django-fobi

django-fobi (or just fobi) is a customisable, modular, user- and developer- friendly form generator/builder application for Django. With fobi you can build Django forms using an intuitive GUI, save or mail posted form data or even export forms into JSON format and import them on other instances. API allows you to build your own form elements and form handlers (mechanisms for handling the submitted form data).

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Prerequisites

  • Django 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0 and 4.1.

  • Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11.

Key concepts

  • Each form consists of elements. Form elements are divided into groups:

    1. form fields (input field, textarea, hidden field, file field, etc.).

    2. content (presentational) elements (text, image, embed video, etc.).

    3. security elements (captcha, etc).

  • Number of form elements is not limited.

  • Each form may contain handlers. Handler processes the form data (for example, saves it or mails it). Number of the handlers is not limited.

  • Both form elements and form handlers are made with Django permission system in mind.

  • As an addition to form handlers, form callbacks are implemented. Form callbacks are fired on various stages of pre- and post-processing the form data (on POST). Form callbacks do not make use of permission system (unless you intentionally do so in the code of your callback) and are fired for all forms (unlike form handlers, that are executed only if assigned).

  • Each plugin (form element or form handler) or a callback - is a Django micro-app.

  • In addition for form element and form handler plugins, integration form element and integration form handler plugins are implemented for integration with diverse third-party apps and frameworks (such as Django REST framework).

Note, that django-fobi does not require django-admin and administrative rights/permissions to access the UI, although almost seamless integration with django-admin is implemented through the simple theme.

Main features and highlights

  • User-friendly GUI to quickly build forms.

  • Large variety of Bundled form element plugins. Most of the Django fields are supported. HTML5 fields are supported as well.

  • Form wizards. Combine your forms into wizards. Form wizards may contain handlers. Handler processes the form wizard data (for example, saves it or mails it). Number of the form wizard handlers is not limited.

  • Forms can be automatically enabled/disabled based on dates (start date, end date).

  • Anti-spam solutions like CAPTCHA, ReCAPTCHA, Honeypot or Invisible reCAPTCHA come out of the box (CAPTCHA and ReCAPTCHA do require additional third-party apps to be installed; Invisible reCAPTCHA doesn’t).

  • In addition to standard form elements, there are cosmetic (presentational) form elements (for adding a piece of text, image or a embed video) alongside standard form elements.

  • Data handling in plugins (form handlers). Save the data, mail it to some address or re-post it to some other endpoint. See the Bundled form handler plugins for more information.

  • Developer-friendly API, which allows to edit existing or build new form fields and handlers without touching the core.

  • Support for custom user model.

  • Class based views (and class-based permissions). Forms have an owner (auth.User). Default permissions are set for the owner, but class-based views provide a lot of freedom and can be easily customized.

  • Theming. There are 4 ready to use Bundled themes: “Bootstrap 3”, “Foundation 5”, “Simple” (with editing interface in style of Django admin) and “DjangoCMS admin style” theme (which is another simple theme with editing interface in style of djangocms-admin-style).

  • Implemented integration with Django REST framework.

  • Implemented integration with Wagtail (in a form of a Wagtail page).

  • Implemented integration with FeinCMS (in a form of a FeinCMS page widget).

  • Implemented integration with DjangoCMS (in a form of a DjangoCMS page plugin).

  • Implemented integration with Mezzanine (in a form of a Mezzanine page).

  • Reordering of form elements using drag-n-drop.

  • Data export (DB store form handler plugin) into XLS/CSV format.

  • Dynamic initial values for form elements.

  • Import/export forms to/from JSON format.

  • Import forms from MailChimp using mailchimp importer.

Roadmap

Some of the upcoming/in-development features/improvements are:

  • Implement disabling forms based on dates.

  • Cloning of forms.

  • JSON schema support.

  • Webpack integration.

  • Improved Django REST framework OPTIONS.

  • Bootstrap 5 support.

  • Foundation 6 support.

See the TODOS for the full list of planned-, pending- in-development- or to-be-implemented features.

Some screenshots

See the documentation for some screen shots:

Demo

Live demo

See the live demo app on Heroku. Additionally, see the Django REST framework integration demo.

Credentials:

  • username: test_user

  • password: test_user

Run demo locally

In order to be able to quickly evaluate the django-fobi, a demo app (with a quick installer) has been created (works on Ubuntu/Debian, may work on other Linux systems as well, although not guaranteed). Follow the instructions below for having the demo running within a minute.

Grab the latest django_fobi_example_app_installer.sh:

wget https://raw.github.com/barseghyanartur/django-fobi/stable/examples/django_fobi_example_app_installer.sh

Assign execute rights to the installer and run the django_fobi_example_app_installer.sh:

chmod +x django_fobi_example_app_installer.sh
./django_fobi_example_app_installer.sh

Open your browser and test the app.

Dashboard:

Django admin interface:

If quick installer doesn’t work for you, see the manual steps on running the example project.

Quick start

See the quick start.

Installation

  1. Install latest stable version from PyPI:

    pip install django-fobi
    

    Or latest stable version from GitHub:

    pip install https://github.com/barseghyanartur/django-fobi/archive/stable.tar.gz
    
  2. Add fobi to INSTALLED_APPS of the your projects’ Django settings. Furthermore, all themes and plugins to be used, shall be added to the INSTALLED_APPS as well. Note, that if a plugin has additional dependencies, you should be mentioning those in the INSTALLED_APPS as well.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # Used by fobi
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.sites',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
        'django.contrib.admin',
    
        # ...
        # `django-fobi` core
        'fobi',
    
        # `django-fobi` themes
        'fobi.contrib.themes.bootstrap3', # Bootstrap 3 theme
        'fobi.contrib.themes.foundation5', # Foundation 5 theme
        'fobi.contrib.themes.simple', # Simple theme
    
        # `django-fobi` form elements - fields
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.boolean',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.datetime',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.decimal',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.email',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.file',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.float',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.hidden',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.input',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.integer',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.ip_address',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.null_boolean',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.password',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.radio',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.regex',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_model_object',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slug',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.text',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.textarea',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.time',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.url',
    
        # `django-fobi` form elements - content elements
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.test.dummy',
        'easy_thumbnails', # Required by `content_image` plugin
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image_url',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_text',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_video',
    
        # `django-fobi` form handlers
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.http_repost',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail_sender',
    
        # Other project specific apps
        'foo', # Test app
        # ...
    )
    
  3. Make appropriate changes to the TEMPLATES of the your projects’ Django settings.

    And fobi.context_processors.theme and fobi.context_processors.dynamic_values. See the following example.

    TEMPLATES = [
        {
            'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
            'DIRS': [(os.path.join('path', 'to', 'your', 'templates'))],
            'OPTIONS': {
                'context_processors': [
                    "django.template.context_processors.debug",
                    'django.template.context_processors.request',
                    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                    "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
                    "fobi.context_processors.theme",  # Important!
                    "fobi.context_processors.dynamic_values",  # Optional
                ],
                'loaders': [
                    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
                    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
                    'admin_tools.template_loaders.Loader',
                ],
                'debug': DEBUG_TEMPLATE,
            }
        },
    ]
    

    Make sure that django.core.context_processors.request is in context_processors too.

  4. Configure URLs

    Add the following line to urlpatterns of your urls module.

    # View URLs
    re_path(r'^fobi/', include('fobi.urls.class_based.view')),
    
    # Edit URLs
    re_path(r'^fobi/', include('fobi.urls.class_based.edit')),
    

    Note, that some plugins require additional URL includes. For instance, if you listed the fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store form handler plugin in the INSTALLED_APPS, you should mention the following in urls module.

    # DB Store plugin URLs
    re_path(r'^fobi/plugins/form-handlers/db-store/',
            include('fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store.urls')),
    

View URLs are put separately from edit URLs in order to make it possible to prefix the edit URLs differently. For example, if you’re using the “Simple” theme, you would likely want to prefix the edit URLs with “admin/” so that it looks more like django-admin.

Creating a new form element plugin

Form element plugins represent the elements of which the forms is made: Inputs, checkboxes, textareas, files, hidden fields, as well as pure presentational elements (text or image). Number of form elements in a form is not limited.

Presentational form elements are inherited from fobi.base.FormElementPlugin.

The rest (real form elements, that are supposed to have a value) are inherited from fobi.base.FormFieldPlugin.

You should see a form element plugin as a Django micro app, which could have its’ own models, admin interface, etc.

django-fobi comes with several bundled form element plugins. Do check the source code as example.

Let’s say, you want to create a textarea form element plugin.

There are several properties, each textarea should have. They are:

  • label (string): HTML label of the textarea.

  • name (string): HTML name of the textarea.

  • initial (string): Initial value of the textarea.

  • required (bool): Flag, which tells us whether the field is required or optional.

Let’s name that plugin sample_textarea. The plugin directory should then have the following structure.

path/to/sample_textarea/
├── __init__.py
├── fobi_form_elements.py # Where plugins are defined and registered
├── forms.py # Plugin configuration form
└── widgets.py # Where plugins widgets are defined

Form element plugins should be registered in “fobi_form_elements.py” file. Each plugin module should be put into the INSTALLED_APPS of your Django projects’ settings.

In some cases, you would need plugin specific overridable settings (see fobi.contrib.form_elements.fields.content.content_image plugin as an example). You are advised to write your settings in such a way, that variables of your Django project settings module would have FOBI_PLUGIN_ prefix.

Define and register the form element plugin

Step by step review of a how to create and register a plugin and plugin widgets. Note, that django-fobi auto-discovers your plugins if you place them into a file named fobi_form_elements.py of any Django app listed in INSTALLED_APPS of your Django projects’ settings module.

path/to/sample_textarea/fobi_form_elements.py

A single form element plugin is registered by its’ UID.

Required imports.

from django import forms
from fobi.base import FormFieldPlugin, form_element_plugin_registry
from path.to.sample_textarea.forms import SampleTextareaForm

Defining the Sample textarea plugin.

class SampleTextareaPlugin(FormFieldPlugin):
    """Sample textarea plugin."""

    uid = "sample_textarea"
    name = "Sample Textarea"
    form = SampleTextareaForm
    group = "Samples" # Group to which the plugin belongs to

    def get_form_field_instances(self,
                                 request=None,
                                 form_entry=None,
                                 form_element_entries=None,
                                 **kwargs):
        kwargs = {
            'required': self.data.required,
            'label': self.data.label,
            'initial': self.data.initial,
            'widget': forms.widgets.Textarea(attrs={})
        }

        return [(self.data.name, forms.CharField, kwargs),]

Registering the SampleTextareaPlugin plugin.

form_element_plugin_registry.register(SampleTextareaPlugin)

Note, that in case you want to define a pure presentational element, make use of fobi.base.FormElementPlugin for subclassing, instead of fobi.base.FormFieldPlugin. See the source of the content plugins (fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content) as a an example.

For instance, the captcha and honeypot fields are implemented as form elements (subclasses the fobi.base.FormElementPlugin). The db_store form handler plugin does not save the form data of those elements. If you want the form element data to be saved, do inherit from fobi.base.FormFieldPlugin.

Hidden form element plugins, should be also having set the is_hidden property to True. By default it’s set to False. That makes the hidden form elements to be rendered using as django.forms.widgets.TextInput widget in edit mode. In the view mode, the original widget that you assigned in your form element plugin would be used.

There might be cases, when you need to do additional handling of the data upon the successful form submission. In such cases, you will need to define a submit_plugin_form_data method in the plugin, which accepts the following arguments:

  • form_entry (fobi.models.FormEntry): Form entry, which is being submitted.

  • request (django.http.HttpRequest): The Django HTTP request.

  • form (django.forms.Form): Form object (a valid one, which contains the cleaned_data attribute).

  • form_element_entries (fobi.models.FormElementEntry): Form element entries for the form_entry given.

  • (**)kwargs : Additional arguments.

Example (taken from fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.file):

def submit_plugin_form_data(self,
                            form_entry,
                            request,
                            form,
                            form_element_entries=None,
                            **kwargs):
    """Submit plugin form data."""
    # Get the file path
    file_path = form.cleaned_data.get(self.data.name, None)
    if file_path:
        # Handle the upload
        saved_file = handle_uploaded_file(FILES_UPLOAD_DIR, file_path)
        # Overwrite ``cleaned_data`` of the ``form`` with path to moved
        # file.
        form.cleaned_data[self.data.name] = "{0}{1}".format(
            settings.MEDIA_URL, saved_file
        )

    # It's critically important to return the ``form`` with updated
    # ``cleaned_data``
    return form

In the example below, the original form is being modified. If you don’t want the original form to be modified, do not return anything.

Check the file form element plugin (fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.file) for complete example.

path/to/sample_textarea/forms.py

Why to have another file for defining forms? Just to keep the code clean and less messy, although you could perfectly define all your plugin forms in the module fobi_form_elements.py, it’s recommended to keep it separate.

Take into consideration, that forms.py is not an auto-discovered file pattern. All your form element plugins should be registered in modules named fobi_form_elements.py.

Required imports.

from django import forms
from fobi.base import BasePluginForm

Form for for SampleTextareaPlugin form element plugin.

class SampleTextareaForm(forms.Form, BasePluginForm):
    """Sample textarea form."""

    plugin_data_fields = [
        ("name", ""),
        ("label", ""),
        ("initial", ""),
        ("required", False)
    ]

    name = forms.CharField(label="Name", required=True)
    label = forms.CharField(label="Label", required=True)
    initial = forms.CharField(label="Initial", required=False)
    required = forms.BooleanField(label="Required", required=False)

Note that although it’s not being checked in the code, but for form field plugins the following fields should be present in the plugin form (BasePluginForm) and the form plugin (FormFieldPlugin):

  • name

In some cases, you might want to do something with the data before it gets saved. For that purpose, save_plugin_data method has been introduced.

See the following example.

def save_plugin_data(self, request=None):
    """Saving the plugin data and moving the file."""
    file_path = self.cleaned_data.get('file', None)
    if file_path:
        saved_image = handle_uploaded_file(IMAGES_UPLOAD_DIR, file_path)
        self.cleaned_data['file'] = saved_image

path/to/sample_textarea/widgets.py

Required imports.

from fobi.base import FormElementPluginWidget

Defining the base plugin widget.

class BaseSampleTextareaPluginWidget(FormElementPluginWidget):
    """Base sample textarea plugin widget."""

    # Same as ``uid`` value of the ``SampleTextareaPlugin``.
    plugin_uid = "sample_textarea"

path/to/sample_layout/fobi_form_elements.py

Register in the registry (in some module which is for sure to be loaded; it’s handy to do it in the theme module).

Required imports.

from fobi.base import form_element_plugin_widget_registry
from path.to.sample_textarea.widgets import BaseSampleTextareaPluginWidget

Define the theme specific plugin.

class SampleTextareaPluginWidget(BaseSampleTextareaPluginWidget):
    """Sample textarea plugin widget."""

    theme_uid = 'bootstrap3' # Theme for which the widget is loaded
    media_js = [
        'sample_layout/js/fobi.plugins.form_elements.sample_textarea.js',
    ]
    media_css = [
        'sample_layout/css/fobi.plugins.form_elements.sample_textarea.css',
    ]

Register the widget.

form_element_plugin_widget_registry.register(SampleTextareaPluginWidget)

Form element plugin final steps

Now, that everything is ready, make sure your plugin module is added to INSTALLED_APPS.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'path.to.sample_textarea',
    # ...
)

Afterwards, go to terminal and type the following command.

