I have the models Entry and Meaning below with many-to-many relation. I need to create an update form/view to edit Entry and Meaning objects at the same time. I have also to be able to add more Meaning objects to an Entry object while editing it.
I tried to use UpdateView and modelformset_factory as below.
I can see the forms, but my view doesn't save the Meaning changes. I have two questions:
How do I save the
Meaningchanges?How do I add or delete a
Meaningobject in this form/view?
Models
class Entry(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=70)
slug = models.SlugField('slug', max_length=100, unique=True)
class Meaning(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=70)
language = models.CharField(max_length=5, choices=LANGUAGE_CHOICES)
entry = models.ManyToManyField(
Entry, related_name='meaning',
related_query_name='meanings',
through='MeaningRelation')
class MeaningRelation(models.Model):
entry = models.ForeignKey(Entry, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
meaning = models.ForeignKey(Meaning, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
Forms
class EntryForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = models.Entry
fields = ['title', 'slug']
MeaningFormSet = modelformset_factory(models.Meaning, fields=('title', 'language'))
View
class EntryUpdateView(UpdateView):
model = models.Entry
form_class = forms.EntryForm
formset_class = forms.MeaningFormSet
template_name = 'edit.html'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(EntryUpdateView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
qs = models.Meaning.objects.filter(entry=self.get_object())
formset = forms.MeaningFormSet(queryset=qs)
context['meaning_formset'] = formset
return context
Template
# edit.html
<form action="" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_table }}
{{ meaning_formset.management_form }}
{% for meaning_form in meaning_formset %}
{{ meaning_form.as_p }}
<hr>
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" value="Update"/>
</form>