Override Django form field's name attr

Question

I\'ve built a Django form that submits to a page on another domain (that I don\'t control). The idea is that I have a nicely styled, neatly generated form that fits neatly i

Answer 1

I've implemented a simple function which overwrites the widget render method and assigns a custom name:

def namedWidget(input_name, widget=forms.CharField):
    if isinstance(widget, type):
        widget = widget()

    render = widget.render

    widget.render = lambda name, value, attrs=None: \
        render(input_name, value, attrs)

    return widget

The usage is simple:

class AliasCreationForm(forms.Form):
    merchant_id = forms.CharField(
        max_length=30,
        widget=namedWidget('PSPID', forms.HiddenInput),
    )