I have two entities with a ManyToMany relation between them. ProcessModel has a ManyToManyField of RouteModel and a reverse relalion 'processes' is created. I have define two ModelForms, but I cannot access the reverse ManyToMany relation 'processes' from the routes form. The view holding the route form don't display the processes field. How can I show that reverse ManyToMany field and save the information using the form. Here is my code
class ProcessModel(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(verbose_name="nombre", max_length=50, blank=False, null=False)
code = models.CharField(verbose_name="Código", max_length=50, blank=True, null=True, unique=True)
routes = models.ManyToManyField("RouteModel", verbose_name="lista de rutas", related_name="processes", blank=True)
class RouteModel(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(verbose_name="Nombre", max_length=50, blank=False, null=False)
route_type_id = models.ForeignKey("RouteTypeModel", verbose_name="Tipo",
blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
related_name="routes")
start_date = models.DateField(verbose_name="Fecha inicio")
end_date = models.DateField(verbose_name="Fecha inicio")
from django_select2.forms import ModelSelect2Widget, ModelSelect2MultipleWidget
class ProcessForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = ProcessModel
exclude = ('id',)
widgets = {
'name':forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control'}),
'code':forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control'}),
'routes': ModelSelect2MultipleWidget(model=RouteModel, queryset=RouteModel.objects.filter(),
search_fields=['name__icontains'],
attrs={'style': 'width: 100%;'}),
}
class RouteForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = RouteModel
exclude = ("id",)
widgets = {
'name':forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control'}),
'route_type_id': forms.Select(attrs={'class': 'form-control'}),
'start_date' :forms.DateInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control datepicker', 'autocomplete': 'off'}),
'end_date' :forms.DateInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control datepicker', 'autocomplete': 'off'}),
'processes': ModelSelect2MultipleWidget(model=ProcessModel, queryset=ProcessModel.objects.filter(),
search_fields=['name__icontains'],
attrs={'style': 'width: 100%;'}),
}
I just found the solution, I had to add the processes field and overwrite the 'init' and 'save' functions. Here is the deffinition of the RouteForm
class RouteForm(forms.ModelForm):
processes = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
queryset=ProcessModel.objects.all(),
widget=ModelSelect2MultipleWidget(model=ProcessModel, queryset=ProcessModel.objects.filter(),
search_fields=['name__icontains'],
attrs={'style': 'width: 100%;'}),)
class Meta:
model = RouteModel
exclude = ("id",)
widgets = {
'name':forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control'}),
'route_geom': LeafletWidget(),
'route_type_id': forms.Select(attrs={'class': 'form-control'}),
'start_date' :forms.DateInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control datepicker', 'autocomplete': 'off'}),
'end_date' :forms.DateInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control datepicker', 'autocomplete': 'off'}), }
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(RouteForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# Here we fetch the currently related projects into the field,
# so that they will display in the form.
if self.instance.id:
self.fields['processes'].initial = self.instance.processes.all(
).values_list('id', flat=True)
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
instance = super(RouteForm, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
# Here we save the modified project selection back into the database
instance.processes.set(self.cleaned_data['processes'])
return instance