Dynamic fields in Django Admin

Question

I want to have additional fields regarding value of one field. Therefor I build a custom admin form to add some new fields.

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Answer 1

You can create dynamic fields and fieldset using the form meta class. Sample code is given below. Add the loop logic as per you requirements.

class CustomAdminFormMetaClass(ModelFormMetaclass):
    """
    Metaclass for custom admin form with dynamic field
    """
    def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
        for field in get_dynamic_fields: #add logic to get the fields
            attrs[field] = forms.CharField(max_length=30) #add logic to the form field
        return super(CustomAdminFormMetaClass, cls).__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)


class CustomAdminForm(six.with_metaclass(CustomAdminFormMetaClass, forms.ModelForm)):
    """
    Custom admin form
    """

    class Meta:
        model = ModelName
        fields = "__all__" 


class CustomAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    """
    Custom admin 
    """

    fieldsets = None
    form = CustomAdminForm

    def get_fieldsets(self, request, obj=None):
        """
        Different fieldset for the admin form
        """
        self.fieldsets = self.dynamic_fieldset(). #add logic to add the dynamic fieldset with fields
        return super(CustomAdmin, self).get_fieldsets(request, obj)

    def dynamic_fieldset(self):
        """
        get the dynamic field sets
        """
        fieldsets = []
        for group in get_field_set_groups: #logic to get the field set group
            fields = []
            for field in get_group_fields: #logic to get the group fields
                fields.append(field)

            fieldset_values = {"fields": tuple(fields), "classes": ['collapse']}
            fieldsets.append((group, fieldset_values))

        fieldsets = tuple(fieldsets)

        return fieldsets