I have a ModelChoiceField in a form that uses a TextInput widget. I want to be able to select a value from the database or add new entries to the database with this input. If the value is not already in the database, I get an error on the form that says "Select a valid choice. That choice is not one of the available choices."
Model
class FeedCategory(models.Model):
category = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True)
class RssFeed(models.Model):
category = models.ForeignKey(FeedCategory, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
feed = models.URLField()
Form
class RssForm(forms.Form):
name = forms.CharField()
feed = forms.URLField()
category = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=FeedCategory.objects.all(), to_field_name='category', widget=forms.TextInput())
def clean(self):
cleaned_data = super().clean()
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Views
class RssCreateView(FormView):
template_name = 'dashboard/rss_feed_form.html'
form_class = RssForm
success_url = '/dashboard/'
def form_valid(self, form):
name = form.cleaned_data['name']
feed = form.cleaned_data['feed']
category = form.cleaned_data['category']
rss_obj = RssFeed(category=category, name=name, feed=feed)
rss_obj.save()
return super().form_valid(form)
Template
<form method="post">
{%csrf_token%}
{{form|crispy}}
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</form>
It might help you what I am using:
so, what I am doing with this is creating a field that points to an existing category that exists in another table. It will display it as a dropdown box. However using this method will allow me to have the option to add another Category: