CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondjango
omerS
omerS

Reputation: 874

How to show foreignkey attributes django admin fields?

This question is similar with others but it is a different one actually ! So, I have 3 models such as (I have deleted some unnecessary things for shorter code):

class Category(models.Model):
    category_title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    category_content = models.TextField()
    category_slug = models.CharField(max_length=200)

     def __str__(self):
         return self.category_title


class Classes(models.Model):
    classes_title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    classes_content = models.TextField()
    classes_category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.SET_DEFAULT)

     def __str__(self):
         return self.classes_title

class Subjects(models.Model):
    subject_title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    subject_content = models.TextField()
    subject_class = models.ForeignKey(Classes, on_delete=models.SET_DEFAULT)

    def __str__(self):
         return self.subject_title

So let me give an example. I can have 2 categories and in those categories I can have "same named" classes. Lets think about maths is a class for both categories. When I want to add a new subject to maths I see 2 same named maths in admin page. So I want to know which one belongs to which category in admin page. So I can add my subject to right class.

class SubjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

    fields = ('subject_title', 'subject_content', 'subject_class',)

So in this picture (Subjects = Konular) I am adding a new subject. I will have a foreign key to Class. However I have same name for classes that are coming from different categories. So in this dropdown how can I know which class belongs to which category ?

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Upvotes: 4

Views: 6940

Answers (3)

Ashish Sondagar
Ashish Sondagar

Reputation: 1093

Try this...

class KonularAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

    fields = ('subject_title', 'subject_content', 'subject_class', 'get_classes_category_title')

    def get_classes_category_title(self, obj):
         subject_object = Subjects.objects.get(id=obj.subject_class)
         return str(subject_object.classes_category.category_title)
  • It returns the category title name

Upvotes: 3

Ahmed I. Elsayed
Ahmed I. Elsayed

Reputation: 2130

If I understood you correctly, This should work.

class Classes(models.Model):
    classes_title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    classes_content = models.TextField()
    classes_category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.SET_DEFAULT)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

class Subjects(models.Model):
    subject_title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    subject_content = models.TextField()
    subject_class = models.ForeignKey(Classes, on_delete=models.SET_DEFAULT)

    def __str__(self):
        return f"{self.subject_title} - {str(self.subject_class)}"

Upvotes: 0

SergeiMinaev
SergeiMinaev

Reputation: 296

You can use __str__() method to change the string representation of an object:

class Subjects(models.Model):
  subject_title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
  subject_content = models.TextField()
  subject_class = models.ForeignKey(Classes, on_delete=models.SET_DEFAULT)

def __str__(self):
  return f"{self.subject_title} - {self.subject_content} - {self.subject_class}"
  # shorter version:
  # return f"{self.subject_title[:10]} - {self.subject_content[:10]} - {self.subject_class[:10]}"

Check it with:

>>> print(Subjects.objects.first())

Upvotes: 0

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