./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins

If your HTTP server is running, you would then be able to see the new plugin in the edit form interface.

Dashboard URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/fobi/

Note, that you have to be logged in, in order to use the dashboard. If your new plugin doesn’t appear, set the FOBI_DEBUG to True in your Django’s local settings module, re-run your code and check console for error notifications.

Creating a new form handler plugin

Form handler plugins handle the form data. django-fobi comes with several bundled form handler plugins, among which is the db_store and mail plugins, which are responsible for saving the submitted form data into the database and mailing the data to recipients specified. Number of form handlers in a form is not limited. Certain form handlers are not configurable (for example the db_store form handler isn’t), while others are (mail, http_repost).

You should see a form handler as a Django micro app, which could have its’ own models, admin interface, etc.

By default, it’s possible to use a form handler plugin multiple times per form. If you wish to allow form handler plugin to be used only once in a form, set the allow_multiple property of the plugin to False.

As said above, django-fobi comes with several bundled form handler plugins. Do check the source code as example.

Define and register the form handler plugin

Let’s name that plugin sample_mail. The plugin directory should then have the following structure.

path/to/sample_mail/
├── __init__.py
├── fobi_form_handlers.py  # Where plugins are defined and registered
└── forms.py  # Plugin configuration form

Form handler plugins should be registered in “fobi_form_handlers.py” file. Each plugin module should be put into the INSTALLED_APPS of your Django projects’ settings.

path/to/sample_mail/fobi_form_handlers.py

A single form handler plugin is registered by its’ UID.

Required imports.

import json
from django.core.mail import send_mail
from fobi.base import FormHandlerPlugin, form_handler_plugin_registry
from path.to.sample_mail.forms import SampleMailForm

Defining the Sample mail handler plugin.

class SampleMailHandlerPlugin(FormHandlerPlugin):
    """Sample mail handler plugin."""

    uid = "sample_mail"
    name = _("Sample mail")
    form = SampleMailForm

    def run(self, form_entry, request, form, form_element_entries=None):
        """To be executed by handler."""
        send_mail(
            self.data.subject,
            json.dumps(form.cleaned_data),
            self.data.from_email,
            [self.data.to_email],
            fail_silently=True
        )

Register the plugin

form_handler_plugin_registry.register(SampleMailHandlerPlugin)

Some form handlers are configurable, some others not. In order to have a user friendly way of showing the form handler settings, what’s sometimes needed, a plugin_data_repr method has been introduced. Simplest implementation of it would look as follows:

def plugin_data_repr(self):
    """Human readable representation of plugin data.

    :return string:
    """
    return self.data.__dict__

path/to/sample_mail/forms.py

If plugin is configurable, it has configuration data. A single form may have unlimited number of same plugins. Imagine, you want to have different subjects and additional body texts for different user groups. You could then assign two form handler mail plugins to the form. Of course, saving the posted form data many times does not make sense, but it’s up to the user. So, in case if plugin is configurable, it should have a form.

Why to have another file for defining forms? Just to keep the code clean and less messy, although you could perfectly define all your plugin forms in the module fobi_form_handlers.py, it’s recommended to keep it separate.

Take into consideration, that forms.py is not an auto-discovered file pattern. All your form handler plugins should be registered in modules named fobi_form_handlers.py.

Required imports.

from django import forms
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
from fobi.base import BasePluginForm

Defining the form for Sample mail handler plugin.

class MailForm(forms.Form, BasePluginForm):
    """Mail form."""

    plugin_data_fields = [
        ("from_name", ""),
        ("from_email", ""),
        ("to_name", ""),
        ("to_email", ""),
        ("subject", ""),
        ("body", ""),
    ]

    from_name = forms.CharField(label=_("From name"), required=True)
    from_email = forms.EmailField(label=_("From email"), required=True)
    to_name = forms.CharField(label=_("To name"), required=True)
    to_email = forms.EmailField(label=_("To email"), required=True)
    subject = forms.CharField(label=_("Subject"), required=True)
    body = forms.CharField(
        label=_("Body"),
        required=False,
        widget=forms.widgets.Textarea
    )

After the plugin has been processed, all its’ data is available in a plugin_instance.data container (for example, plugin_instance.data.subject or plugin_instance.data.from_name).

Prioritise the execution order

Some form handlers shall be executed prior others. A good example of such, is a combination of “mail” and “db_save” form handlers for the form. In case if large files are posted, submission of form data would fail if “mail” plugin would be executed after “db_save” has been executed. That’s why it’s possible to prioritise that ordering in a FOBI_FORM_HANDLER_PLUGINS_EXECUTION_ORDER setting variable.

If not specified or left empty, form handler plugins would be ran in the order of discovery. All form handler plugins that are not listed in the FORM_HANDLER_PLUGINS_EXECUTION_ORDER, would be ran after the plugins that are mentioned there.

FORM_HANDLER_PLUGINS_EXECUTION_ORDER = (
    'http_repost',
    'mail',
    # The 'db_store' is left out intentionally, since it should
    # be the last plugin to be executed.
)

Form handler plugin custom actions

By default, a single form handler plugin has at least a “delete” action. If plugin is configurable, it gets an “edit” action as well.

For some of your plugins, you may want to register a custom action. For example, the “db_store” plugin does have one, for showing a link to a listing page with saved form data for the form given.

For such cases, define a custom_actions method in your form handler plugin. That method shall return a list of triples. In each triple, first value is the URL, second value is the title and the third value is the icon of the URL.

The following example is taken from the “db_store” plugin.

def custom_actions(self):
    """Adding a link to view the saved form entries.

    :return iterable:
    """
    return (
        (
            reverse('fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store.view_saved_form_data_entries'),
            _("View entries"),
            'glyphicon glyphicon-list'
        ),
    )

Form handler plugin final steps

Do not forget to add the form handler plugin module to INSTALLED_APPS.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'path.to.sample_mail',
    # ...
)

Afterwards, go to terminal and type the following command.

./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins

If your HTTP server is running, you would then be able to see the new plugin in the edit form interface.

Creating a new form importer plugin

Form importer plugins import the forms from some external data source into django-fobi form format. Number of form importers is not limited. Form importers are implemented in forms of wizards (since they may contain several steps).

You should see a form importer as a Django micro app, which could have its’ own models, admin interface, etc.

At the moment django-fobi comes with only one bundled form handler plugin, which is the mailchimp_importer, which is responsible for importing existing MailChimp forms into django-fobi.

Define and register the form importer plugin

Let’s name that plugin sample_importer. The plugin directory should then have the following structure.

path/to/sample_importer/
├── templates
│   └── sample_importer
│       ├── 0.html
│       └── 1.html
├── __init__.py
├── fobi_form_importers.py # Where plugins are defined and registered
├── forms.py # Wizard forms
└── views.py # Wizard views

Form importer plugins should be registered in “fobi_form_importers.py” file. Each plugin module should be put into the INSTALLED_APPS of your Django projects’ settings.

path/to/sample_importer/fobi_form_importers.py

A single form importer plugin is registered by its’ UID.

Required imports.

from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
from fobi.form_importers import BaseFormImporter, form_importer_plugin_registry
from fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements import fields
from path.to.sample_importer.views import SampleImporterWizardView

Defining the Sample importer plugin.

class SampleImporterPlugin(FormHandlerPlugin):
    """Sample importer plugin."""

    uid = 'sample_importer'
    name = _("Sample importer")
    wizard = SampleImporterWizardView
    templates = [
        'sample_importer/0.html',
        'sample_importer/1.html',
    ]

    # field_type (at importer): uid (django-fobi)
    fields_mapping = {
        # Implemented
        'email': fields.email.UID,
        'text': fields.text.UID,
        'number': fields.integer.UID,
        'dropdown': fields.select.UID,
        'date': fields.date.UID,
        'url': fields.url.UID,
        'radio': fields.radio.UID,

        # Transformed into something else
        'address': fields.text.UID,
        'zip': fields.text.UID,
        'phone': fields.text.UID,
    }

    # Django standard: remote
    field_properties_mapping = {
        'label': 'name',
        'name': 'tag',
        'help_text': 'helptext',
        'initial': 'default',
        'required': 'req',
        'choices': 'choices',
    }

    field_type_prop_name = 'field_type'
    position_prop_name = 'order'

    def extract_field_properties(self, field_data):
        field_properties = {}
        for prop, val in self.field_properties_mapping.items():
            if val in field_data:
                if 'choices' == val:
                    field_properties[prop] = "\n".join(field_data[val])
                else:
                    field_properties[prop] = field_data[val]
        return field_properties


form_importer_plugin_registry.register(SampleImporter)

path/to/sample_importer/forms.py

As mentioned above, form importers are implemented in form of wizards. The forms are the wizard steps.

Required imports.

from django import forms
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
from sample_service_api import sample_api  # Just an imaginary API client

Defining the form for Sample importer plugin.

class SampleImporterStep1Form(forms.Form):
    """First form the the wizard."""

    api_key = forms.CharField(required=True)


class SampleImporterStep2Form(forms.Form):
    """Second form of the wizard."""

    list_id = forms.ChoiceField(required=True, choices=[])

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self._api_key = None

        if 'api_key' in kwargs:
            self._api_key = kwargs.pop('api_key', None)

        super(SampleImporterStep2Form, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        if self._api_key:
            client = sample_api.Api(self._api_key)
            lists = client.lists.list()
            choices = [(l['id'], l['name']) for l in lists['data']]
            self.fields['list_id'].choices = choices

path/to/sample_importer/views.py

The wizard views.

Required imports.

from sample_service_api import sample_api  # Just an imaginary API client

from django.shortcuts import redirect
from django.urls import reverse
from django.contrib import messages
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

# For django LTE 1.8 import from `django.contrib.formtools.wizard.views`
from formtools.wizard.views import SessionWizardView

from path.to.sample_importer.forms import (
    SampleImporterStep1Form,
    SampleImporterStep2Form,
)

Defining the wizard view for Sample importer plugin.

class SampleImporterWizardView(SessionWizardView):
    """Sample importer wizard view."""

    form_list = [SampleImporterStep1Form, SampleImporterStep2Form]

    def get_form_kwargs(self, step):
        """Get form kwargs (to be used internally)."""
        if '1' == step:
            data = self.get_cleaned_data_for_step('0') or {}
            api_key = data.get('api_key', None)
            return {'api_key': api_key}
        return {}

    def done(self, form_list, **kwargs):
        """After all forms are submitted."""
        # Merging cleaned data into one dict
        cleaned_data = {}
        for form in form_list:
            cleaned_data.update(form.cleaned_data)

        # Connecting to sample client API
        client = sample_client.Api(cleaned_data['api_key'])

        # Fetching the form data
        form_data = client.lists.merge_vars(
            id={'list_id': cleaned_data['list_id']}
        )

        # We need the first form only
        try:
            form_data = form_data['data'][0]
        except Exception as err:
            messages.warning(
                self.request,
                _('Selected form could not be imported due errors.')
            )
            return redirect(reverse('fobi.dashboard'))

        # Actually, import the form
        form_entry = self._form_importer.import_data(
            {'name': form_data['name'], 'user': self.request.user},
            form_data['merge_vars']
        )

        redirect_url = reverse(
            'fobi.edit_form_entry',
            kwargs={'form_entry_id': form_entry.pk}
        )

        messages.info(
            self.request,
            _('Form {0} imported successfully.').format(form_data['name'])
        )

        return redirect("{0}".format(redirect_url))

Form importer plugin final steps

Do not forget to add the form importer plugin module to INSTALLED_APPS.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'path.to.sample_importer',
    # ...
)

Afterwards, go to terminal and type the following command.

./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins

If your HTTP server is running, you would then be able to see the new plugin in the dashboard form interface (implemented in all bundled themes).

Creating a form callback

Form callbacks are additional hooks, that are executed on various stages of the form submission.

Let’s place the callback in the foo module. The plugin directory should then have the following structure.

path/to/foo/
├── __init__.py
└── fobi_form_callbacks.py # Where callbacks are defined and registered

See the callback example below.

Required imports.

from fobi.constants import (
    CALLBACK_BEFORE_FORM_VALIDATION,
    CALLBACK_FORM_VALID_BEFORE_SUBMIT_PLUGIN_FORM_DATA,
    CALLBACK_FORM_VALID,
    CALLBACK_FORM_VALID_AFTER_FORM_HANDLERS,
    CALLBACK_FORM_INVALID,
)
from fobi.base import FormCallback, form_callback_registry

Define and register the callback

class SampleFooCallback(FormCallback):
    """Sample foo callback."""

    stage = CALLBACK_FORM_VALID

    def callback(self, form_entry, request, form):
        """Define your callback code here."""
        print("Great! Your form is valid!")

form_callback_registry.register(SampleFooCallback)

Add the callback module to INSTALLED_APPS.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'path.to.foo',
    # ...
)

Class-based views

Views

Migration to class based views is simple. Only your project’s urls.py would change:

urlpatterns = [
    # ...
    re_path(r'^fobi/', include('fobi.urls.class_based.view')),
    re_path(r'^fobi/', include('fobi.urls.class_based.edit')),
    # ...
]

To use function based views, simply replace the previous line with:

urlpatterns = [
    # ...
    re_path(r'^fobi/', include('fobi.urls.view')),
    re_path(r'^fobi/', include('fobi.urls.edit')),
    # ...
]

Permissions

Class-based permissions work only in combination with class-based views.

Example:

from fobi.permissions.definitions import edit_form_entry_permissions
from fobi.permissions.generic import BasePermission
from fobi.permissions.helpers import (
  any_permission_required_func, login_required,
)

class EditFormEntryPermission(BasePermission):
"""Permission to edit form entries."""

def has_permission(self, request, view) -> bool:
  return login_required(request) and any_permission_required_func(
      edit_form_entry_permissions
  )(request.user)

def has_object_permission(self, request, view, obj) -> bool:
  return login_required(request) and any_permission_required_func(
      edit_form_entry_permissions
  )(request.user) and obj.user == request.user

And then in your view:

from fobi.views.class_based import EditFormEntryView

class MyEditFormEntryView(EditFormEntryView):
    """EditFormEntryView."""

    permission_classes = (EditFormEntryPermission,)

Suggestions

Custom action for the form

Sometimes, you would want to specify a different action for the form. Although it’s possible to define a custom form action (action field in the “Form properties” tab), you’re advised to use the http_repost plugin instead, since then the form would be still validated locally and only then the valid data, as is, would be sent to the desired endpoint.

Take in mind, that if both cases, if CSRF protection is enabled on the endpoint, your post request would result an error.

When you want to customise too many things

django-fobi, with its’ flexible form elements, form handlers and form callbacks is very customisable. However, there might be cases when you need to override entire view to fit your needs. Take a look at the FeinCMS integration or DjangoCMS integration as a good example of such. You may also want to compare the code from original view fobi.views.view_form_entry with the code from the widget to get a better idea of what could be changed in your case. If need a good advice, just ask me.

