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cr1
cr1

Reputation: 199

Django 1.11 CreateView pass URL parameters

I am using Django 1.11 and I'm struggling to understand how I can pass URL parameters to a ModelForm using CreateView Class. I have 4 parameters in the URL (start_date, end_date, start_time, end_time) that i'm trying to pass to their relevant fields in the form. I'd really appreciate if anyone can point me in the right direction to figuring out how to solve this!

The URL is created with the following function in my html file:

window.location.assign("/calendar/create?start_date="+start.format("YYYY-MM-DD")+"&end_date="+end.format("YYYY-MM-DD")+"start_time="+start.format("h:mm A")+"&end_time="+end.format("h:mm A"));

This opens from urls.py:

url(r'^calendar/create',views.CalendarCreate.as_view(),name='calendar_create'),

from views.py:

class CalendarCreate(CreateView):
    model = Event
    form_class = EventForm

from forms.py:

class EventForm(ModelForm):

    class Meta:
        model = Event

So far so good, my event_form.html opens with the form: form

and an example URL generated is: http://127.0.0.1:8000/calendar/create?start_date=2017-10-25&end_date=2017-10-25start_time=4:00%20PM&end_time=5:00%20PM

This is where I am stuck. From spending a number of days here in stackoverflow, googling, and trying numerous things I believe the solution involves get_form_kwargs or get_context_data or form_valid in views.py but it is possible I have just confused myself trying to work this out. Any help to get me on the right track will be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1703

Answers (1)

Ykh
Ykh

Reputation: 7717

class CalendarCreate(CreateView):
    model = Event
    form_class = EventForm

    def get_initial(self):
        initial = {}
        for x in self.request.GET:
            initial[x] = self.request.GET[x]
        print(initial)
        return initial

notice if 'start_date' in request.GET you must have same field 'start_date' in your Event model,and notice the time format is vaild.

Upvotes: 4

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