Django: Obtaining verbose_name and help_text for fields added through annotate in custom manager
I'm not sure if I am actually approaching this the right way, but what I would like to do is to be able to give a verbose name and a help text to fields I add to to my model through annotate. I use both these fields as I pass them to the webpage, and use the verbose_name as table header and the help_text as tooltip (basically a call which returns a list of dictionaries with the name of the field, the type, the verbose name and the help text). I get these values by calling Student._meta.get_field(field).verbose_name or help_text.
Now the model I use is basically something like this:
class Student(models.Model): # new
first_name = models.CharField(verbose_name='first name', max_length=30, help_text='The first name of the student')
last_name = models.CharField(verbose_name = 'last name', max_length=30, help_text='The last name of the student')
date_of_birth=models.DateField(verbose_name='Date of Birth 'help_text = "student's date of birth")
sex = models.CharField(
max_length=1,
choices=(('M','Male'),
('F','Female')),
help_text=_('Sex of the student: (M)ale or (F)emale'),
verbose_name='Sex'))
I then have another model which basically maps the age of a student to its "category" (Freshman-Sophomore-Junior-Senior).
My custom manager then adds a new field to the QuerySet which determine the category based on the date of birth and adds the sex to the end of it
(e.g. Senior-F or something like that).
Is there any way for me to be able to call the _meta.get_field(filename).verbose_name also on these new fields?
If not what is a more practical way of doing it?
I thought about adding a dictionary of dictionaries in my model with all the fields and using that, but is seems such a waste of effort considering the fields in Django already provide this functionality
django django-annotate django-custom-manager
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
Nicolo CastroNicolo Castro
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I'm not sure if I am actually approaching this the right way, but what I would like to do is to be able to give a verbose name and a help text to fields I add to to my model through annotate. I use both these fields as I pass them to the webpage, and use the verbose_name as table header and the help_text as tooltip (basically a call which returns a list of dictionaries with the name of the field, the type, the verbose name and the help text). I get these values by calling Student._meta.get_field(field).verbose_name or help_text.
Now the model I use is basically something like this:
class Student(models.Model): # new
first_name = models.CharField(verbose_name='first name', max_length=30, help_text='The first name of the student')
last_name = models.CharField(verbose_name = 'last name', max_length=30, help_text='The last name of the student')
date_of_birth=models.DateField(verbose_name='Date of Birth 'help_text = "student's date of birth")
sex = models.CharField(
max_length=1,
choices=(('M','Male'),
('F','Female')),
help_text=_('Sex of the student: (M)ale or (F)emale'),
verbose_name='Sex'))
I then have another model which basically maps the age of a student to its "category" (Freshman-Sophomore-Junior-Senior).
My custom manager then adds a new field to the QuerySet which determine the category based on the date of birth and adds the sex to the end of it
(e.g. Senior-F or something like that).
Is there any way for me to be able to call the _meta.get_field(filename).verbose_name also on these new fields?
If not what is a more practical way of doing it?
I thought about adding a dictionary of dictionaries in my model with all the fields and using that, but is seems such a waste of effort considering the fields in Django already provide this functionality
django django-annotate django-custom-manager
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
Nicolo CastroNicolo Castro
4315
add a comment |
I'm not sure if I am actually approaching this the right way, but what I would like to do is to be able to give a verbose name and a help text to fields I add to to my model through annotate. I use both these fields as I pass them to the webpage, and use the verbose_name as table header and the help_text as tooltip (basically a call which returns a list of dictionaries with the name of the field, the type, the verbose name and the help text). I get these values by calling Student._meta.get_field(field).verbose_name or help_text.
Now the model I use is basically something like this:
class Student(models.Model): # new
first_name = models.CharField(verbose_name='first name', max_length=30, help_text='The first name of the student')
last_name = models.CharField(verbose_name = 'last name', max_length=30, help_text='The last name of the student')
date_of_birth=models.DateField(verbose_name='Date of Birth 'help_text = "student's date of birth")
sex = models.CharField(
max_length=1,
choices=(('M','Male'),
('F','Female')),
help_text=_('Sex of the student: (M)ale or (F)emale'),
verbose_name='Sex'))
I then have another model which basically maps the age of a student to its "category" (Freshman-Sophomore-Junior-Senior).
My custom manager then adds a new field to the QuerySet which determine the category based on the date of birth and adds the sex to the end of it
(e.g. Senior-F or something like that).
Is there any way for me to be able to call the _meta.get_field(filename).verbose_name also on these new fields?
If not what is a more practical way of doing it?
I thought about adding a dictionary of dictionaries in my model with all the fields and using that, but is seems such a waste of effort considering the fields in Django already provide this functionality
django django-annotate django-custom-manager
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
Nicolo CastroNicolo Castro
4315
I'm not sure if I am actually approaching this the right way, but what I would like to do is to be able to give a verbose name and a help text to fields I add to to my model through annotate. I use both these fields as I pass them to the webpage, and use the verbose_name as table header and the help_text as tooltip (basically a call which returns a list of dictionaries with the name of the field, the type, the verbose name and the help text). I get these values by calling Student._meta.get_field(field).verbose_name or help_text.
Now the model I use is basically something like this:
class Student(models.Model): # new
first_name = models.CharField(verbose_name='first name', max_length=30, help_text='The first name of the student')
last_name = models.CharField(verbose_name = 'last name', max_length=30, help_text='The last name of the student')
date_of_birth=models.DateField(verbose_name='Date of Birth 'help_text = "student's date of birth")
sex = models.CharField(
max_length=1,
choices=(('M','Male'),
('F','Female')),
help_text=_('Sex of the student: (M)ale or (F)emale'),
verbose_name='Sex'))
I then have another model which basically maps the age of a student to its "category" (Freshman-Sophomore-Junior-Senior).
My custom manager then adds a new field to the QuerySet which determine the category based on the date of birth and adds the sex to the end of it
(e.g. Senior-F or something like that).
Is there any way for me to be able to call the _meta.get_field(filename).verbose_name also on these new fields?
If not what is a more practical way of doing it?
I thought about adding a dictionary of dictionaries in my model with all the fields and using that, but is seems such a waste of effort considering the fields in Django already provide this functionality
django django-annotate django-custom-manager
django django-annotate django-custom-manager
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
Nicolo CastroNicolo Castro
4315
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
Nicolo CastroNicolo Castro
4315
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
Nicolo CastroNicolo Castro
4315
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
Nicolo CastroNicolo Castro
4315
asked Nov 25 '18 at 15:02
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