Theming

django-fobi comes with theming API. While there are several ready-to-use themes:

  • “Bootstrap 3” theme

  • “Foundation 5” theme

  • “Simple” theme in (with editing interface in style of the Django admin)

  • “DjangoCMS admin style” theme (which is another simple theme with editing interface in style of djangocms-admin-style)

Obviously, there are two sorts of views when it comes to editing and viewing the form.

  • The “view-view”, when the form as it has been made is exposed to the site end- users/visitors.

  • The “edit-view” (builder view), where the authorised users build their forms.

Both “Bootstrap 3” and “Foundation 5” themes are making use of the same style for both “view-view” and “edit-view” views.

Both “Simple” and “DjangoCMS admin style” themes are styling for the “edit-view” only. The “view-view” is pretty much blank, as shown on the one of the screenshots [2.6].

Have in mind, that creating a brand new theme could be time consuming. Instead, you are advised to extend existing themes or in the worst case, if too much customisation required, create your own themes based on existing ones (just copy the desired theme to your project directory and work it out further).

It’s possible to use different templates for all “view” and “edit” actions (see the source code of the “simple” theme). Both “Bootstrap 3” and “Foundation 5” themes look great. Although if you can’t use any of those, the “Simple” theme is the best start, since it looks just like django-admin.

Create a new theme

Let’s place the theme in the sample_theme module. The theme directory should then have the following structure.

path/to/sample_theme/
├── static
│   ├── css
│   │   └── sample_theme.css
│   └── js
│       └── sample_theme.js
├── templates
│   └── sample_theme
│       ├── _base.html
│       ├── add_form_element_entry.html
│       ├── ...
│       └── view_form_entry_ajax.html
├── __init__.py
├── fobi_form_elements.py
└── fobi_themes.py # Where themes are defined and registered

See the theme example below.

from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

from fobi.base import BaseTheme, theme_registry

class SampleTheme(BaseTheme):
    """Sample theme."""

    uid = 'sample'
    name = _("Sample")

    media_css = (
        'sample_theme/css/sample_theme.css',
        'css/fobi.core.css',
    )

    media_js = (
        'js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js',
        'jquery-ui/js/jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js',
        'js/jquery.slugify.js',
        'js/fobi.core.js',
        'sample_theme/js/sample_theme.js',
    )

    # Form element specific
    form_element_html_class = 'form-control'
    form_radio_element_html_class = 'radio'
    form_element_checkbox_html_class = 'checkbox'

    form_edit_form_entry_option_class = 'glyphicon glyphicon-edit'
    form_delete_form_entry_option_class = 'glyphicon glyphicon-remove'
    form_list_container_class = 'list-inline'

    # Templates
    master_base_template = 'sample_theme/_base.html'
    base_template = 'sample_theme/base.html'

    form_ajax = 'sample_theme/snippets/form_ajax.html'
    form_snippet_template_name = 'sample_theme/snippets/form_snippet.html'
    form_properties_snippet_template_name = 'sample_theme/snippets/form_properties_snippet.html'
    messages_snippet_template_name = 'sample_theme/snippets/messages_snippet.html'

    add_form_element_entry_template = 'sample_theme/add_form_element_entry.html'
    add_form_element_entry_ajax_template = 'sample_theme/add_form_element_entry_ajax.html'

    add_form_handler_entry_template = 'sample_theme/add_form_handler_entry.html'
    add_form_handler_entry_ajax_template = 'sample_theme/add_form_handler_entry_ajax.html'

    create_form_entry_template = 'sample_theme/create_form_entry.html'
    create_form_entry_ajax_template = 'bootstrap3/create_form_entry_ajax.html'

    dashboard_template = 'sample_theme/dashboard.html'

    edit_form_element_entry_template = 'sample_theme/edit_form_element_entry.html'
    edit_form_element_entry_ajax_template = 'sample_theme/edit_form_element_entry_ajax.html'

    edit_form_entry_template = 'sample_theme/edit_form_entry.html'
    edit_form_entry_ajax_template = 'sample_theme/edit_form_entry_ajax.html'

    edit_form_handler_entry_template = 'sample_theme/edit_form_handler_entry.html'
    edit_form_handler_entry_ajax_template = 'sample_theme/edit_form_handler_entry_ajax.html'

    form_entry_submitted_template = 'sample_theme/form_entry_submitted.html'
    form_entry_submitted_ajax_template = 'sample_theme/form_entry_submitted_ajax.html'

    view_form_entry_template = 'sample_theme/view_form_entry.html'
    view_form_entry_ajax_template = 'sample_theme/view_form_entry_ajax.html'

Registering the SampleTheme plugin.

theme_registry.register(SampleTheme)

Sometimes you would want to attach additional properties to the theme in order to use them later in templates (remember, current theme object is always available in templates under name fobi_theme).

For such cases you would need to define a variable in your project’s settings module, called FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA. See the following code as example:

# `django-fobi` custom theme data for to be displayed in third party apps
# like `django-registraton`.
FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA = {
    'bootstrap3': {
        'page_header_html_class': '',
        'form_html_class': 'form-horizontal',
        'form_button_outer_wrapper_html_class': 'control-group',
        'form_button_wrapper_html_class': 'controls',
        'form_button_html_class': 'btn',
        'form_primary_button_html_class': 'btn-primary pull-right',
    },
    'foundation5': {
        'page_header_html_class': '',
        'form_html_class': 'form-horizontal',
        'form_button_outer_wrapper_html_class': 'control-group',
        'form_button_wrapper_html_class': 'controls',
        'form_button_html_class': 'radius button',
        'form_primary_button_html_class': 'btn-primary',
    },
    'simple': {
        'page_header_html_class': '',
        'form_html_class': 'form-horizontal',
        'form_button_outer_wrapper_html_class': 'control-group',
        'form_button_wrapper_html_class': 'submit-row',
        'form_button_html_class': 'btn',
        'form_primary_button_html_class': 'btn-primary',
    }
}

You would now be able to access the defined extra properties in templates as shown below.

<div class="{{ fobi_theme.custom_data.form_button_wrapper_html_class }}">

You likely would want to either remove the footer text or change it. Define a variable in your project’s settings module, called FOBI_THEME_FOOTER_TEXT. See the following code as example:

FOBI_THEME_FOOTER_TEXT = gettext('&copy; django-fobi example site 2014')

Below follow the properties of the theme:

  • base_edit

  • base_view

There are generic templates made in order to simplify theming. Some of them you would never need to override. Some others, you would likely want to.

Templates that you likely would want to re-write in your custom theme implementation are marked with three asterisks (***):

generic
├── snippets
│   ├── form_ajax.html
│   ├── form_edit_ajax.html
│   ├── *** form_properties_snippet.html
│   ├── *** form_snippet.html
│   ├── --- form_edit_snippet.html (does not exist in generic templates)
│   ├── --- form_view_snippet.html (does not exist in generic templates)
│   ├── form_view_ajax.html
│   └── messages_snippet.html
│
├── _base.html
├── add_form_element_entry.html
├── add_form_element_entry_ajax.html
├── add_form_handler_entry.html
├── add_form_handler_entry_ajax.html
├── base.html
├── create_form_entry.html
├── create_form_entry_ajax.html
├── *** dashboard.html
├── edit_form_element_entry.html
├── edit_form_element_entry_ajax.html
├── edit_form_entry.html
├── *** edit_form_entry_ajax.html
├── edit_form_handler_entry.html
├── edit_form_handler_entry_ajax.html
├── form_entry_submitted.html
├── *** form_entry_submitted_ajax.html
├── *** theme.html
├── view_form_entry.html
└── view_form_entry_ajax.html

From all of the templates listed above, the _base.html template is the most influenced by the Bootstrap 3 theme.

Make changes to an existing theme

As said above, making your own theme from scratch could be costly. Instead, you can override/reuse an existing one and change it to your needs with minimal efforts. See the override simple theme example. In order to see it in action, run the project with settings_override_simple_theme option:

./manage.py runserver --settings=settings_override_simple_theme

Details explained below.

Directory structure

override_simple_theme/
├── static
│   └── override_simple_theme
│       ├── css
│       │   └── override-simple-theme.css
│       └── js
│           └── override-simple-theme.js
│
├── templates
│   └── override_simple_theme
│       ├── snippets
│       │   └── form_ajax.html
│       └── base_view.html
├── __init__.py
└── fobi_themes.py # Where themes are defined and registered

fobi_themes.py

Overriding the “simple” theme.

__all__ = ('MySimpleTheme',)

from fobi.base import theme_registry

from fobi.contrib.themes.simple.fobi_themes import SimpleTheme

class MySimpleTheme(SimpleTheme):
    """My simple theme, inherited from `SimpleTheme` theme."""

    html_classes = ['my-simple-theme',]
    base_view_template = 'override_simple_theme/base_view.html'
    form_ajax = 'override_simple_theme/snippets/form_ajax.html'

Register the overridden theme. Note, that it’s important to set the force argument to True, in order to override the original theme. Force can be applied only once (for an overridden element).

theme_registry.register(MySimpleTheme, force=True)

templates/override_simple_theme/base_view.html

{% extends "simple/base_view.html" %}

{% load static %}

{% block stylesheets %}
<link
  href="{% static 'override_simple_theme/css/override-simple-theme.css' %}"
  rel="stylesheet" media="all" />
{% endblock stylesheets %}

{% block main-wrapper %}
<div id="sidebar">
  <h2>It's easy to override a theme!</h2>
</div>

{{ block.super }}
{% endblock main-wrapper %}

templates/override_simple_theme/snippets/form_ajax.html

{% extends "fobi/generic/snippets/form_ajax.html" %}

{% block form_html_class %}basic-grey{% endblock %}

Form wizards

Basics

With form wizards you can split forms across multiple pages. State is maintained in one of the backends (at the moment the Session backend). Data processing is delayed until the submission of the final form.

In django-fobi wizards work in the following way:

  • Number of forms in a form wizard is not limited.

  • Form callbacks, handlers are totally ignored in form wizards. Instead, the form-wizard specific handlers (form wizard handlers) take over handling of the form data on the final step.

Bundled form wizard handler plugins

Below a short overview of the form wizard handler plugins. See the README.rst file in directory of each plugin for details.

  • DB store: Stores form data in a database.

  • HTTP repost: Repost the POST request to another endpoint.

  • Mail: Send the form data by email.

  • Mail the sender: Send the form data by email to the sender (submitter) of the form.

Integration with third-party apps and frameworks

django-fobi has been successfully integrated into a number of diverse third-party apps and frameworks, such as: Django REST framework, Django CMS, FeinCMS, Mezzanine and Wagtail.

Certainly, integration into CMS is one case, integration into REST framework - totally another. In REST frameworks we no longer have forms as such. Context is very different. Handling of form data should obviously happen in a different way. Assembling of the form class isn’t enough (in case of Django REST framework we assemble the serializer class).

In order to handle such level of integration, two additional sort of plugins have been introduced:

  • IntegrationFormElementPlugin

  • IntegrationFormHandlerPlugin

These plugins are in charge of representation of the form elements in a proper way for the package to be integrated and handling the submitted form data.

Additional documentation is available in the sub-package.

Sample IntegrationFormElementPlugin

Sample is taken from here.

base.py

Define the form element plugin.

from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

from rest_framework.fields import EmailField

from fobi.base import IntegrationFormFieldPlugin
from fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration import UID as INTEGRATE_WITH_UID
from fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.base import (
    DRFIntegrationFormElementPluginProcessor,
    DRFSubmitPluginFormDataMixin,
)
from fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.email import UID


class EmailInputPlugin(IntegrationFormFieldPlugin,
                       DRFSubmitPluginFormDataMixin):
    """EmailField plugin."""

    uid = UID
    integrate_with = INTEGRATE_WITH_UID
    name = _("Decimal")
    group = _("Fields")

    def get_custom_field_instances(self,
                                   form_element_plugin,
                                   request=None,
                                   form_entry=None,
                                   form_element_entries=None,
                                   **kwargs):
        """Get form field instances."""
        field_kwargs = {
            'required': form_element_plugin.data.required,
            'initial': form_element_plugin.data.initial,
            'label': form_element_plugin.data.label,
            'help_text': form_element_plugin.data.help_text,
            'max_length': form_element_plugin.data.max_length,
        }
        return [
            DRFIntegrationFormElementPluginProcessor(
                field_class=EmailField,
                field_kwargs=field_kwargs
            )
        ]

fobi_integration_form_elements.py

Register the plugin. Note the name pattern fobi_integration_form_elements.

from fobi.base import integration_form_element_plugin_registry
from .base import EmailInputPlugin

integration_form_element_plugin_registry.register(EmailInputPlugin)

Don’t forget to list your plugin in the INSTALLED_APPS afterwards.

Sample IntegrationFormHandlerPlugin

Sample is taken from here.

base.py

Define the form handler plugin.

import logging
from mimetypes import guess_type
import os

from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

from fobi.base import IntegrationFormHandlerPlugin
from fobi.helpers import extract_file_path

from fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration import UID as INTEGRATE_WITH_UID
from fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.base import get_processed_serializer_data

from . import UID


class MailHandlerPlugin(IntegrationFormHandlerPlugin):
    """Mail handler form handler plugin.

    Can be used only once per form.
    """

    uid = UID
    name = _("Mail")
    integrate_with = INTEGRATE_WITH_UID

    def run(self,
            form_handler_plugin,
            form_entry,
            request,
            form_element_entries=None,
            **kwargs):
        """Run."""
        base_url = form_handler_plugin.get_base_url(request)

        serializer = kwargs['serializer']

        # Clean up the values, leave our content fields and empty values.
        field_name_to_label_map, cleaned_data = get_processed_serializer_data(
            serializer,
            form_element_entries
        )

        rendered_data = form_handler_plugin.get_rendered_data(
            serializer.validated_data,
            field_name_to_label_map,
            base_url
        )

        files = self._prepare_files(request, serializer)

        form_handler_plugin.send_email(rendered_data, files)

    def _prepare_files(self, request, serializer):
        """Prepares the files for being attached to the mail message."""
        files = {}

        def process_path(file_path, imf):
            """Processes the file path and the file."""
            if file_path:
                file_path = file_path.replace(
                    settings.MEDIA_URL,
                    os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, '')
                )
                mime_type = guess_type(imf.name)
                files[field_name] = (
                    imf.name,
                    ''.join([c for c in imf.chunks()]),
                    mime_type[0] if mime_type else ''
                )

        for field_name, imf in request.FILES.items():
            try:
                file_path = serializer.validated_data.get(field_name, '')
                process_path(file_path, imf)
            except Exception as err:
                file_path = extract_file_path(imf.name)
                process_path(file_path, imf)

        return files

fobi_integration_form_handlers.py

Register the plugin. Note the name pattern fobi_integration_form_handlers.

from fobi.base import integration_form_handler_plugin_registry
from .base import MailHandlerPlugin

integration_form_handler_plugin_registry.register(MailHandlerPlugin)

Don’t forget to list your plugin in the INSTALLED_APPS afterwards.

