One feature I have been struggling to implement in flask-admin is when the user edits a form, to constrain the value of Field 2 once Field 1 has been set.
Let me give a simplified example in words (the actual use case is more convoluted). Then I will show a full gist that implements that example, minus the "constrain" feature.
Let's say we have a database that tracks some software "recipes" to output reports in various formats. The recipe table of our sample database has two recipes: "Serious Report", "ASCII Art".
To implement each recipe, we choose one among several methods. The method table of our database has two methods: "tabulate_results", "pretty_print".
Each method has parameters. The methodarg table has two parameter names for "tabulate_results" ("rows", "display_total") and two parameters for "pretty_print" ("embellishment_character", "lines_to_jump").
Now for each of the recipes ("Serious Report", "ASCII Art") we need to provide the value of the arguments of their respective methods ("tabulate_results", "pretty_print").
For each record, the recipearg table lets us select a recipe (that's Field 1, for instance "Serious Report") and an argument name (that's Field 2). The problem is that all possible argument names are shown, whereas they need to be constrained based on the value of Field 1.
What filtering / constraining mechanism can we implement such that once we select "Serious Report", we know we will be using the "tabulate_results" method, so that only the "rows" and "display_total" arguments are available?
I'm thinking some AJAX wizardry that checks Field 1 and sets a query for Field 2 values, but have no idea how to proceed.
You can see this by playing with the gist: click on the Recipe Arg tab. In the first row ("Serious Report"), if you try to edit the "Methodarg" value by clicking on it, all four argument names are available, instead of just two.
# full gist: please run this
from flask import Flask
from flask_admin import Admin
from flask_admin.contrib import sqla
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from sqlalchemy import Column, ForeignKey, Integer, String
from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
# Create application
app = Flask(__name__)
# Create dummy secrey key so we can use sessions
app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = '123456790'
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///a_sample_database.sqlite'
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_ECHO'] = True
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
# Create admin app
admin = Admin(app, name="Constrain Values", template_mode='bootstrap3')
# Flask views
@app.route('/')
def index():
return '<a href="/admin/">Click me to get to Admin!</a>'
class Method(db.Model):
__tablename__ = 'method'
mid = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
method = Column(String(20), nullable=False, unique=True)
methodarg = relationship('MethodArg', backref='method')
recipe = relationship('Recipe', backref='method')
def __str__(self):
return self.method
class MethodArg(db.Model):
__tablename__ = 'methodarg'
maid = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
mid = Column(ForeignKey('method.mid', ondelete='CASCADE', onupdate='CASCADE'), nullable=False)
methodarg = Column(String(20), nullable=False, unique=True)
recipearg = relationship('RecipeArg', backref='methodarg')
inline_models = (Method,)
def __str__(self):
return self.methodarg
class Recipe(db.Model):
__tablename__ = 'recipe'
rid = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
mid = Column(ForeignKey('method.mid', ondelete='CASCADE', onupdate='CASCADE'), nullable=False)
recipe = Column(String(20), nullable=False, index=True)
recipearg = relationship('RecipeArg', backref='recipe')
inline_models = (Method,)
def __str__(self):
return self.recipe
class RecipeArg(db.Model):
__tablename__ = 'recipearg'
raid = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
rid = Column(ForeignKey('recipe.rid', ondelete='CASCADE', onupdate='CASCADE'), nullable=False)
maid = Column(ForeignKey('methodarg.maid', ondelete='CASCADE', onupdate='CASCADE'), nullable=False)
strvalue = Column(String(80), nullable=False)
inline_models = (Recipe, MethodArg)
def __str__(self):
return self.strvalue
class MethodArgAdmin(sqla.ModelView):
column_list = ('method', 'methodarg')
column_editable_list = column_list
class RecipeAdmin(sqla.ModelView):
column_list = ('recipe', 'method')
column_editable_list = column_list
class RecipeArgAdmin(sqla.ModelView):
column_list = ('recipe', 'methodarg', 'strvalue')
column_editable_list = column_list
admin.add_view(RecipeArgAdmin(RecipeArg, db.session))
# More submenu
admin.add_view(sqla.ModelView(Method, db.session, category='See Other Tables'))
admin.add_view(MethodArgAdmin(MethodArg, db.session, category='See Other Tables'))
admin.add_view(RecipeAdmin(Recipe, db.session, category='See Other Tables'))
if __name__ == '__main__':
db.drop_all()
db.create_all()
db.session.add(Method(mid=1, method='tabulate_results'))
db.session.add(Method(mid=2, method='pretty_print'))
db.session.commit()
db.session.add(MethodArg(maid=1, mid=1, methodarg='rows'))
db.session.add(MethodArg(maid=2, mid=1, methodarg='display_total'))
db.session.add(MethodArg(maid=3, mid=2, methodarg='embellishment_character'))
db.session.add(MethodArg(maid=4, mid=2, methodarg='lines_to_jump'))
db.session.add(Recipe(rid=1, mid=1, recipe='Serious Report'))
db.session.add(Recipe(rid=2, mid=2, recipe='ASCII Art'))
db.session.commit()
db.session.add(RecipeArg(raid=1, rid=1, maid=2, strvalue='true' ))
db.session.add(RecipeArg(raid=2, rid=1, maid=1, strvalue='12' ))
db.session.add(RecipeArg(raid=3, rid=2, maid=4, strvalue='3' ))
db.session.commit()
# Start app
app.run(debug=True)
