Why does adding this __init__() method break my Django model?

Question

This question is a follow-up to one I asked earlier here.

I have a Django model as follows:

class MyModel(models.Model):
    my_field1 = models.DateTimeF         


        

Answer 1

Using init is discouraged. According to Django docs:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/models/instances/#creating-objects

from django.db import models

class Book(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)

    @classmethod
    def create(cls, title):
        book = cls(title=title)
        # do something with the book
        return book

 book = Book.create("Pride and Prejudice")