class BaseForm

from django.forms import BaseForm
    The main implementation of all the Form logic. Note that this class is
    different than Form. See the comments by the Form class for more info. Any
    improvements to the form API should be made to this class, not to the Form
    class.
    

Ancestors (MRO)

  1. BaseForm

Attributes

  Defined in
changed_data = <django.utils.functional.cached_property object at 0x1094b0b70> BaseForm
default_renderer = None BaseForm
field_order = None BaseForm
prefix = None BaseForm
use_required_attribute = True BaseForm
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Properties

def errors(): BaseForm

Getter

    @property
    def errors(self):
        """Return an ErrorDict for the data provided for the form."""
        if self._errors is None:
            self.full_clean()
        return self._errors

def media(): BaseForm

Getter

    @property
    def media(self):
        """Return all media required to render the widgets on this form."""
        media = Media()
        for field in self.fields.values():
            media = media + field.widget.media
        return media
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Methods

def _clean_fields(self): BaseForm

    def _clean_fields(self):
        for name, field in self.fields.items():
            # value_from_datadict() gets the data from the data dictionaries.
            # Each widget type knows how to retrieve its own data, because some
            # widgets split data over several HTML fields.
            if field.disabled:
                value = self.get_initial_for_field(field, name)
            else:
                value = field.widget.value_from_datadict(self.data, self.files, self.add_prefix(name))
            try:
                if isinstance(field, FileField):
                    initial = self.get_initial_for_field(field, name)
                    value = field.clean(value, initial)
                else:
                    value = field.clean(value)
                self.cleaned_data[name] = value
                if hasattr(self, 'clean_%s' % name):
                    value = getattr(self, 'clean_%s' % name)()
                    self.cleaned_data[name] = value
            except ValidationError as e:
                self.add_error(name, e)

def _clean_form(self): BaseForm

    def _clean_form(self):
        try:
            cleaned_data = self.clean()
        except ValidationError as e:
            self.add_error(None, e)
        else:
            if cleaned_data is not None:
                self.cleaned_data = cleaned_data

def _html_output(self, normal_row, error_row, row_ender, help_text_html, errors_on_separate_row): BaseForm

Output HTML. Used by as_table(), as_ul(), as_p().
    def _html_output(self, normal_row, error_row, row_ender, help_text_html, errors_on_separate_row):
        "Output HTML. Used by as_table(), as_ul(), as_p()."
        top_errors = self.non_field_errors()  # Errors that should be displayed above all fields.
        output, hidden_fields = [], []

        for name, field in self.fields.items():
            html_class_attr = ''
            bf = self[name]
            # Escape and cache in local variable.
            bf_errors = self.error_class([conditional_escape(error) for error in bf.errors])
            if bf.is_hidden:
                if bf_errors:
                    top_errors.extend(
                        [_('(Hidden field %(name)s) %(error)s') % {'name': name, 'error': str(e)}
                         for e in bf_errors])
                hidden_fields.append(str(bf))
            else:
                # Create a 'class="..."' attribute if the row should have any
                # CSS classes applied.
                css_classes = bf.css_classes()
                if css_classes:
                    html_class_attr = ' class="%s"' % css_classes

                if errors_on_separate_row and bf_errors:
                    output.append(error_row % str(bf_errors))

                if bf.label:
                    label = conditional_escape(bf.label)
                    label = bf.label_tag(label) or ''
                else:
                    label = ''

                if field.help_text:
                    help_text = help_text_html % field.help_text
                else:
                    help_text = ''

                output.append(normal_row % {
                    'errors': bf_errors,
                    'label': label,
                    'field': bf,
                    'help_text': help_text,
                    'html_class_attr': html_class_attr,
                    'css_classes': css_classes,
                    'field_name': bf.html_name,
                })

        if top_errors:
            output.insert(0, error_row % top_errors)

        if hidden_fields:  # Insert any hidden fields in the last row.
            str_hidden = ''.join(hidden_fields)
            if output:
                last_row = output[-1]
                # Chop off the trailing row_ender (e.g. '</td></tr>') and
                # insert the hidden fields.
                if not last_row.endswith(row_ender):
                    # This can happen in the as_p() case (and possibly others
                    # that users write): if there are only top errors, we may
                    # not be able to conscript the last row for our purposes,
                    # so insert a new, empty row.
                    last_row = (normal_row % {
                        'errors': '',
                        'label': '',
                        'field': '',
                        'help_text': '',
                        'html_class_attr': html_class_attr,
                        'css_classes': '',
                        'field_name': '',
                    })
                    output.append(last_row)
                output[-1] = last_row[:-len(row_ender)] + str_hidden + row_ender
            else:
                # If there aren't any rows in the output, just append the
                # hidden fields.
                output.append(str_hidden)
        return mark_safe('\n'.join(output))

def _post_clean(self): BaseForm

        An internal hook for performing additional cleaning after form cleaning
        is complete. Used for model validation in model forms.
        
    def _post_clean(self):
        """
        An internal hook for performing additional cleaning after form cleaning
        is complete. Used for model validation in model forms.
        """
        pass

def add_error(self, field, error): BaseForm

        Update the content of `self._errors`.

