Django ForeignKey limit_choices_to a different ForeignKey id

Question

I\'m trying to limit Django Admin choices of a ForeignKey using limit_choices_to, but I can\'t figure out how to do it properly.

This code does what I want if the ca

Answer 1

Another approach, if you don't want to add a custom ModelForm, is to handle this in your ModelAdmin's get_form() method. This was preferable for me because I needed easy access to the request object for my queryset.

class StoryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

    def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
        form = super(StoryAdmin, self).get_form(request, obj, **kwargs)

        form.base_fields['local_categories'].queryset = LocalStoryCategory.\
            objects.filter(office=request.user.profile.office)

        return form