Permissions

Plugin system allows administrators to specify the access rights to every plugin. django-fobi permissions are based on Django Users and User Groups. Access rights are manageable via Django admin (“/admin/fobi/formelement/”, “/admin/fobi/formhandler/”). If user doesn’t have the rights to access plugin, it doesn’t appear on his form even if has been added to it (imagine, you have once granted the right to use the news plugin to all users, but later on decided to limit it to Staff members group only). Note, that superusers have access to all plugins.

        Plugin access rights management interface in Django admin

┌──────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
│ `Plugin`                 │ `Users`               │ `Groups`              │
├──────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ Text                     │ John Doe              │ Form builder users    │
├──────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ Textarea                 │                       │ Form builder users    │
├──────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ File                     │ Oscar, John Doe       │ Staff members         │
├──────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ URL                      │                       │ Form builder users    │
├──────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ Hidden                   │                       │ Form builder users    │
└──────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘

Management commands

There are several management commands available.

  • fobi_find_broken_entries. Find broken form element/handler entries that occur when some plugin which did exist in the system, no longer exists.

  • fobi_sync_plugins. Should be ran each time a new plugin is being added to the django-fobi.

  • fobi_update_plugin_data. A mechanism to update existing plugin data in case if it had become invalid after a change in a plugin. In order for it to work, each plugin should implement and update method, in which the data update happens.

Tuning

There are number of django-fobi settings you can override in the settings module of your Django project:

  • FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS (bool): If set to True, (Django) permission system for dash plugins is enabled. Defaults to True. Setting this to False makes all plugins available for all users.

  • FOBI_DEFAULT_THEME (str): Active (default) theme UID. Defaults to “bootstrap3”.

  • FORM_HANDLER_PLUGINS_EXECUTION_ORDER (list of tuples): Order in which the form handlers are executed. See the “Prioritise the execution order” section for details.

For tuning of specific contrib plugin, see the docs in the plugin directory.

Bundled plugins and themes

django-fobi ships with number of bundled form element- and form handler- plugins, as well as themes which are ready to be used as is.

Bundled form element plugins

Below a short overview of the form element plugins. See the README.rst file in directory of each plugin for details.

Content/presentation

Content plugins are presentational plugins, that make your forms look more complete and content rich.

Security

Test

Test plugins are made for dev purposes only.

  • Dummy: Solely for dev purposes.

Bundled form handler plugins

Below a short overview of the form handler plugins. See the README.rst file in directory of each plugin for details.

  • DB store: Stores form data in a database.

  • HTTP repost: Repost the POST request to another endpoint.

  • Mail: Send the form data by email.

  • Mail the sender: Send the form data by email to the sender.

Bundled themes

Below a short overview of the themes. See the README.rst file in directory of each theme for details.

Third-party plugins and themes

List of remarkable third-party plugins:

  • fobi-phonenumber - A Fobi PhoneNumber form field plugin. Makes use of the phonenumber_field.formfields.PhoneNumberField and phonenumber_field.widgets.PhoneNumberPrefixWidget.

HTML5 fields

The following HTML5 fields are supported in corresponding bundled plugins:

  • date

  • datetime

  • email

  • max

  • min

  • number

  • url

  • placeholder

  • type

With the fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.input support for HTML5 fields is extended to the following fields:

  • autocomplete

  • autofocus

  • list

  • multiple

  • pattern

  • step

Loading initial data using GET arguments

It’s possible to provide initial data for the form using the GET arguments.

In that case, along with the field values, you should be providing an additional argument named “fobi_initial_data”, which doesn’t have to hold a value. For example, if your form contains of fields named “email” and “age” and you want to provide initial values for those using GET arguments, you should be constructing your URL to the form as follows:

http://127.0.0.1:8001/fobi/view/test-form/?fobi_initial_data&email=test@example.com&age=19

Dynamic initial values

It’s possible to provide a dynamic initial value for any of the text elements. In order to do that, you should use the build-in context processor or make your own one. The only requirement is that you should store all values that should be exposed in the form as a dict for fobi_dynamic_values dictionary key. Beware, that passing the original request object might be unsafe in many ways. Currently, a stripped down version of the request object is being passed as a context variable.

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        # ...
        'OPTIONS': {
            # ...
            'context_processors': [
                # ...
                "fobi.context_processors.theme",  # Important!
                "fobi.context_processors.dynamic_values",  # Optional
            ]
        },
    },
]
def dynamic_values(request):
    return {
        'fobi_dynamic_values': {
            'request': StrippedRequest(request),
            'now': datetime.datetime.now(),
            'today': datetime.date.today(),
        }
    }

In your GUI, you should be referring to the initial values in the following way:

{{ request.path }} {{ now }} {{ today }}

Note, that you should not provide the fobi_dynamic_values. as a prefix. Currently, the following variables are available in the fobi.context_processors.dynamic_values context processor:

- request: Stripped HttpRequest object.

    - request.path: A string representing the full path to the requested
      page, not including the scheme or domain.

    - request.get_full_path(): Returns the path, plus an appended query
      string, if applicable.

    - request.is_secure():  Returns True if the request is secure; that
      is, if it was made with HTTPS.

    - request.is_ajax(): Returns True if the request was made via an
      XMLHttpRequest, by checking the HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH header for the
      string 'XMLHttpRequest'.

    - request.META: A stripped down standard Python dictionary containing
      the available HTTP headers.

        - HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: Acceptable encodings for the response.

        - HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: Acceptable languages for the response.

        - HTTP_HOST: The HTTP Host header sent by the client.

        - HTTP_REFERER: The referring page, if any.

        - HTTP_USER_AGENT: The client’s user-agent string.

        - QUERY_STRING: The query string, as a single (un-parsed) string.

        - REMOTE_ADDR: The IP address of the client.

    - request.user: Authenticated user.

        - request.user.email:

        - request.user.get_username(): Returns the username for the user.
          Since the User model can be swapped out, you should use this
          method instead of referencing the username attribute directly.

        - request.user.get_full_name(): Returns the first_name plus the
          last_name, with a space in between.

        - request.user.get_short_name(): Returns the first_name.

        - request.user.is_anonymous():

- now: datetime.datetime.now()

- today: datetime.date.today()

Submitted form element plugins values

While some values of form element plugins are submitted as is, some others need additional processing. There are 3 types of behaviour taken into consideration:

  • “val”: value is being sent as is.

  • “repr”: (human readable) representation of the value is used.

  • “mix”: mix of value as is and human readable representation.

The following plugins have been made configurable in such a way, that developers can choose the desired behaviour in projects’ settings:

  • FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_CHECKBOX_SELECT_MULTIPLE_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS

  • FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RADIO_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS

  • FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS

  • FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS

  • FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MODEL_OBJECT_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS

  • FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_MODEL_OBJECTS_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS

See the README.rst in each of the following plugins for more information.

Rendering forms using third-party libraries

You might want to render your forms using third-party libraries such as django-crispy-forms, django-floppyforms or other alternatives.

For that purpose you should override the “snippets/form_snippet.html” used by the theme you have chosen. Your template would then look similar to the one below (make sure to setup/configure your third-party form rendering library prior doing this).

Using django-crispy-forms

{% load crispy_forms_tags fobi_tags %}

{% block form_non_field_and_hidden_errors %}
    {% get_form_hidden_fields_errors form as form_hidden_fields_errors %}
    {% if form.non_field_errors or form_hidden_fields_errors %}
        {% include fobi_theme.form_non_field_and_hidden_errors_snippet_template %}
    {% endif %}
{% endblock form_non_field_and_hidden_errors %}

{% crispy form %}

Using django-floppyforms

{% load floppyforms fobi_tags %}

{% block form_non_field_and_hidden_errors %}
    {% get_form_hidden_fields_errors form as form_hidden_fields_errors %}
    {% if form.non_field_errors or form_hidden_fields_errors %}
        {% include fobi_theme.form_non_field_and_hidden_errors_snippet_template %}
    {% endif %}
{% endblock form_non_field_and_hidden_errors %}

{% form form %}

See how it’s done in the override simple theme example.

Import/export forms

There might be cases when you have django-fobi running on multiple instances and have already spend some time on making forms on one of the instances, and want to reuse those forms on another. You could of course re-create entire form in the GUI, but we can do better than that. It’s possible to export forms into JSON format and import the exported forms again. It’s preferable that you run both instances on the same versions of django-fobi, otherwise imports might break (although it might just work). There many ways to deal with missing plugin errors, but the chosen strategy (which you don’t yet have full control of) is safest (import everything possible, but warn user about errors). If both instances have the same set of form element and form handler plugins imports should go smoothly. It is though possible to make an import ignoring missing form element and form handler plugins. You would get an appropriate notice about that, but import will continue leaving the broken plugin data out.

Translations

Available translations

English is the primary language. The following translations are available (core and plugins)

Overriding translations

There might be cases when you want to override certain translations. It’s easily achievable with introduction of custom locale paths in your project.

See the following as a good example of overriding some English plugin labels.

Run the example project as follows:

cd examples/simple/
./manage.py runserver --settings=settings.alternative_labels

In the example given, “Boolean” and “Checkbox select multiple” plugin names are renamed to “Checkbox” and “Multiple checkboxes” respectively.

All built-in plugin name values are almost equivalent to the plugin uid values. By default plugins are sorted by uid value. When you override the name of the plugin, sorting breaks. Therefore, it’s recommended to set the FOBI_SORT_PLUGINS_BY_VALUE value to True in your settings module. Default value is False, which means that plugins are sorted by their uid value.

FOBI_SORT_PLUGINS_BY_VALUE = True

Debugging

By default debugging is turned off. It means that broken form entries, which are entries with broken data, that are not possible to be shown, are just skipped. That’s safe in production. Although, you for sure would want to see the broken entries in development. Set the FOBI_DEBUG to True in the settings.py of your project in order to do so.

Most of the errors are logged (DEBUG). If you have written a plugin and it somehow doesn’t appear in the list of available plugins, do run the following management command since it not only syncs your plugins into the database, but also is a great way of checking for possible errors.

./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins

Run the following command in order to identify the broken plugins.

./manage.py fobi_find_broken_entries

If you have forms referring to form element- of form handler- plugins that are currently missing (not registered, removed, failed to load - thus there would be a risk that your form would’t be rendered properly/fully and the necessary data handling wouldn’t happen either) you will get an appropriate exception. Although it’s fine to get an instant error message about such failures in development, in production is wouldn’t look appropriate. Thus, there are two settings related to the non-existing (not-found) form element- and form handler- plugins.

  • FOBI_DEBUG: Set this to True in your development environment anyway. Watch error logs closely.

  • FOBI_FAIL_ON_MISSING_FORM_ELEMENT_PLUGINS: If you want no error to be shown in case of missing form element plugins, set this to False in your settings module. Default value is True.

  • FOBI_FAIL_ON_MISSING_FORM_HANDLER_PLUGINS: If you want no error to be shown in case of missing form element handlers, set this to False in your settings module. Default value is True.

Testing

Project is covered by test (functional- and browser-tests).

Note

You are recommended to use Postgres or MySQL for testing. Tests occasionally fail on SQLite due to very intensive IO and SQLite table locking.

To test with all supported Python/Django versions type:

tox

To test against specific environment, type:

tox -e py37-django21

To test just your working environment type:

./runtests.py

To run a single test class in a given test module in your working environment type:

./runtests.py src/fobi/tests/test_browser_build_dynamic_forms.py::FobiBrowserBuldDynamicFormsTest -k "test_2004_submit_form"

It’s assumed that you have all the requirements installed. If not, first install the test requirements:

pip install -r examples/requirements/test.txt

Browser tests

For browser tests you may choose between Firefox, headless Firefox and PhantomJS. PhantomJS is faster, headless Firefox is fast as well, but normal Firefox tests tell you more (as you see what exactly happens on the screen). Both cases require some effort and both have disadvantages regarding the installation (although once you have them installed they work perfect).

Latest versions of Firefox are often not supported by Selenium. Current version of the Selenium for Python (2.53.6) works fine with Firefox 47. Thus, instead of using system Firefox you could better use a custom one.

For PhantomJS you need to have NodeJS installed.

Set up ChromeDriver

  1. Download and install ChromeDriver version matching your browser:

    pip install get-chromedriver-py
    get-chromedriver-py
    
  2. Specify the full path to your ChromeDriver in CHROME_DRIVER_EXECUTABLE_PATH setting. Example:

    from chromedriver_py import binary_path as CHROME_DRIVER_EXECUTABLE_PATH
    

After that your Selenium tests would work.

Set up Firefox 47

  1. Download Firefox 47 from this location and unzip it into /usr/lib/firefox47/

  2. Specify the full path to your Firefox in FIREFOX_BIN_PATH setting. Example:

    FIREFOX_BIN_PATH = '/usr/lib/firefox47/firefox'
    

    If you set to use system Firefox, remove or comment-out the FIREFOX_BIN_PATH setting.

After that your Selenium tests would work.

Set up headless Firefox

  1. Install xvfb package which is used to start Firefox in headless mode.

    sudo apt-get install xvfb
    
  2. Run the tests using headless Firefox.

    ./scripts/runtests.sh
    

    Or run tox tests using headless Firefox.

    ./scripts/tox.sh
    

    Or run specific tox tests using headless Firefox.

    ./scripts/tox.sh -e py36-django111
    

Setup PhantomJS

You could also run tests in headless mode (faster). For that you will need PhantomJS.

  1. Install PhantomJS and dependencies.

    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
    sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
    sudo apt-get install nodejs
    sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
    sudo npm -g install phantomjs-prebuilt
    
  2. Specify the PHANTOM_JS_EXECUTABLE_PATH setting. Example:

    PHANTOM_JS_EXECUTABLE_PATH = ""
    

    If you want to use Firefox for testing, remove or comment-out the PHANTOM_JS_EXECUTABLE_PATH setting.

Writing documentation

Keep the following hierarchy.

=====
title
=====

header
======

sub-header
----------

sub-sub-header
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

sub-sub-sub-header
##################

sub-sub-sub-sub-header
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-header
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Troubleshooting

If you get a FormElementPluginDoesNotExist or a FormHandlerPluginDoesNotExist exception, make sure you have listed your plugin in the settings module of your project.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to the library, but don’t know where to start, do check the open issues where help is appreciated or ask the Author how you could help.

License

GPL-2.0-only OR LGPL-2.1-or-later

Support

For any security issues contact me at the e-mail given in the Author section. For overall issues, go to GitHub.

