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WTForms populate_obj problem
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from wtforms.form import Form | |
from wtforms.fields import TextField, TextAreaField, FieldFist, FormField | |
class PluginForm(Form): | |
tags = TextField('Some random tags',) | |
files = TextField('Some random files',) | |
class Plugin(object): | |
form = PluginForm | |
class Page(object): | |
@classmethod | |
def register_plugin(cls, plugin): | |
if issubclass(plugin, Plugin) and plugin not in cls._plugins: | |
cls._plugins.append(plugin) | |
class PageForm(Form): | |
title = TextField('Title of the Page',) | |
body = TextAreaField('Enter the text for this page') | |
... | |
plugins = FieldList(FormField(PluginForm)) | |
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): | |
super(PageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) | |
for plugin in Page._plugins: | |
plugin_form_cls = plugin.form | |
self.plugins.append_entry(FormField(plugin_form_cls)) | |
Page.register_plugin(Plugin) | |
class AttributeDict(dict): | |
__getattr__ = dict.__getitem__ | |
__setattr__ = dict.__setitem__ | |
def create_post(request): | |
post = AttributeDict() | |
form = PageForm(request.POST, obj=post) | |
""" | |
form.data contains following values: | |
{ | |
'body': u'', | |
'meta_description': u'', | |
'meta_keywords': u'', | |
'title': u'seas', | |
'published': True, | |
'meta_title': u'', | |
'publication_end_date': datetime.datetime(2012, 11, 19, 11, 43, 44), | |
'plugins': [ | |
{'files': u'xxx', 'tags': u'xxx'}, | |
{'files': u'yyy', 'tags': u'yyy'}, | |
], | |
'publication_date': datetime.datetime(2012, 10, 19, 11, 43, 44), | |
'in_navigation': False | |
} | |
""" | |
if request.POST and form.validate(): | |
form.populate_obj(post) | |
return redirect('/home') | |
return render_to_response('edit_post.html', form=form) |
Thanks! Your example saved me! I've used it to create a self contained example: https://github.com/sebkouba/dynamic-flask-form
Thank you for this gist.Check this I created this inspired from your gist.
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/wtforms/5KQvYdLFiKE/TSgHIxmsI8wJ