Django: Overriding __init__ for Custom Forms

Question

I am making a custom form object in Django which has an overrided __init__ method. The purpose of overriding the method is to dynamically generate drop-down boxes based on t

Answer 1

You can dynamically modify your form by using the self.fields dict. Something like this may work for you:

class TicketForm(forms.Form):

  Type = Type.GetTicketTypeField()

  def __init__(self, ticket, *args, **kwargs):
    super(TicketForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
    self.fields['state'] = State.GetTicketStateField(ticket.Type)

Answer 2

I found a solution here. If there is a better solution, please post a reply.

class TicketForm(forms.Form):
    Type = Type.GetTicketTypeField()

    def __init__(self, ticket=None, *args, **kwargs):   
        super(TicketForm, self ).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        if ticket:
            self.fields['State'] = State.GetTicketStateField(ticket.Type)