Author

Artur Barseghyan <artur.barseghyan@gmail.com>

Screenshots

Bootstrap3 theme

Dashboard

1.1

Dashboard

_images/01_dashboard.png

Create a form

1.2

Create a form

_images/02_create_form.png

View/edit form

Form elements
1.3

Edit form - form elements tab active, no elements yet

_images/03_edit_form_-_form_elements_tab_active_-_no_elements_yet.png
1.4

Edit form - form elements tab active, add a form element menu

_images/04_edit_form_-_form_elements_tab_active_-_add_element_menu.png
1.5

Edit form - add a form element (URL plugin)

_images/05_edit_form_-_add_form_element_url_plugin.png
1.6

Edit form - form elements tab active, with form elements

_images/06_edit_form_-_form_elements_tab_active_-_with_elements.png
Form handlers
1.7

Edit form - form handlers tab active, no handlers yet

_images/07_edit_form_-_form_handlers_tab_active_-_no_handlers_yet.png
1.8

Edit form - form handlers tab tactive, add form handler menu

_images/08_edit_form_-_form_handlers_tab_active_-_add_handler_menu.png
1.9

Edit form - add a form handler (Mail plugin)

_images/09_edit_form_-_add_form_handler_mail_plugin.png
1.10

Edit form - form handlers tab active, with form handlers

_images/10_edit_form_-_form_handlers_tab_active_with_handlers.png
1.11

Edit form - form properties tab active

_images/11_edit_form_-_form_properties_tab_active.png
1.12

View form

_images/12_view_form.png
1.13

View form - form submitted (thanks page)

_images/13_view_form_-_form_submitted.png
1.14

Edit form - add a form element (Video plugin)

_images/14_edit_form_-_add_form_element_video_plugin.png
1.15

Edit form - add a form element (Boolean plugin)

_images/15_edit_form_-_add_form_element_boolean_plugin.png
1.16

Edit form

_images/16_edit_form.png
1.17

View form

_images/17_view_form.png

Simple theme

View/edit form

2.1

Edit form - form elements tab active, with form elements

_images/01_edit_form_-_form_elements_tab_active_with_elements.png
2.2

Edit form - form elements tab active, add a form element menu

_images/02_edit_form_-_form_elements_tab_active_add_elements_menu.png
2.3

Edit form - add a form element (Hidden plugin)

_images/03_edit_form_-_add_form_element_hidden.png
2.4

Edit form - form handlers tab active, with form handlers

_images/04_edit_form_-_form_handlers_tab_active_with_handlers.png
2.5

Edit form - form properties tab active

_images/05_edit_form_-_form_properties_tab_active.png
2.6

View form

_images/06_view_form.png

(Sub)modules

Some additional documentation on django-fobi sub-modules are listed below.

fobi.contrib.apps.djangocms_integration

A django-fobi integration with DjangoCMS.

Prerequisites

Tested with DjangoCMS 2.4.3, 3.0.6 and 3.4.3 only. Might work on earlier (or later) versions as well.

Installation

your_project/settings.py

See the example settings files:

INSTALLED_APPS = list(INSTALLED_APPS)
INSTALLED_APPS += [
    'cms',  # DjangoCMS

    'fobi.contrib.apps.djangocms_integration',  # Fobi DjangoCMS app
]

Information for developers

Templates for DjangoCMS

Django-CMS templates are quite specific and in some aspects are not 100% compatible with built-in themes (due to the fact that DjangoCMS intensively makes use of django-sekizai which isn’t used in the generic templates).

That does not anyhow affect the core fobi and the built-in themes, although you can’t magically reuse built-in fobi themes with Django-CMS (as it’s done for FeinCMS page templates).

You would have to make custom page templates from scratch (or based on a copy of the desired bundled template). See how I did it for all bundled themes here:

Template rendering

The embed DjangoCMS widget is rendered with use of two theme templates:

  • view_embed_form_entry_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form.

  • embed_form_entry_submitted_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form sent event.

Using custom templates for rendering the widget

In the widget, you can specify a template which you want to be used for rendering the form or the form-sent event.

Example:

FOBI_DJANGOCMS_INTEGRATION_FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v1.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v2.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #2"),
)

Same goes for form-sent templates.

FOBI_DJANGOCMS_INTEGRATION_SUCCESS_PAGE_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v1.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v2.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #2"),
)

Registering a template in the FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES makes it available for all the themes. If you rather want to use different custom templates for different themes, use the FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA as shown in the example below.

FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA = {
    'bootstrap3': {
        'djangocms_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom bootstrap3 embed form view template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom bootstrap3 embed form entry submitted template"),
            ],
        },
    },
    'foundation5': {
        'djangocms_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom foundation5 embed form view template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom foundation5 embed form entry submitted template"),
            ],
        },
    },
}

Usage

The fobi.contrib.apps.djangocms_integration.models.FobiFormWidget consists of the following fields:

  • Form: The form to be used.

  • Form template name: Template to be used to render the embed form.

  • Hide form title: If checked, no form title would be shown.

  • Form title: Overrides the standard form title.

  • Submit button text: Overrides the default submit button text.

  • Success page template name: Template to be used to render the embed form-sent event.

  • Hide success page title: If checked, no form-sent title would be shown.

  • Success page title: Overrides the form-sent title.

  • Success page text: Overrides the form-sent text.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration

A django-fobi integration with Django REST framework.

Supported actions are:

  • LIST: List all the forms.

  • OPTIONS: Describe the given form.

  • PUT: Submit form data.

Live demo

Live demo is available on Heroku.

Supported fields

The following fields are supported.

Content (presentational form elements)

Unlike standard fields, content fields are purely presentational. You’re not supposed to make write actions on them (it won’t work). Neither will they be displayed in the browsable API (list/retrieve actions). However, they will be listed in the options action call. All content fields are of type “content”.

  • content_image

  • content_image_url

  • content_richtext

  • content_text

  • content_video

Fields
  • boolean

  • checkbox_select_multiple

  • date

  • date_drop_down

  • datetime

  • decimal

  • duration

  • email

  • file

  • float

  • hidden (in terms of the Django REST framework - a read-only field)

  • input (some sort of a copy of text plugin)

  • integer

  • ip_address

  • null_boolean

  • password (some sort of a copy of text plugin)

  • radio

  • range_select

  • regex

  • select

  • select_multiple

  • select_multiple_with_max

  • slider (just a copy of range_select, for compatibility with main package)

  • slug

  • text

  • textarea (some sort of a copy of text plugin)

  • time

  • url

Not (yet) supported fields

The following fields are not supported. Those marked with asterisk are planned to be supported in the upcoming releases.

  • select_model_object

  • select_mptt_model_object

  • select_multiple_model_objects

  • select_multiple_mptt_model_objects

Implementation details

Each django-fobi plugin has its’ own representative integration plugin within fobi.contrib.aps.drf_integration package.

Some of the plugins may seam to have zero-added-value and in fact they are. For instance, DRF integration slider plugin is just an exact copy of the range_select plugin, created in order to provide exactly the same form fields generated in the API.

You should mention all the plugins you want to use explicitly in the project settings. Thus, if you have used (included in the INSTALLED_APPS) the core plugins:

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.boolean

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.datetime

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.decimal

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.duration

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.email

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.file

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.float

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.hidden

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.input

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.integer

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.ip_address

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.null_boolean

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.password

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.radio

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.range_select

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.regex

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_with_max

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slider

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slug

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.text

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.textarea

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.time

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.url

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image_url

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_richtext

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_text

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_video

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.http_repost

  • fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail

You should include their correspondent Django REST framework implementations in the INSTALLED_APPS as well:

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.boolean

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.datetime

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.decimal

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.duration

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.email

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.file

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.float

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.hidden

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.input

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.integer

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.ip_address

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.null_boolean

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.password

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.radio

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.range_select

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.regex

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_with_max

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slider

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slug

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.text

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.textarea

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.time

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.url

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image_url

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_richtext

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_text

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_video

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.db_store

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.http_repost

  • fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail

Installation

Versions

Was made with djangorestframework 3.6.2. May work on earlier versions, although not guaranteed.

See the requirements file.

your_project/settings.py

See the example settings file.

INSTALLED_APPS = list(INSTALLED_APPS)
INSTALLED_APPS += [
    # ...
    # Here should come a list of form element plugins of the core
    # package, followed by the list of form handler plugins of the core
    # package, followed by the list of themes of the core package and
    # all other apps that do matter.
    # ...
    'rest_framework',  # Django REST framework
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration',  # DRF integration app

    # DRF integration form element plugins - fields
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.boolean',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.datetime',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.decimal',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.duration',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.email',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.file',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.float',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.hidden',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.input',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.integer',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.ip_address',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.null_boolean',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.password',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.radio',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.range_select',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.regex',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_with_max',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slider',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slug',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.text',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.textarea',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.time',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.url',

    # DRF integration form element plugins - presentational
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image_url',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_richtext',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_text',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_video',

    # DRF integration form handler plugins
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.db_store',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail',
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.http_repost',
    # ...
]
your_project/urls.py

Add the following code to the main urls.py of your project:

# Conditionally including django-rest-framework integration app
if 'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
    from fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.urls import fobi_router
    urlpatterns += [
        url(r'^api/', include(fobi_router.urls))
    ]

Usage

If you have followed the steps above precisely, you would be able to access the API using http://localhost:8000/api/fobi-form-entry/.

Actions/methods supported:

LIST
GET /api/fobi-form-entry/

Lists all the forms available. Anonymous users would see the list of all public forms. Authenticated users would see their own forms in addition to the public forms.

OPTIONS
OPTIONS /api/fobi-form-entry/{FORM_SLUG}/

Lists all field options for the selected form.

See the test DRF form and same form in DRF integration app with most of the fields that do have rich additional metadata.

OPTIONS call produces the following response:

OPTIONS /api/fobi-form-entry/test-drf-form/
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
    "name": "Fobi Form Entry Instance",
    "description": "FormEntry view set.",
    "renders": [
        "application/json",
        "text/html"
    ],
    "parses": [
        "application/json",
        "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
        "multipart/form-data"
    ],
    "actions": {
        "PUT": {
            "test_integer": {
                "type": "integer",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test integer",
                "min_value": 1,
                "max_value": 20,
                "initial": 10
            },
            "test_email": {
                "type": "email",
                "required": true,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test email",
                "help_text": "Donec mollis hendrerit risus. Phasellus a "
                             "est. Nam ipsum risus, rutrum vitae, "
                             "vestibulum eu, molestie vel, lacus. "
                             "Praesent nec nisl a purus blandit viverra. "
                             "Cras id dui.",
                "max_length": 255,
                "placeholder": "john@doe.com"
            },
            "test_text": {
                "type": "string",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test text",
                "help_text": "Sed lectus. Phasellus gravida semper "
                             "nisi. Curabitur at lacus ac velit ornare "
                             "lobortis. Mauris turpis nunc, blandit et, "
                             "volutpat molestie, porta ut, ligula. Lorem "
                             "ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer "
                             "adipiscing elit.",
                "max_length": 255,
                "placeholder": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
            },
            "test_url": {
                "type": "url",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test URL",
                "max_length": 255,
                "initial": "http://github.com"
            },
            "test_decimal_field": {
                "type": "decimal",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test decimal field",
                "min_value": 1.0,
                "max_value": 25.0,
                "initial": 10.0,
                "placeholder": "3.14",
                "max_digits": 5,
                "decimal_places": 2
            },
            "test_float_field": {
                "type": "float",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test float field",
                "min_value": 1.0,
                "max_value": 10.0,
                "initial": 3.14
            },
            "test_ip_address": {
                "type": "string",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test IP address",
                "max_length": 255,
                "placeholder": "127,0.0.1"
            },
            "test_password_field": {
                "type": "string",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test password field",
                "max_length": 255,
                "placeholder": "your-secret-password"
            },
            "test_regex_field": {
                "type": "regex",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test regex field",
                "max_length": 255,
                "regex": "^([a-zA-Z])+$"
            },
            "test_slug_field": {
                "type": "slug",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test slug field",
                "max_length": 255,
                "placeholder": "lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet"
            },
            "test_textarea_field": {
                "type": "string",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": false,
                "label": "Test textarea field",
                "placeholder": "Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique."
            },
            "test_input_field": {
                "type": "string",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": true,
                "label": "Test input field",
                "max_length": 255,
                "autofocus": "autofocus",
                "autocomplete": "on",
                "disabled": "disabled"
            },
            "content_image_url_b0996b16-9f1c-430d-a6c7-0a722f4c2177": {
                "type": "content",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": true,
                "initial": "<p><img src=\"http://example.com/image.jpg\" alt=\"n.n.\" width=\"600\"/></p>",
                "contenttype": "image",
                "raw_data": {
                    "url": "http://example.com/image.jpg",
                    "alt": "n.n.",
                    "fit_method": "fit_width",
                    "size": "600x600"
                },
                "content": "<p><img src=\"http://example.com/image.jpg\" alt=\"n.n.\" width=\"600\"/></p>"
            },
            "content_text_de4d69b2-99e1-479d-8c61-1534dea7c981": {
                "type": "content",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": true,
                "initial": "<p>Pellentesque posuere. Quisque id mi. "
                           "Duis arcu tortor, suscipit eget, imperdiet "
                           "nec, imperdiet iaculis, ipsum. Phasellus a "
                           "est. In turpis.</p>",
                "contenttype": "text",
                "raw_data": {
                    "text": "Pellentesque posuere. Quisque id mi. Duis "
                            "arcu tortor, suscipit eget, imperdiet nec, "
                            "imperdiet iaculis, ipsum. Phasellus a est. "
                            "In turpis."
                },
                "content": "<p>Pellentesque posuere. Quisque id mi. Duis "
                           "arcu tortor, suscipit eget, imperdiet nec, "
                           "imperdiet iaculis, ipsum. Phasellus a est. "
                           "In turpis.</p>"
            },
            "content_video_f4799aca-9a0b-4f1a-8069-dda611858ef4": {
                "type": "content",
                "required": false,
                "read_only": true,
                "initial": "<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/8GVIui0JK0M\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
                "contenttype": "video",
                "raw_data": {
                    "title": "Delusional Insanity - To far beyond...",
                    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVIui0JK0M&t=1s",
                    "size": "500x400"
                },
                "content": "<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/8GVIui0JK0M\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Some insights:

Meta-data is passed to the DRFIntegrationFormElementPluginProcessor as field_metadata argument, which is supposed to be a dict.

Private forms would be only visible to authenticated users.

PUT
PUT /api/fobi-form-entry/{FORM_SLUG}/

{DATA}

Callbacks

Callbacks work just the same way the core callbacks work.

fobi_form_callbacks.py
from fobi.base import (
    integration_form_callback_registry,
    IntegrationFormCallback,
)

from fobi.constants import (
    CALLBACK_BEFORE_FORM_VALIDATION,
    CALLBACK_FORM_INVALID,
    CALLBACK_FORM_VALID,
    CALLBACK_FORM_VALID_AFTER_FORM_HANDLERS,
    CALLBACK_FORM_VALID_BEFORE_SUBMIT_PLUGIN_FORM_DATA,
)

from fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration import UID as INTEGRATE_WITH


class DRFSaveAsFooItem(IntegrationFormCallback):
    """Save the form as a foo item, if certain conditions are met."""

    stage = CALLBACK_FORM_VALID
    integrate_with = INTEGRATE_WITH

    def callback(self, form_entry, request, **kwargs):
        """Custom callback login comes here."""
        logger.debug("Great! Your form is valid!")


class DRFDummyInvalidCallback(IntegrationFormCallback):
    """Saves the form as a foo item, if certain conditions are met."""

    stage = CALLBACK_FORM_INVALID
    integrate_with = INTEGRATE_WITH

    def callback(self, form_entry, request, **kwargs):
        """Custom callback login comes here."""
        logger.debug("Damn! You've made a mistake, boy!")

Testing

To test Django REST framework integration package only, run the following command:

./runtests.py src/fobi/tests/test_drf_integration.py

or use plain Django tests:

./manage.py test fobi.tests.test_drf_integration --settings=settings.test

Limitations

Certain fields are not available yet (relational fields).

Form elements

Content form element

Presentational form elements for drf_integration.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image

A django-fobi ContentImage plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.ContentImage.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

Unlike standard fields, ContentImage field is purely presentational. You’re not supposed to make write actions on it (it won’t work). Neither will it be displayed in the browsable API (list/retrieve actions). However, it will be listed in the options action call.

Sample JSON response fragment

"actions": {
    "PUT": {
        // ...
        "content_image_89c8c319-195b-487a-a44d-f59ef14a5d44": {
            "type": "content",
            "required": false,
            "read_only": true,
            "contenttype": "image",
            "content": "\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n<img src=\"/media/fobi_plugins/content_image/test-image-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Lorem ipsum\"/>\n\n\n</p>\n",
            "raw": {
                "file": "/media/fobi_plugins/content_image/test-image.jpg",
                "alt": "Lorem ipsum",
                "fit_method": "center",
                "size": "500x500"
            }
        },
        // ...
    }
}

JSON response fragment explained

  • type (str): Set to “content” for all presentational form elements.

  • contenttype (str): Set to “image” for ContentImage field.

  • content (str): Representation of the content. Rendered partial HTML.

  • raw (json dict): Raw attributes of the ContentImage plugin. Contains “file”, “alt”, “fit_method” and “size” attributes.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image_url

A django-fobi ContentImageURL plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.ContentImage.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image_url to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_image_url',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

Unlike standard fields, ContentImageURL field is purely presentational. You’re not supposed to make write actions on it (it won’t work). Neither will it be displayed in the browsable API (list/retrieve actions). However, it will be listed in the options action call.

Sample JSON response fragment

"actions": {
    "PUT": {
        // ...
        "content_image_89c8c319-195b-487a-a44d-f59ef14a5d44": {
            "type": "content",
            "required": false,
            "read_only": true,
            "contenttype": "image",
            "content": "\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n<img src=\"http://example.com/media/test-image.jpg\" alt=\"Lorem ipsum\"/>\n\n\n</p>\n",
            "raw": {
                "url": "http://example.com/media/test-image.jpg",
                "alt": "Lorem ipsum",
                "fit_method": "fit_width",
                "size": "500x500"
            }
        },
        // ...
    }
}

JSON response fragment explained

  • type (str): Set to “content” for all presentational form elements.

  • contenttype (str): Set to “image” for ContentImageURL field.

  • content (str): Representation of the content. Rendered partial HTML.

  • raw (json dict): Raw attributes of the ContentImageURL plugin. Contains “url”, “alt”, “fit_method” and “size” attributes.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_markdown

A django-fobi ContentMarkdown plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.ContentMarkdown.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_markdown to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_markdown',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

Unlike standard fields, ContentMarkdown field is purely presentational. You’re not supposed to make write actions on it (it won’t work). Neither will it be displayed in the browsable API (list/retrieve actions). However, it will be listed in the options action call.

Sample JSON response fragment

"actions": {
    "PUT": {
        // ...
        "content_markdown_89c8c319-195b-487a-a44d-f59ef14a5d44": {
            "type": "content",
            "required": false,
            "read_only": true,
            "contenttype": "text",
            "content": "\n<p>\n\nLorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\n\n\n</p>\n",
            "raw": {
                "text": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet."
            }
        },
        // ...
    }
}

JSON response fragment explained

  • type (str): Set to “content” for all presentational form elements.

  • contenttype (str): Set to “text” for ContentText field.

  • content (str): Representation of the content. Rendered partial HTML.

  • raw (json dict): Raw attributes of the ContentText plugin. Contains “text” attribute.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_richtext

A django-fobi ContentRichText plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.ContentRichText.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_richtext to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_richtext',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

Unlike standard fields, ContentText field is purely presentational. You’re not supposed to make write actions on it (it won’t work). Neither will it be displayed in the browsable API (list/retrieve actions). However, it will be listed in the options action call.

Sample JSON response fragment

"actions": {
    "PUT": {
        // ...
        "content_text_89c8c319-195b-487a-a44d-f59ef14a5d44": {
            "type": "content",
            "required": false,
            "read_only": true,
            "contenttype": "text",
            "content": "\n<p>\n\nLorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\n\n\n</p>\n",
            "raw": {
                "text": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet."
            }
        },
        // ...
    }
}

JSON response fragment explained

  • type (str): Set to “content” for all presentational form elements.

  • contenttype (str): Set to “text” for ContentText field.

  • content (str): Representation of the content. Rendered partial HTML.

  • raw (json dict): Raw attributes of the ContentText plugin. Contains “text” attribute.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_text

A django-fobi ContentText plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.ContentText.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_text to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_text',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

Unlike standard fields, ContentText field is purely presentational. You’re not supposed to make write actions on it (it won’t work). Neither will it be displayed in the browsable API (list/retrieve actions). However, it will be listed in the options action call.

Sample JSON response fragment

"actions": {
    "PUT": {
        // ...
        "content_text_89c8c319-195b-487a-a44d-f59ef14a5d44": {
            "type": "content",
            "required": false,
            "read_only": true,
            "contenttype": "text",
            "content": "\n<p>\n\nLorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\n\n\n</p>\n",
            "raw": {
                "text": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet."
            }
        },
        // ...
    }
}

JSON response fragment explained

  • type (str): Set to “content” for all presentational form elements.

  • contenttype (str): Set to “text” for ContentText field.

  • content (str): Representation of the content. Rendered partial HTML.

  • raw (json dict): Raw attributes of the ContentText plugin. Contains “text” attribute.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_video

A django-fobi ContentVideo plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.ContentVideo.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_video to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.content.content_video',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

Unlike standard fields, ContentVideo field is purely presentational. You’re not supposed to make write actions on it (it won’t work). Neither will it be displayed in the browsable API (list/retrieve actions). However, it will be listed in the options action call.

Sample JSON response fragment

"actions": {
    "PUT": {
        // ...
        "content_video_41a6b951-e6f9-4f08-ada6-3b109aa9a72f": {
            "type": "content",
            "required": false,
            "read_only": true,
            "contenttype": "video",
            "content": "\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3P1qcVcs4Ik\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n",
            "raw": {
                "title": "Cras risus ipsum faucibus",
                "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P1qcVcs4Ik",
                "size": "500x400"
            }
        },
        // ...
    }
}

JSON response fragment explained

  • type (str): Set to “content” for all presentational form elements.

  • contenttype (str): Set to “video” for ContentVideo field.

  • content (str): Representation of the content. Rendered partial HTML.

  • raw (json dict): Raw attributes of the ContentVideo plugin. Contains “title”, “url” and “size” attributes.

Fields

Form fields for drf_integration.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.boolean

A django-fobi BooleanField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.BooleanField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.boolean to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.boolean',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.MultipleChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date

A django-fobi DateField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.DateField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down

A django-fobi DateField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.DateField.

This plugin has been made primarily for compatibility with date_drop_down plugin of the core package.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.datetime

A django-fobi DateField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.DateTimeField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.datetime to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.datetime',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.decimal

A django-fobi DecimalField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.DecimalField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.decimal to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.decimal',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.duration

A django-fobi DurationField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.DurationField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.duration to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.duration',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.email

A django-fobi EmailField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.EmailField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.email to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.email',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.file

A django-fobi FileField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.FileField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.file to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.file',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.float

A django-fobi FloatField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.FloatField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.float to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.float',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.hidden

A django-fobi HiddenField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.HiddenField.

Note, that in terms of the Django REST framework it is a read-only field. Any values posted along won’t be saved. Initial value would.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.hidden to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.hidden',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.input

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.CharField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.input to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.input',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.integer

A django-fobi IntegerField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.IntegerField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.integer to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.integer',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.ip_address

A django-fobi IPAddressField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.IPAddressField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.ip_address to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.ip_address',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.null_boolean

A django-fobi NullBooleanField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.NullBooleanField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.null_boolean to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.null_boolean',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.password

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.CharField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.password to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.password',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.radio

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.ChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.radio to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.radio',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.range_select

A django-fobi ChoiceField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.ChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.range_select to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.range_select',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.regex

A django-fobi RegexField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.RegexField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.regex to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.regex',
    # ...
)
  1. In the terminal type:

./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
  1. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select

A django-fobi ChoiceField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.ChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_model_object

A django-fobi ModelChoiceField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.py.ModelChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_model_object to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_model_object',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.MultipleChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects

A django-fobi MultipleModelChoiceField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.fields.py.MultipleModelChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.MultipleChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.select_multiple',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slider

A django-fobi ChoiceField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.ChoiceField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slider to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slider',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slug

A django-fobi SlugField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.SlugField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slug to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.slug',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.text

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.CharField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.text to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.text',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.textarea

A django-fobi CharField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.CharField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.textarea to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.textarea',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.time

A django-fobi TimeField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.TimeField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.time to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.time',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.url

A django-fobi URLField plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Makes use of the rest_framework.fields.URLField.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.time to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_elements.fields.url',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Form handlers

Form handlers for drf_integration.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.db_store

A django-fobi Mail form handler plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Saves submitted form data into the SavedFormDataEntry model.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.db_store to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.db_store',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py migrate
    
    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.http_repost

A django-fobi HTTP repost form handler plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Submits the form to another endpoint specified.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.http_respost to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.http_repost',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail

A django-fobi Mail form handler plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Submits the form data by email to the specified email address.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py migrate
    
    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail_sender

A django-fobi Mail the sender form handler plugin for integration with Django REST framework. Submits the form data by email to the specified email address.

Installation
  1. Add fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail_sender to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.apps.drf_integration.form_handlers.mail_sender',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py migrate
    
    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.apps.feincms_integration

A django-fobi integration with FeinCMS.

Prerequisites

Tested with FeinCMS 1.10, 1.12 and 1.13 only. Might work on earlier (or later) versions as well.

Installation

your_project/settings.py

See the example settings file.

INSTALLED_APPS = list(INSTALLED_APPS)
INSTALLED_APPS += [
    'feincms',  # FeinCMS

    'fobi.contrib.apps.feincms_integration',  # Fobi FeinCMS app

    'page',  # Example
]

FEINCMS_RICHTEXT_INIT_CONTEXT = {
    'TINYMCE_JS_URL': STATIC_URL + 'tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js',
}
your_project/page/models.py
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

from feincms.module.page.models import Page
from feincms.content.raw.models import RawContent
from feincms.content.richtext.models import RichTextContent
# Import the ``django-fobi`` widget.
from fobi.contrib.apps.feincms_integration.widgets import FobiFormWidget

Page.register_extensions('feincms.module.extensions.translations',)

# Register basic template.
Page.register_templates(
    {
        'title': _(u"Base template"),
        'path': 'page/base.html',
        'key': 'page_base',
        'regions': (
            ('main', _(u"Main")),
            ('sidebar', _(u"Sidebar")),
        )
    },
    )

# Standard content types
Page.create_content_type(RawContent)
Page.create_content_type(RichTextContent)

# Register the ``django-fobi`` widget.
Page.create_content_type(FobiFormWidget)
your_project/admin.py
from django.contrib import admin

from feincms.module.page.modeladmins import PageAdmin

from page.models import Page

admin.site.register(Page, PageAdmin)
Information for developers
Template rendering

The embed FeinCMS widget is rendered with use of two theme templates:

  • view_embed_form_entry_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form.

  • embed_form_entry_submitted_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form sent event.

Using custom templates for rendering the widget

In the widget, you can specify a template which you want to be used for rendering the form or the form-sent event.

Example:

FOBI_FEINCMS_INTEGRATION_FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v1.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v2.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #2"),
)

Same goes for form-sent templates.

FOBI_FEINCMS_INTEGRATION_SUCCESS_PAGE_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v1.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v2.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #2"),
)

Registering a template in the FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES makes it available for all the themes. If you rather want to use different custom templates for different themes, use the FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA as shown in the example below.

FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA = {
    'bootstrap3': {
        'feincms_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom bootstrap3 embed form view template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom bootstrap3 embed form entry submitted template"),
            ],
        },
    },
    'foundation5': {
        'feincms_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom foundation5 embed form view template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom foundation5 embed form entry submitted template"),
            ],
        },
    },
}

Usage

The fobi.contrib.apps.feincms_integration.widgets.FobiFormWidget consists of the following fields:

  • Form: The form to be used.

  • Form template name: Template to be used to render the embed form.

  • Hide form title: If checked, no form title would be shown.

  • Form title: Overrides the standard form title.

  • Submit button text: Overrides the default submit button text.

  • Success page template name: Template to be used to render the embed form-sent event.

  • Hide success page title: If checked, no form-sent title would be shown.

  • Success page title: Overrides the form-sent title.

  • Success page text: Overrides the form-sent text.

fobi.contrib.apps.mezzanine_integration

A django-fobi integration with Mezzanine.

Prerequisites

Tested with Mezzanine 3.1.10 and 4.2.3 only. Might work on earlier (or later) versions as well.

Installation

Versions

See the requirements files:

your_project/settings.py

See the example settings file.

INSTALLED_APPS = list(INSTALLED_APPS)
INSTALLED_APPS += [
    # Standard mezzanine apps

    'fobi.contrib.apps.mezzanine_integration',  # Fobi Mezzanine app
]

Information for developers

Template rendering

The form embed into Mezzanine page is rendered with use of two theme templates:

  • view_embed_form_entry_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form.

  • embed_form_entry_submitted_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form sent event.

Using custom templates for rendering the form

In the widget, you can specify a template which you want to be used for rendering the form or the form-sent event.

Example:

FOBI_MEZZANINE_INTEGRATION_FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v1.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v2.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #2"),
)

Same goes for form-sent templates.

FOBI_MEZZANINE_INTEGRATION_SUCCESS_PAGE_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v1.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v2.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #2"),
)

Registering a template in the FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES makes it available for all the themes. If you rather want to use different custom templates for different themes, use the FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA as shown in the example below.

FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA = {
    'bootstrap3': {
        'mezzanine_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom bootstrap3 embed form view template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom bootstrap3 embed form entry submitted template"),
            ],
        },
    },
    'foundation5': {
        'mezzanine_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom foundation5 embed form view template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom foundation5 embed form entry submitted template"),
            ],
        },
    },
}

Usage

The fobi page model

The fobi.contrib.apps.mezzanine_integration.models.FobiFormPage consists of the following fields:

  • Form: The form to be used.

  • Form template name: Template to be used to render the embed form.

  • Hide form title: If checked, no form title would be shown.

  • Form title: Overrides the standard form title.

  • Submit button text: Overrides the default submit button text.

  • Success page template name: Template to be used to render the embed form-sent event.

  • Hide success page title: If checked, no form-sent title would be shown.

  • Success page title: Overrides the form-sent title.

  • Success page text: Overrides the form-sent text.

