customizing django admin ChangeForm template / adding custom content

Question

I\'m able to insert (lame) static text onto the change form admin page, but I\'d really like it to use the context of the current object being edited!

For instance, I w

Answer 1

Add your extra context in change_view

class MyObjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

# A template for a very customized change view:
change_form_template = 'admin/my_change_form.html'

def get_dynamic_info(self):
    # ...
    pass

def change_view(self, request, object_id, form_url='', extra_context=None):
    extra_context = extra_context or {}
    extra_context['osm_data'] = self.get_dynamic_info()
    return super(MyObjectAdmin, self).change_view(
        request, object_id, form_url, extra_context=extra_context,
    )

Answer 2

I believe the magic variable you seek is 'original', this contains the python object the change form is editing:

<a href="http://example.com/abc/{{ original.id }}?"/>View Website</a>