        The `field` argument is the name of the field to which the errors
        should be added. If it's None, treat the errors as NON_FIELD_ERRORS.

        The `error` argument can be a single error, a list of errors, or a
        dictionary that maps field names to lists of errors. An "error" can be
        either a simple string or an instance of ValidationError with its
        message attribute set and a "list or dictionary" can be an actual
        `list` or `dict` or an instance of ValidationError with its
        `error_list` or `error_dict` attribute set.

        If `error` is a dictionary, the `field` argument *must* be None and
        errors will be added to the fields that correspond to the keys of the
        dictionary.
        
    def add_error(self, field, error):
        """
        Update the content of `self._errors`.

        The `field` argument is the name of the field to which the errors
        should be added. If it's None, treat the errors as NON_FIELD_ERRORS.

        The `error` argument can be a single error, a list of errors, or a
        dictionary that maps field names to lists of errors. An "error" can be
        either a simple string or an instance of ValidationError with its
        message attribute set and a "list or dictionary" can be an actual
        `list` or `dict` or an instance of ValidationError with its
        `error_list` or `error_dict` attribute set.

        If `error` is a dictionary, the `field` argument *must* be None and
        errors will be added to the fields that correspond to the keys of the
        dictionary.
        """
        if not isinstance(error, ValidationError):
            # Normalize to ValidationError and let its constructor
            # do the hard work of making sense of the input.
            error = ValidationError(error)

        if hasattr(error, 'error_dict'):
            if field is not None:
                raise TypeError(
                    "The argument `field` must be `None` when the `error` "
                    "argument contains errors for multiple fields."
                )
            else:
                error = error.error_dict
        else:
            error = {field or NON_FIELD_ERRORS: error.error_list}

        for field, error_list in error.items():
            if field not in self.errors:
                if field != NON_FIELD_ERRORS and field not in self.fields:
                    raise ValueError(
                        "'%s' has no field named '%s'." % (self.__class__.__name__, field))
                if field == NON_FIELD_ERRORS:
                    self._errors[field] = self.error_class(error_class='nonfield')
                else:
                    self._errors[field] = self.error_class()
            self._errors[field].extend(error_list)
            if field in self.cleaned_data:
                del self.cleaned_data[field]

def add_initial_prefix(self, field_name): BaseForm

Add a 'initial' prefix for checking dynamic initial values.
    def add_initial_prefix(self, field_name):
        """Add a 'initial' prefix for checking dynamic initial values."""
        return 'initial-%s' % self.add_prefix(field_name)

def add_prefix(self, field_name): BaseForm

        Return the field name with a prefix appended, if this Form has a
        prefix set.

        Subclasses may wish to override.
        
    def add_prefix(self, field_name):
        """
        Return the field name with a prefix appended, if this Form has a
        prefix set.

        Subclasses may wish to override.
        """
        return '%s-%s' % (self.prefix, field_name) if self.prefix else field_name

def as_p(self): BaseForm

Return this form rendered as HTML <p>s.
    def as_p(self):
        "Return this form rendered as HTML <p>s."
        return self._html_output(
            normal_row='<p%(html_class_attr)s>%(label)s %(field)s%(help_text)s</p>',
            error_row='%s',
            row_ender='</p>',
            help_text_html=' <span class="helptext">%s</span>',
            errors_on_separate_row=True)

def as_table(self): BaseForm

Return this form rendered as HTML <tr>s -- excluding the <table></table>.
    def as_table(self):
        "Return this form rendered as HTML <tr>s -- excluding the <table></table>."
        return self._html_output(
            normal_row='<tr%(html_class_attr)s><th>%(label)s</th><td>%(errors)s%(field)s%(help_text)s</td></tr>',
            error_row='<tr><td colspan="2">%s</td></tr>',
            row_ender='</td></tr>',
            help_text_html='<br /><span class="helptext">%s</span>',
            errors_on_separate_row=False)

def as_ul(self): BaseForm

Return this form rendered as HTML <li>s -- excluding the <ul></ul>.
    def as_ul(self):
        "Return this form rendered as HTML <li>s -- excluding the <ul></ul>."
        return self._html_output(
            normal_row='<li%(html_class_attr)s>%(errors)s%(label)s %(field)s%(help_text)s</li>',
            error_row='<li>%s</li>',
            row_ender='</li>',
            help_text_html=' <span class="helptext">%s</span>',
            errors_on_separate_row=False)

def clean(self): BaseForm

        Hook for doing any extra form-wide cleaning after Field.clean() has been
        called on every field. Any ValidationError raised by this method will
        not be associated with a particular field; it will have a special-case
        association with the field named '__all__'.
        
