How to have a nested inline formset within a form in Django?
Of course it's possible - how do you think the admin does it?
Take a look at the inline formsets documentation.
Edited after comment Of course, you need to instantiate and render both the parent form and the nested formset. Something like:
def edit_contact(request, contact_pk=None):
if contact_pk:
my_contact = Contact.objects.get(pk=contact_pk)
else:
my_contact = Contact()
CommunicationFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Contact, Communication)
if request.POST:
contact_form = ContactForm(request.POST, instance=my_contact)
communication_set = CommunicationFormSet(request.POST,
instance=my_contact)
if contact_form.is_valid() and communication_set.is_valid():
contact_form.save()
communication_set.save()
else:
contact_form = ContactForm(instance=my_contact)
communication_set = CommunicationFormSet(instance=my_contact)
return render_to_response('my_template.html',
{'form': contact_form, 'formset':communication_set})
and the template can be as simple as:
<form action="" method="POST">
{{ form.as_p }}
{{ formset }}
</form>
although you'll probably want to be a bit more detailed in how you render it.
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Marc-Antoine Lemieux
Updated on March 10, 2021Comments
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Marc-Antoine Lemieux about 3 years
I hope this question has not been asked yet, but I want to know if it is possible to have a normal class-based form for an object and to have an inline formset inside it to edit its related objects.
For example, I have a Contact model
class Contact(models.Model): ...
And a Communication modelclass Communication(models.Model): contact = models.ForeignKey(Contact)
and I want to have a form for Contact with a inline formset nested in it for managing communications related to it.
Is it possible to do so with existing components or do I have a hopeless dream?
EDIT : I know that the admin panel does it, but how do I make work in a view?
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Marc-Antoine Lemieux about 13 yearsThanks for the quick answer, but I tried it and when I render the formset, there are only lines for the related objects. I need the Contact form AND the Communication Inline formset. I know that the admin panel does it, but how do I make work in a view?
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Bahman Rouhani over 6 yearsis there any way to add the formset into the main form? for some reasons I can have a single modelform only and I need a inlineformset inside it.
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Brian Olpin over 5 yearsThe link to 'inline formsets documentation' produces a 404 error