How to output dictionary of forms in django template

Question

I am saving a list of forms as a variable in the view that I am sending to the template.

When I iterate the list of forms in the template, it gives me the error

AttributeError: 'long' object has no attribute 'get'

I've tried originally to save the forms in a dictionary, but got the same error. I can iterate through a queryset that I'm passing to the template, but the list, or dictionary, of forms cannot seem to be iterated.

Is there any solution for this?

Here's my relevant code:

forms.py

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django import forms
from apps.account.models import UserProfile

class StaffUserTypeForm(forms.Form):
    user_type = forms.ChoiceField(choices=UserProfile.STAFF_CHOICES)

account/models.py

from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class UserProfile(models.Model):
    DEFAULT = 0
    ADMIN = 1
    MANAGER = 2
    COORDINATOR = 3
    REALTOR = 4
    TEAM_CAPTAIN = 5
    PROPERTY_OWNER = 6
    PRELOAD = 7
    BILLING = 8
    COORDINATOR_PRELOAD = 9

    STAFF_CHOICES = (
        (ADMIN, 'Admin'),
        (MANAGER, 'Manager'),
        (COORDINATOR, 'Coordinator'),
        (COORDINATOR_PRELOAD, 'Coordinator +Preload'),
        (PRELOAD, 'Preloader'),
        (BILLING, 'Billing'),
    )
    ...

views.py

from forms import *
    ...
    staff = Staff.objects.all()
    roles = []
    for member in staff:
        form = StaffUserTypeForm(initial=member.user.userprofile.user_type)
        roles.append(form)
    context.update({'staff':staff,'roles':roles})
    ...

template (This is where it breaks)

{% for role in roles %}
{{role}}
{% endfor %}

But this works fine:

{% for member in staff %}
{{member.user.first_name}}
{% endfor %}

Update

That particular error is because I didn't specify user_type in initial for the form.

Should be:

form = StaffUserTypeForm(initial={'user_type':member.user.userprofile.user_type})

However, I still have the problem of spitting out the form for each staffmember, because I can't reference a variable as a dictionary key within the template:

if:

roles = {}
for member in staff:
  roles[member] = StaffUserTypeForm(initial={'user_type':member.user.userprofile.user_type})

I can't get the form for the specific staffmember:

{% for member in staff %}
{{roles.member}}
{% endfor %}

Does not work, and does not throw an error. It just looks, I think, for roles['member'] which doesn't exist.

You should use a model formset. Also, you should post the full stacktraces when you have an exception. — jpic
– jpic, Commented Feb 14, 2013 at 20:44
Are you sure that this for with role in roles making error ? — Silwest
– Silwest, Commented Feb 14, 2013 at 20:45
Error was that I didn't send a dictionary as the initial value in the form. However, still can't reference the form in the for loop. I believe it's a template problem. — bozdoz
– bozdoz, Commented Feb 14, 2013 at 20:51

bozdoz · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-14 21:11:33Z

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Since the roles dictionary contains both the members (as keys) and forms (as values), why do you need to iterate through staff at all? Just iterate through roles.

{% for member, form in roles.items %}
    {{ member }} : {{ form }}
{% endfor %}

edited Feb 14, 2013 at 21:11

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answered Feb 14, 2013 at 21:02

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bozdoz Over a year ago

Works like a charm. I was thinking I had to make a template filter to pass the variable as a key: code.djangoproject.com/ticket/3371. You've saved me some time! Thanks.

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