    def clean(self):
        """
        Hook for doing any extra form-wide cleaning after Field.clean() has been
        called on every field. Any ValidationError raised by this method will
        not be associated with a particular field; it will have a special-case
        association with the field named '__all__'.
        """
        return self.cleaned_data

def full_clean(self): BaseForm

        Clean all of self.data and populate self._errors and self.cleaned_data.
        
    def full_clean(self):
        """
        Clean all of self.data and populate self._errors and self.cleaned_data.
        """
        self._errors = ErrorDict()
        if not self.is_bound:  # Stop further processing.
            return
        self.cleaned_data = {}
        # If the form is permitted to be empty, and none of the form data has
        # changed from the initial data, short circuit any validation.
        if self.empty_permitted and not self.has_changed():
            return

        self._clean_fields()
        self._clean_form()
        self._post_clean()

def get_initial_for_field(self, field, field_name): BaseForm

        Return initial data for field on form. Use initial data from the form
        or the field, in that order. Evaluate callable values.
        
    def get_initial_for_field(self, field, field_name):
        """
        Return initial data for field on form. Use initial data from the form
        or the field, in that order. Evaluate callable values.
        """
        value = self.initial.get(field_name, field.initial)
        if callable(value):
            value = value()
        return value

def has_changed(self): BaseForm

Return True if data differs from initial.
    def has_changed(self):
        """Return True if data differs from initial."""
        return bool(self.changed_data)

def has_error(self, field, code=None): BaseForm

    def has_error(self, field, code=None):
        if code is None:
            return field in self.errors
        if field in self.errors:
            for error in self.errors.as_data()[field]:
                if error.code == code:
                    return True
        return False

def hidden_fields(self): BaseForm

        Return a list of all the BoundField objects that are hidden fields.
        Useful for manual form layout in templates.
        
    def hidden_fields(self):
        """
        Return a list of all the BoundField objects that are hidden fields.
        Useful for manual form layout in templates.
        """
        return [field for field in self if field.is_hidden]

def is_multipart(self): BaseForm

        Return True if the form needs to be multipart-encoded, i.e. it has
        FileInput, or False otherwise.
        
    def is_multipart(self):
        """
        Return True if the form needs to be multipart-encoded, i.e. it has
        FileInput, or False otherwise.
        """
        for field in self.fields.values():
            if field.widget.needs_multipart_form:
                return True
        return False

def is_valid(self): BaseForm

Return True if the form has no errors, or False otherwise.
    def is_valid(self):
        """Return True if the form has no errors, or False otherwise."""
        return self.is_bound and not self.errors

def non_field_errors(self): BaseForm

        Return an ErrorList of errors that aren't associated with a particular
        field -- i.e., from Form.clean(). Return an empty ErrorList if there
        are none.
        
    def non_field_errors(self):
        """
        Return an ErrorList of errors that aren't associated with a particular
        field -- i.e., from Form.clean(). Return an empty ErrorList if there
        are none.
        """
        return self.errors.get(NON_FIELD_ERRORS, self.error_class(error_class='nonfield'))

def order_fields(self, field_order): BaseForm

        Rearrange the fields according to field_order.

        field_order is a list of field names specifying the order. Append fields
        not included in the list in the default order for backward compatibility
        with subclasses not overriding field_order. If field_order is None,
        keep all fields in the order defined in the class. Ignore unknown
        fields in field_order to allow disabling fields in form subclasses
        without redefining ordering.
        
    def order_fields(self, field_order):
        """
        Rearrange the fields according to field_order.

        field_order is a list of field names specifying the order. Append fields
        not included in the list in the default order for backward compatibility
        with subclasses not overriding field_order. If field_order is None,
        keep all fields in the order defined in the class. Ignore unknown
        fields in field_order to allow disabling fields in form subclasses
        without redefining ordering.
        """
        if field_order is None:
            return
        fields = OrderedDict()
        for key in field_order:
            try:
                fields[key] = self.fields.pop(key)
            except KeyError:  # ignore unknown fields
                pass
        fields.update(self.fields)  # add remaining fields in original order
        self.fields = fields

def visible_fields(self): BaseForm

        Return a list of BoundField objects that aren't hidden fields.
        The opposite of the hidden_fields() method.
        
    def visible_fields(self):
        """
        Return a list of BoundField objects that aren't hidden fields.
        The opposite of the hidden_fields() method.
        """
        return [field for field in self if not field.is_hidden]