Django required field in model form

Question

I have a form where a couple of fields are coming out as required when I don\'t want them too. Here is the form from models.py

class CircuitForm(ModelForm):
         


        

Answer 1

From the model field documentation,

If you have a model as shown below,

class Article(models.Model):
    headline = models.CharField(
        max_length=200,
        null=True,
        blank=True,
        help_text='Use puns liberally',
    )
    content = models.TextField()

You can change the headline's form validation to required=True instead of blank=False as that of the model as defining the field as shown below.

class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
    headline = MyFormField(
        max_length=200,
        required=False,
        help_text='Use puns liberally',
    )

    class Meta:
        model = Article
        fields = ['headline', 'content']

So answering the question,

class CircuitForm(ModelForm):
    begin = forms.DateTimeField(required=False)
    end = forms.DateTimeField(required=False)
        class Meta:
            model = Circuit
            exclude = ('lastPaged',)

this makes begin and end to required=False