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=====================
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Generic editing views
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=====================
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The following views are described on this page and provide a foundation for
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editing content:
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.CreateView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.UpdateView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.DeleteView`
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.. note::
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Some of the examples on this page assume that an ``Author`` model has been
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defined as follows in ``myapp/models.py``::
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from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
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from django.db import models
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class Author(models.Model):
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name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
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def get_absolute_url(self):
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return reverse('author-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.pk})
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FormView
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--------
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.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.FormView
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A view that displays a form. On error, redisplays the form with validation
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errors; on success, redirects to a new URL.
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**Ancestors (MRO)**
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This view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
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* ``django.views.generic.edit.BaseFormView``
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
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**Example forms.py**::
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from django import forms
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class ContactForm(forms.Form):
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name = forms.CharField()
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message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
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def send_email(self):
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# send email using the self.cleaned_data dictionary
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pass
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**Example views.py**::
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from myapp.forms import ContactForm
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from django.views.generic.edit import FormView
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class ContactView(FormView):
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template_name = 'contact.html'
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form_class = ContactForm
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success_url = '/thanks/'
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def form_valid(self, form):
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# This method is called when valid form data has been POSTed.
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# It should return an HttpResponse.
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form.send_email()
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return super(ContactView, self).form_valid(form)
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CreateView
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----------
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.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.CreateView
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A view that displays a form for creating an object, redisplaying the form
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with validation errors (if there are any) and saving the object.
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**Ancestors (MRO)**
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This view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.CreateView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
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* ``django.views.generic.edit.BaseCreateView``
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
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**Attributes**
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.. attribute:: template_name_suffix
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The ``CreateView`` page displayed to a ``GET`` request uses a
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``template_name_suffix`` of ``'_form'``. For
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example, changing this attribute to ``'_create_form'`` for a view
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creating objects for the example ``Author`` model would cause the
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default ``template_name`` to be ``'myapp/author_create_form.html'``.
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**Example views.py**::
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from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView
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from myapp.models import Author
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class AuthorCreate(CreateView):
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model = Author
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UpdateView
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----------
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.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.UpdateView
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A view that displays a form for editing an existing object, redisplaying
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the form with validation errors (if there are any) and saving changes to
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the object. This uses a form automatically generated from the object's
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model class (unless a form class is manually specified).
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**Ancestors (MRO)**
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This view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.UpdateView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
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* ``django.views.generic.edit.BaseUpdateView``
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
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**Attributes**
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.. attribute:: template_name_suffix
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The ``UpdateView`` page displayed to a ``GET`` request uses a
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``template_name_suffix`` of ``'_form'``. For
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example, changing this attribute to ``'_update_form'`` for a view
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updating objects for the example ``Author`` model would cause the
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default ``template_name`` to be ``'myapp/author_update_form.html'``.
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**Example views.py**::
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from django.views.generic.edit import UpdateView
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from myapp.models import Author
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class AuthorUpdate(UpdateView):
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model = Author
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DeleteView
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----------
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.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.DeleteView
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A view that displays a confirmation page and deletes an existing object.
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The given object will only be deleted if the request method is ``POST``. If
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this view is fetched via ``GET``, it will display a confirmation page that
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should contain a form that POSTs to the same URL.
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**Ancestors (MRO)**
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This view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.DeleteView`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
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* ``django.views.generic.edit.BaseDeleteView``
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* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin`
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* ``django.views.generic.detail.BaseDetailView``
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* :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
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* :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
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**Attributes**
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.. attribute:: template_name_suffix
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The ``DeleteView`` page displayed to a ``GET`` request uses a
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``template_name_suffix`` of ``'_confirm_delete'``. For
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example, changing this attribute to ``'_check_delete'`` for a view
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deleting objects for the example ``Author`` model would cause the
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default ``template_name`` to be ``'myapp/author_check_delete.html'``.
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**Example views.py**::
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from django.views.generic.edit import DeleteView
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from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
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from myapp.models import Author
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class AuthorDelete(DeleteView):
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model = Author
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success_url = reverse_lazy('author-list')
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