Steps described
  1. If you use the mezzanine example project, to start go to the http://localhost:8003/fobi/ URL and create a form.

  2. Then go to http://localhost:8003/admin/pages/page/ and add a new Fobi form page.

  3. Choose the form and optionally - override the form settings and then save the page.

  4. See the page in the front-end.

fobi.contrib.apps.wagtail_integration

A django-fobi integration with Wagtail.

Prerequisites

Tested with Wagtail 1.10.1 only. Might work on earlier (or later) versions as well.

Installation

Versions

See the requirements files:

your_project/settings.py

See the example settings file.

INSTALLED_APPS = list(INSTALLED_APPS)
INSTALLED_APPS += [
    # ... standard wagtail apps

    # ... standard django-fobi apps

    'fobi.contrib.apps.wagtail_integration',  # Wagtail integration app
]
your_project/your_app/models.py

If existing fobi.contrib.apps.wagtail_integration.models.FobiFormPage model does not fit your needs and you want to extend, there’s a fobi.contrib.apps.wagtail_integration.abstract.AbstractFobiFormPage abstract model which you can extend. If so, remove the fobi.contrib.apps.wagtail_integration from INSTALLED_APPS and add path to the app with your customised FobiFormPage model.

from fobi.contrib.apps.wagtail_integration.models import AbstractFobiFormPage

class FobiFormPage(AbstractFobiFormPage):
    """Fobi form page."""

    # ... customise your form page further

And then:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ... standard wagtail apps

    # ... standard django-fobi apps

    'your_app',  # Customised `FobiFormPage` model app
]
Information for developers
Template rendering

The embed Wagtail page is rendered with use of two theme templates:

  • view_embed_form_entry_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form.

  • embed_form_entry_submitted_ajax_template: Used for rendering the form sent event.

Using custom templates for rendering the widget

In the widget, you can specify a template which you want to be used for rendering the form or the form-sent event.

Example:

FOBI_WAGTAIL_INTEGRATION_FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v1.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_view_embed_form_v2.html",
     "Custom embed form view template #2"),
)

Same goes for form-sent templates.

FOBI_WAGTAIL_INTEGRATION_SUCCESS_PAGE_TEMPLATE_CHOICES = (
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v1.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #1"),
    ("yourapp/custom_embed_form_submitted_v2.html",
     "Custom form-sent template #2"),
)

Registering a template in the FORM_TEMPLATE_CHOICES makes it available for all the themes. If you rather want to use different custom templates for different themes, use the FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA as shown in the example below.

FOBI_CUSTOM_THEME_DATA = {
    'bootstrap3': {
        'wagtail_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom form view (non-partial) template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/bootstrap3_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom form entry submitted (non-partial) template"),
            ],
        },
    },
    'foundation5': {
        'wagtail_integration': {
            'form_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/view_embed_form.html',
                 "Custom form view (non-partial) template"),
            ],
            'success_page_template_choices': [
                ('fobi/foundation5_extras/embed_form_submitted.html',
                 "Custom form entry submitted (non-partial) template"),
            ],
        },
    },
}

Disregard the name, both view_embed_form.html and embed_form_submitted.html files should be full (non-partial) HTML templates.

Usage

The fobi.contrib.apps.wagtail_integration.models.FobiFormPage consists of the following django-fobi specific fields (as well as of other Wagtail Page related fields):

  • Form: The form to be used.

  • Form template name: Template to be used to render the embed form.

  • Hide form title: If checked, no form title would be shown.

  • Form title: Overrides the standard form title.

  • Submit button text: Overrides the default submit button text.

  • Success page template name: Template to be used to render the embed form-sent event.

  • Hide success page title: If checked, no form-sent title would be shown.

  • Success page title: Overrides the form-sent title.

  • Success page text: Overrides the form-sent text.

Form elements

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image

A Fobi Image form element plugin.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'easy_thumbnails',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Additionally, for the fine tuning, see the fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image.defaults module. If necessary, override the settings by prepending FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_IMAGE_ to the desired variable name from the above mentioned defaults module.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image_url

A Fobi ImageURL form element plugin.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image_url to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image_url',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Additionally, for the fine tuning, see the fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_image_url.defaults module. If necessary, override the settings by prepending FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_IMAGE_URL_ to the desired variable name from the above mentioned defaults module.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_markdown

A Fobi Markdown form element plugin based on remarkable and markdown.

Installation

  1. Install markdown.

    pip install markdown
    
  2. Add fobi.reusable.markdown_widget to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        ...
        'fobi.reusable.markdown_widget',
        ...
    )
    
  3. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_markdown to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_markdown',
        ...
    )
    
  4. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  5. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_richtext

A Fobi Rich text form element plugin based on CKEditor and django-ckeditor.

Installation

  1. Install django-ckeditor.

    pip install django-ckeditor
    
  2. Add ckeditor to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        ...
        'ckeditor',
        ...
    )
    
  3. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_richtext to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_richtext',
        ...
    )
    
  4. Add fobi.contrib.themes.bootstrap3.widgets.form_elements.content_richtext_bootstrap3_widget to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py (if you’re using bootstrap3 theme). If you’re using another theme, add correspondent widget specific to the active theme.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        ...
        'fobi.contrib.themes.bootstrap3.widgets.form_elements.content_richtext_bootstrap3_widget',
        ...
    )
    
  5. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  6. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Controlling HTML tags and attributes

  1. Install bleach.

    pip install bleach
    
  2. Specify FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_RICHTEXT_ALLOWED_TAGS, FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_RICHTEXT_ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES and FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_RICHTEXT_ALLOWED_STYLES in settings.py. The default values come from bleach:

    FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_RICHTEXT_ALLOWED_TAGS = [
        'a',
        'abbr',
        'acronym',
        'b',
        'blockquote',
        'code',
        'em',
        'i',
        'li',
        'ol',
        'strong',
        'ul',
    ]
    
    FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_RICHTEXT_ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES = {
        'a': ['href', 'title'],
        'abbr': ['title'],
        'acronym': ['title'],
    }
    
    FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_RICHTEXT_ALLOWED_STYLES = []
    

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_text

A Fobi Text form element plugin.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_text to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_text',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Additionally, for the fine tuning, see the fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_text.defaults module. If necessary, override the settings by prepending FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_TEXT_ to the desired variable name from the above mentioned defaults module.

    By default the content of the text field is stripped using either the awesome bleach library or if bleach is not installed just Django’s own strip_tags function. To configure the strip (bleach only) behaviour, two settings are introduced:

    - ALLOWED_TAGS:
    - ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES:
    

    The default values are:

    ALLOWED_TAGS = [
        'a',
        'abbr',
        'acronym',
        'b',
        'blockquote',
        'code',
        'em',
        'i',
        'li',
        'ol',
        'strong',
        'ul',
    ]
    
    ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES = {
        'a': ['href', 'title'],
        'abbr': ['title'],
        'acronym': ['title'],
    }
    

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_video

A Fobi Video form element plugin.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_video to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_video',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Additionally, for the fine tuning, see the fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.content.content_video.defaults module. If necessary, override the settings by prepending FOBI_PLUGIN_CONTENT_VIDEO_ to the desired variable name from the above mentioned defaults module.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.boolean

A Fobi Boolean form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.BooleanField.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.boolean to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.boolean',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple

A Fobi Select Multiple form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.MultipleChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.CheckboxSelectMultiple.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.checkbox_select_multiple',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. By default, the submitted form value of checkbox_select_multiple elements is label (human readable representation of the value chosen). However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    Consider the following list of (value, label) choices (the first element in the tuple is value, the second element is label):

    [
        ('alpha', 'Alpha'),
        ('beta', 'Beta'),
        ('gamma', 'Gamma'),
    ]
    
    • “val”: value (example: “alpha”).

    • “repr” (default): label (example: “Alpha”).

    • “mix”: value (label) (example: “Alpha (alpha)”).

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_CHECKBOX_SELECT_MULTIPLE_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

Usage

You should be entering a single choice per line. Choice might consist of just a single value or value/label pair.

For example:

1
2
alpha, Alpha
beta, Beta
omega

The following HTML would be made of:

<ul id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT">
  <li>
    <label for="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_0">
      <input class="form-control" id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_0" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" type="checkbox" value="1" /> 1
    </label>
  </li>
  <li>
    <label for="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_1">
      <input class="form-control" id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_1" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" type="checkbox" value="2" /> 2
    </label>
  </li>
  <li>
    <label for="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_2">
      <input class="form-control" id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_2" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" type="checkbox" value="alpha" /> Alpha
    </label>
  </li>
  <li>
    <label for="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_3">
      <input class="form-control" id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_3" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" type="checkbox" value="beta" /> Beta
    </label>
  </li>
  <li>
    <label for="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_4">
      <input class="form-control" id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT_4" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" type="checkbox" value="omega" /> omega
    </label>
  </li>
</ul>

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date

A Fobi Date form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.DateField and django.forms.widgets.DateInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down

A Fobi Birthday form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.DateField and django.forms.extras.widgets.SelectDateWidget.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.date_drop_down',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.datetime

A Fobi DateTime form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.DateTimeField and django.forms.widgets.DateTimeInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.datetime to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.datetime',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.decimal

A Fobi Decimal form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.DecimalField and django.forms.widgets.NumberInput (falling back to django.forms.widgets.TextInput for older Django versions).

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.decimal to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.decimal',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.duration

A Fobi Select form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.DurationField.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.duration to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.duration',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

Next to standard field attributes, duration plugin accepts the following attributes (all integers):


  • weeks:

  • days:

  • hours

  • minutes:

  • seconds:

All being used to form a datetime.timedelta value with the arguments mentioned above.

Initial value should be a properly formatted string.

3 days, 23:10:53
09:30:00

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.email

A Fobi Email form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.EmailField and django.forms.widgets.TextInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.email to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.email',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.file

A Fobi File form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.FileField and django.forms.widgets.ClearableFileInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.file to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.file',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. By default uploaded files are stored in the “fobi_plugins/file” directory of the media root. If you want to change the directory location, set the FOBI_PLUGIN_FIELDS_FILE_FILES_UPLOAD_DIR value to the desired (relative) path.

  5. You may optionally restrict uploaded files extensions by specifying the allowed_extensions field in the plugin.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.float

A Fobi Integer form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.FloatField and django.forms.widgets.NumberInput (falling back to django.forms.widgets.TextInput for older Django versions).

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.float to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.float',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.hidden

A Fobi Hidden form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.CharField and django.forms.widgets.HiddenInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.hidden to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.hidden',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.input

A generic input form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.Field and django.forms.widgets.Input. Comes with a lot of options you likely won’t use every day.

The full list of supported HTML properties is listed below:

  • autocomplete

  • autofocus

  • disabled

  • list

  • max

  • min

  • multiple

  • pattern

  • placeholder

  • readonly

  • step

  • type

See w3schools.com for further explanations.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.input to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.input',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.integer

A Fobi Integer form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.IntegerField and django.forms.widgets.NumberInput (falling back to django.forms.widgets.TextInput for older Django versions).

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.integer to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.integer',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.ip_address

A Fobi Text form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.GenericIPAddressField and django.forms.widgets.TextInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.ip_address to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.ip_address',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.null_boolean

A Fobi NullBoolean form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.NullBooleanField and django.forms.widgets.NullBooleanSelect.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.null_boolean to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.null_boolean',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.password

A Fobi Password form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.CharField and django.forms.widgets.PasswordInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.password to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.password',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.radio

A Fobi Radio form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.ChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.RadioSelect.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.radio to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.radio',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. By default, the submitted form value of radio elements is label (human readable representation of the value chosen). However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    Consider the following list of (value, label) choices (the first element in the tuple is value, the second element is label):

    [
        ('alpha', 'Alpha'),
        ('beta', 'Beta'),
        ('gamma', 'Gamma'),
    ]
    
    - "val": `value` (example: "alpha").
    - "repr" (default): `label` (example: "Alpha").
    - "mix": `value (label)` (example: "Alpha (alpha)").
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RADIO_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

Usage

You should be entering a single choice per line. Choice might consist of just a single value or value/label pair.

For example:

1
2
alpha, Alpha
beta, Beta
omega

The following HTML would be made of:

<select id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT">
  <option value="1">1</option>
  <option value="2">2</option>
  <option value="alpha">Alpha</option>
  <option value="beta">Beta</option>
  <option value="omega">omega</option>
</select>

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.range_select

A Fobi RangeSelect form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.ChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.Select.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.range_select to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.range_select',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Ranges are specified within the given min/max values. The default values are:

    - INITIAL: 50
    - INITIAL_MAX_VALUE: 100
    - INITIAL_MIN_VALUE: 0
    - MIN_VALUE: 0
    - MAX_VALUE: 100
    - STEP: 1
    

    However, you can override each of them in the settings of your project by prefixing correspondent names with FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_:

    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_INITIAL
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_INITIAL_MAX_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_INITIAL_MIN_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_MIN_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_MAX_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_STEP
    
  5. By default, the submitted form value of range_select elements is label (human readable representation of the value chosen). However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    Consider the following list of (value, label) choices (the first element in the tuple is value, the second element is label):

    [
        ('alpha', 'Alpha'),
        ('beta', 'Beta'),
        ('gamma', 'Gamma'),
    ]
    
    - "val": `value` (example: "alpha").
    - "repr" (default): `label` (example: "Alpha").
    - "mix": `value (label)` (example: "Alpha (alpha)").
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_RANGE_SELECT_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.regex

A Fobi Text form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.RegexField and django.forms.widgets.TextInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.regex to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.regex',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select

A Fobi Select form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.ChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.Select.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. By default, the submitted form value of select elements is label (human readable representation of the value chosen). However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    Consider the following list of (value, label) choices (the first element in the tuple is value, the second element is label):

    [
        ('alpha', 'Alpha'),
        ('beta', 'Beta'),
        ('gamma', 'Gamma'),
    ]
    
    - "val": `value` (example: "alpha").
    - "repr" (default): `label` (example: "Alpha").
    - "mix": `value (label)` (example: "Alpha (alpha)").
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

Usage

You should be entering a single choice per line. Choice might consist of just a single value or value/label pair.

For example:

1
2
alpha, Alpha
beta, Beta
omega

The following HTML would be made of:

<select id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT">
  <option value="1">1</option>
  <option value="2">2</option>
  <option value="alpha">Alpha</option>
  <option value="beta">Beta</option>
  <option value="omega">omega</option>
</select>

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_model_object

A Fobi Select Model Object form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.models.ModelChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.Select.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_model_object to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_model_object',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Make sure to take a look at fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_model_object.defaults.IGNORED_MODELS. If necessary, override it in your settings as shown in the example below:

    FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MODEL_OBJECT_IGNORED_MODELS = [
        'auth.User',
        'auth.Group',
    ]
    
  5. By default, the submitted form value of select_model_object elements is app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr. However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    - "val": `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    - "repr": `object_repr` (uses the ``__unicode__`` method of the model).
    - "mix" (default): `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MODEL_OBJECT_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_mptt_model_object

A Fobi Select MPTT Model Object form field plugin. Makes use of the mptt.fields.TreeNodeChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.Select.

Installation

Install django-mptt

Taken from django-mptt Getting started.

