Dynamic model fields in Django

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I have a model, for example: "food". Each one of this has some basic info: "name" "calories", etc. I would like to provide a form where the user can add extra fields. For example, if the user is adding a new "food", beside the basic info he could also add new fields, like "sugar", "vitamins", etc.

How could I add the fields to the database so that it can be retrieved/queried later? Thanks!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Jacob Kaplan-Moss has an extensive writeup on dynamic form fields: http://jacobian.org/writing/dynamic-form-generation/

Essentially, you add more items to the form's fields member variable during instantiation.

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Even better.

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answered Jul 29 '15 at 22:01

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Great link! I've implemented the first solution :) Thanks! – Ruben Jul 31 '15 at 08:02

Dynamic model fields in Django

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