How do I pass a parent id as an fk to child object's ModelForm using generic class-based views in Django?

Question

I am trying to use Django Generic Class-Based Views to build a CRUD interface to a two-model database. I have a working CRUD interface to the parent model, and am stuck try

Answer 1

You could pass the author id to the form, here's some directions:

class BookForm(forms.Modelform):
    author = None

    class Meta:
        model = Book

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.author = kwargs.pop('author')
        super(BookForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def save(self, commit=True):
        # your custom save (returns book)


class BookCreate(CreateView):
    form_class = BookForm

    def get_form_kwargs(self):
        kwargs = super(BookCreate, self).get_form_kwargs()
        kwargs['author'] = # pass your author object

        return kwargs