  1. Download django-mptt using pip by running:

pip install django-mptt
  1. Add mptt to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

Install select_mptt_model_object plugin
  1. Add mptt and fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_mptt_model_object to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'mptt',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_mptt_model_object',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Make sure to take a look at fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_mptt_model_object.defaults.IGNORED_MODELS. If necessary, override it in your settings as shown in the example below:

    FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MPTT_MODEL_OBJECT_IGNORED_MODELS = [
        'auth.User',
        'auth.Group',
    ]
    
  5. By default, the submitted form value of select_mptt_model_object elements is app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr. However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    - "val": `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    - "repr": `object_repr` (uses the ``__unicode__`` method of the model).
    - "mix" (default): `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MPTT_MODEL_OBJECT_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple

A Fobi Select Multiple form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.MultipleChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.SelectMultiple.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. By default, the submitted form value of select_multiple elements is label (human readable representation of the value chosen). However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    Consider the following list of (value, label) choices (the first element in the tuple is value, the second element is label):

    [
        ('alpha', 'Alpha'),
        ('beta', 'Beta'),
        ('gamma', 'Gamma'),
    ]
    
    - "val": `value` (example: "alpha").
    - "repr" (default): `label` (example: "Alpha").
    - "mix": `value (label)` (example: "Alpha (alpha)").
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

Usage

You should be entering a single choice per line. Choice might consist of just a single value or value/label pair.

For example:

1
2
alpha, Alpha
beta, Beta
omega

The following HTML would be made of:

<select id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT">
  <option value="1">1</option>
  <option value="2">2</option>
  <option value="alpha">Alpha</option>
  <option value="beta">Beta</option>
  <option value="omega">omega</option>
</select>

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects

A Fobi Select Multiple Model Objects form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.models.ModelMultipleChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.SelectMultiple.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Make sure to take a look at fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_model_objects.defaults.IGNORED_MODELS. If necessary, override it in your settings as shown in the example below:

    FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_MODEL_OBJECTS_IGNORED_MODELS = [
        'auth.User',
        'auth.Group',
    ]
    
  5. By default, the submitted form value of select_multiple_model_objects elements is app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr. However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    - "val": `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    - "repr": `object_repr` (uses the ``__unicode__`` method of the model).
    - "mix" (default): `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_MODEL_OBJECTS_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_mptt_model_objects

A Fobi Select Multiple MPTT Model Objects form field plugin. Makes use of the mptt.forms.TreeNodeMultipleChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.SelectMultiple.

Installation

Install django-mptt

Taken from django-mptt Getting started.

  1. Download django-mptt using pip by running:

pip install django-mptt
  1. Add mptt to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

Install select_multiple_mptt_model_objects plugin
  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_mptt_model_objects to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'mptt',
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_mptt_model_objects',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Make sure to take a look at fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_mptt_model_objects.defaults.IGNORED_MODELS. If necessary, override it in your settings as shown in the example below:

    FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_MPTT_MODEL_OBJECTS_IGNORED_MODELS = [
        'auth.User',
        'auth.Group',
    ]
    
  5. By default, the submitted form value of select_multiple_mptt_model_objects elements is app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr. However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    - "val": `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    - "repr": `object_repr` (uses the ``__unicode__`` method of the model).
    - "mix" (default): `app_label.model_name.object_pk.object_repr`.
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_MPTT_MODEL_OBJECTS_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_with_max

A Fobi Select Multiple form field plugin with max choices. Makes use of the django.forms.widgets.SelectMultiple.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_with_max to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.select_multiple_with_max',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. By default, the submitted form value of select_multiple_with_max elements is label (human readable representation of the value chosen). However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    Consider the following list of (value, label) choices (the first element in the tuple is value, the second element is label):

    [
        ('alpha', 'Alpha'),
        ('beta', 'Beta'),
       ('gamma', 'Gamma'),
    ]
    
    - "val": `value` (example: "alpha").
    - "repr" (default): `label` (example: "Alpha").
    - "mix": `value (label)` (example: "Alpha (alpha)").
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SELECT_MULTIPLE_WITH_MAX_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

Usage

You should be entering a single choice per line. Choice might consist of just a single value or value/label pair. If you enter an integer in the ‘max_choices’ field, the user can choose only <max_choices> or less choices.

For example:

1
2
alpha, Alpha
beta, Beta
omega

The following HTML would be made of:

<select id="id_NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT" name="NAME_OF_THE_ELEMENT">
  <option value="1">1</option>
  <option value="2">2</option>
  <option value="alpha">Alpha</option>
  <option value="beta">Beta</option>
  <option value="omega">omega</option>
</select>

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slider

A Fobi Percentage form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.ChoiceField and django.forms.widgets.Select.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slider to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slider',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Ranges are specified within the given min/max values. The default values are:

    - INITIAL: 50
    - INITIAL_MAX_VALUE: 100
    - INITIAL_MIN_VALUE: 0
    - MIN_VALUE: 0
    - MAX_VALUE: 100
    - STEP: 1
    

    However, you can override each of them in the settings of your project by prefixing correspondent names with FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_:

    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_INITIAL
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_INITIAL_MAX_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_INITIAL_MIN_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_MIN_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_MAX_VALUE
    - FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_STEP
    
  5. By default, the submitted form value of slider elements is label (human readable representation of the value chosen). However, that part of the behaviour has been made configurable. You can choose between the following options:

    Consider the following list of (value, label) choices (the first element in the tuple is value, the second element is label):

    [
        ('alpha', 'Alpha'),
        ('beta', 'Beta'),
        ('gamma', 'Gamma'),
    ]
    
    - "val": `value` (example: "alpha").
    - "repr" (default): `label` (example: "Alpha").
    - "mix": `value (label)` (example: "Alpha (alpha)").
    

    Simply set the FOBI_FORM_ELEMENT_SLIDER_SUBMIT_VALUE_AS assign one of the following values: “val”, “repr” or “mix” to get the desired behaviour.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slug

A Fobi Text form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.SlugField and django.forms.widgets.TextInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slug to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.slug',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.text

A Fobi Text form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.CharField and django.forms.widgets.TextInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.text to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.text',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.textarea

A Fobi Textarea form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.CharField and django.forms.widgets.Textarea.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.textarea to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.textarea',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.time

A Fobi DateTime form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.TimeField and django.forms.widgets.TextInput.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.time to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.time',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.url

A Fobi URL form field plugin. Makes use of the django.forms.fields.URLField and django.forms.widgets.URLInput falling back to django.forms.widgets.TextInput for older Django versions.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.url to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.fields.url',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.captcha

A CAPTCHA form field plugin. Makes use of the django-simple-captcha.

Prerequisites

You will need libfreetype6, otherwise django-simple-captcha won’t work.

sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev

Installation

Install django-simple-captcha

Taken from django-simple-captcha installation instructions.

  1. Download django-simple-captcha using pip by running:

    pip install django-simple-captcha
    
  2. Add captcha to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

  3. Run python manage.py migrate.

  4. Add an entry to your urls.py:

    urlpatterns += [
        url(r'^captcha/', include('captcha.urls')),
    ]
    
Install fobi Captcha plugin
  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.captcha to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.captcha',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. In order to have nicer text input widget, add the following line to your settings (if you’re using bootstrap3 theme):

    CAPTCHA_TEXT_FIELD_TEMPLATE = 'bootstrap3/captcha/text_field.html'
    

    For foundation5 theme add the following line:

    CAPTCHA_TEXT_FIELD_TEMPLATE = 'foundation5/captcha/text_field.html'
    

Troubleshooting and usage limitations

In combination with other captcha solutions

At the moment, you can’t use both CAPTCHA (fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.captcha) and ReCAPTCHA (fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.recaptcha) plugins alongside due to app name collision of the django-simple-captcha and django-recaptcha packages.

Usage

Note, that unlike most of the other form element plugins, default value for the required attribute is True, which makes the Captcha obligatory. Although you could still set it to False, it does not make much sense to do so.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.honeypot

A Honeypot form field plugin. Just another anti-spam technique.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.honeypot to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.honeypot',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.invisible_recaptcha

A Invisible reCAPTCHA form field plugin. Just another anti-spam technique.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.invisible_recaptcha to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.invisible_recaptcha',
        'fobi.contrib.themes.bootstrap3.widgets.form_elements.invisible_recaptcha_bootstrap3_widget',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. Enable Invisible reCAPTCHA for your site and put the site key and site secret keys in the settings:

    FOBI_PLUGIN_INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY = 'your-site-key'
    FOBI_PLUGIN_INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_SITE_SECRET = 'your-site-secret'
    
  3. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  4. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.recaptcha

A ReCAPTCHA form field plugin. Makes use of the django-recaptcha.

Installation

Install django-recaptcha
  1. Download django-recaptcha using pip by running:

pip install django-recaptcha
  1. Add captcha to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

  2. Run python manage.py migrate.

Install fobi ReCAPTCHA plugin

(1) Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.recaptcha to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.recaptcha',
    # ...
)
  1. In the terminal type:

./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins

(3) Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  1. Specify the following ReCAPTCHA credentials in your settings:

- ``RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY``
- ``RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY``

For testing purposes obtain the keys here:

Troubleshooting and usage limitations

In combination with other captcha solutions

At the moment, you can’t use both CAPTCHA (fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.captcha) and ReCAPTCHA (fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.security.recaptcha) plugins alongside due to app name collision of the django-simple-captcha and django-recaptcha packages.

If you happen to see errors like “Input error: k: Format of site key was invalid”, make sure to have defined (and filled in properly) the RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY and RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY in your settings.py. See the following thread for more information.

Usage

Note, that unlike most of the other form element plugins, default value for the required attribute is True, which makes the ReCaptcha obligatory. Although you could still set it to False, it does not make much sense to do so.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.test.dummy

A Fobi Dummy form element plugin. Created for testing purposes.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.test.dummy to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_elements.test.dummy',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Form handlers

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store

A Fobi Database Store form-/wizard- handler plugin. Saves submitted form data into the SavedFormDataEntry/SavedFormWizardDataEntry models.

Dependencies

The xlwt package is required (optional) for XLS export. If not present, export format falls back to CSV.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py migrate
    
    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

  4. Add db_store form handler plugin URLs to the urls.py of your project.

    urlpatterns = [
        # DB Store plugin URLs
        url(r'^fobi/plugins/form-handlers/db-store/',
            include('fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store.urls')),
    ]
    

    For form wizards do:

    urlpatterns = [
        # DB Store plugin URLs
        url(r'^fobi/plugins/form-wizard-handlers/db-store/',
            include('fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.db_store.urls.'
                    'form_wizard_handlers')),
    ]
    

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.http_repost

A Fobi HTTP Repost form handler plugin. Submits the form data as is to the given endpoint.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.http_repost to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.http_repost',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail

A Fobi Mail form handler plugin. Submits the form data by email to the specified email address.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail_sender

A Fobi Mail form handler plugin. Submits the form data by email to the sender (submitter) of the form.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail_sender to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_handlers.mail_sender',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. In the terminal type:

    ./manage.py fobi_sync_plugins
    
  3. Assign appropriate permissions to the target users/groups to be using the plugin if FOBI_RESTRICT_PLUGIN_ACCESS is set to True.

Usage

  1. Add the Mail the sender form handler to the form.

  2. In the value for Form field name to email fill in the form field name which shall be used for sending an email to. For instance, if your original form consisted of name, email, comment fields, you should put email as a value for Form field name to email field.

Form importers

mailchimp_importer

A django-fobi integration with MailChimp.

This plugin makes it possible to import a form from a MailChimp list. A typical list URL would be this. In the listing you would see list names and Stats at the right corner. If you click on it you would see the Settings link. Follow it and scroll to the bottom for the unique id for your list. Now, if you have been successfully authenticated to the MailChimp API using your API_KEY, you could call the lists.merge_vars method for getting the form. API_KEY could be obtained from the MailChimp in the Account API.

For additional information on MailChimp import see the following article.

Prerequisites

Python wrapper for the Mailchimp:

pip install mailchimp

If you are using Django 1.8 or greater, you would need django-formtools package as well:

pip install django-formtools

Installation

your_project/settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = list(INSTALLED_APPS)
INSTALLED_APPS += [
    'fobi.contrib.plugins.form_importers.mailchimp_importer',
]

How it works

Assuming that you have configured the mailchimp_importer plugin properly and have the Django running locally on port 8000, accessing the following URL would bring you to the MailChimp form import wizard.

On the first step you would be asked to provide your API_KEY, which is used to authenticate to the MailChimp in order to fetch your list- and form- information. The key isn’t stored/saved/remembered. Next time you want to import a form from the same account, you would have to provide it again.

Development status

This part of code is alpha, which means it experimental and needs improvements.

See the TODOS for the full list of planned-, pending- in-development- or to-be-implemented features.

If you want to improve it or did make it working, please, make a pull request.

Themes

fobi.contrib.themes.bootstrap3

A django-fobi Bootstrap 3 theme. Based on the ??? template.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.themes.bootstrap3 to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.themes.bootstrap3',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. Specify bootstrap3 as a default theme in your settings.py:

    FOBI_DEFAULT_THEME = 'bootstrap3'
    

fobi.contrib.themes.djangocms_admin_style_theme

A django-fobi theme in a style of djangocms-admin-style admin. Relies on djangocms-admin-style package and some jQuery UI only.

jQuery UI “Smoothness” theme comes from here.

Installation

Install djangocms-admin-style

See the original installation instructions.

  1. Install the djangocms-admin-style package.

    pip install djangocms-admin-style
    
  2. Add djangocms_admin_style to your INSTALLED_APPS just before django.contrib.admin.

Install fobi.contrib.themes.djangocms_admin_style_theme theme
  1. Add fobi.contrib.themes.djangocms_admin_style_theme to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.themes.djangocms_admin_style_theme',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. Specify djangocms_admin_style_theme as a default theme in your settings.py:

    FOBI_DEFAULT_THEME = 'djangocms_admin_style_theme'
    

fobi.contrib.themes.foundation5

A django-fobi Foundation 5 theme. Based on the ??? template, but entire JS and CSS are taken from Foundation 5 version 5.4.0. The following icon set was used.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.themes.foundation5 to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.themes.foundation5',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. Specify foundation5 as a default theme in your settings.py:

    FOBI_DEFAULT_THEME = 'foundation5'
    

fobi.contrib.themes.simple

A django-fobi theme in a style of Django admin. Relies on Django-admin and some jQuery UI only.

jQuery UI “Django” theme comes from here.

Installation

  1. Add fobi.contrib.themes.simple to the INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py.

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        'fobi.contrib.themes.simple',
        # ...
    )
    
  2. Specify simple as a default theme in your settings.py:

    FOBI_DEFAULT_THEME = 'simple'
    

fobi.integration

Sub-package for easy integration of fobi with third-party apps (especially content management systems).

Concepts

Templates

Reusable

Home for reusable apps that live in fobi codebase, but might be migrated elsewhere some day.

Markdown widget

Markdown widget for Django based on remarkable.

fobi.wizard

Persistent and working form-wizards.

Documentation

Contents:

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