authenticated():
raise Http404
id = form_list[0].cleaned_data['id']
try:
item = Item.objects.get(pk=id)
###################### SAVING ITEM #######################
item.save()
print item
instance = item
except:
item = None
instance = None
if item and item.user != self.request.user:
print "about to raise 404"
raise Http404
if not item:
instance = Item()
for form in form_list:
for field, value in form.cleaned_data.iteritems():
setattr(instance, field, value)
instance.user = self.request.user
instance.save()
return render_to_response('wizard-done.html', {
'form_data': [form.cleaned_data for form in form_list], })
def edit_wizard(request, id):
#get the object
item = get_object_or_404(Item, pk=id)
#make sure the item belongs to the user
if item.user != request.user:
raise HttpResponseForbidden()
else:
#get the initial data to include in the form
initial = {'0': {'id': item.id,
'price': item.price,
#make sure you list every field from your form definition here to include it later in the initial_dict
},
'1': {'image': item.image,
},
'2': {'description': item.description,
},
}
print initial
form = MyWizard.as_view([FirstForm, SecondForm, ThirdForm], initial_dict=initial)
return form(context=RequestContext(request), request=request)
template:
<html>
<body>
<h2>Contact Us</h2>
<p>Step {{ wizard.steps.step1 }} of {{ wizard.steps.count }}</p>
{% for field in form %}
{{field.error}}
{% endfor %}
<form action={% url 'wizards' %} method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">{% csrf_token %}
<table>
{{ wizard.management_form }}
{% if wizard.form.forms %}
{{ wizard.form.management_form }}
{% for form in wizard.form.forms %}
{{ form }}
{% endfor %}
{% else %}
{{ wizard.form }}
{% endif %}
</table>
{% if wizard.steps.prev %}
<button name="wizard_goto_step" type="submit" value="{{ wizard.steps.first }}">"first step"</button>
<button name="wizard_goto_step" type="submit" value="{{ wizard.steps.prev }}">"prev step"</button>
{% endif %}
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
EDIT:
one this I noticed is the following:
On the edit mode, i.e, when I am at the following url : http://127.0.0.1:8000/wizard/edit/1/
,
it displays the first form data correctly, and when I click submit, it is not taking me to step-2 of edit mode, i.e the URL changes to http://127.0.0.1:8000/wizard/create/
.
If upon clicking submit
on edit url (like /wizard/edit/1
) in the first step, same url is maintained then the form would get its initial data in next step. but I cannot figure out how to avoid the url from changing to /wizard/create