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How to pass the request object to a form class. Used when form choices are specific to a particular user
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class CustomModelMultipleChoiceField(forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField): | |
def label_from_instance(self, member): | |
""" Customises the labels for checkboxes""" | |
return "%s" % member.name | |
class CreateMealForm(forms.ModelForm): | |
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): | |
""" Grants access to the request object so that only members of the current user | |
are given as options""" | |
self.request = kwargs.pop('request') | |
super(CreateMealForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) | |
self.fields['members'].queryset = Member.objects.filter( | |
user=self.request.user) | |
class Meta: | |
model = Meal | |
fields = ['name', 'date', 'members'] | |
name = forms.CharField() | |
date = forms.DateInput() | |
members = CustomModelMultipleChoiceField( | |
queryset=None, | |
widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple | |
) |
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