<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang=""> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Editing mixins — Django 1.8.19 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/default.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT: '../../', VERSION: '1.8.19', COLLAPSE_INDEX: false, FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/doctools.js"></script> <link rel="index" title="Index" href="../../genindex.html" /> <link rel="search" title="Search" href="../../search.html" /> <link rel="top" 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accesskey="U">up</a> | <a href="mixins-date-based.html" title="Date-based mixins">next</a> »</div> </div> <div id="bd"> <div id="yui-main"> <div class="yui-b"> <div class="yui-g" id="ref-class-based-views-mixins-editing"> <div class="section" id="s-editing-mixins"> <span id="editing-mixins"></span><h1>Editing mixins<a class="headerlink" href="#editing-mixins" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>The following mixins are used to construct Django’s editing views:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin</span></code></a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin" title="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin</span></code></a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView" title="django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView</span></code></a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin" title="django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin</span></code></a></li> </ul> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">Examples of how these are combined into editing views can be found at the documentation on <a class="reference internal" href="generic-editing.html"><span class="doc">Generic editing views</span></a>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-formmixin"> <span id="formmixin"></span><h2>FormMixin<a class="headerlink" href="#formmixin" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">django.views.generic.edit.</code><code class="descname">FormMixin</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A mixin class that provides facilities for creating and displaying forms.</p> <p><strong>Mixins</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="mixins-simple.html#django.views.generic.base.ContextMixin" title="django.views.generic.base.ContextMixin"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.base.ContextMixin</span></code></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Methods and Attributes</strong></p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial"> <code class="descname">initial</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A dictionary containing initial data for the form.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class"> <code class="descname">form_class</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The form class to instantiate.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.success_url"> <code class="descname">success_url</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.success_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix"> <code class="descname">prefix</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../forms/api.html#django.forms.Form.prefix" title="django.forms.Form.prefix"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">prefix</span></code></a> for the generated form.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_initial"> <code class="descname">get_initial</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_initial" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Retrieve initial data for the form. By default, returns a copy of <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">initial</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_class"> <code class="descname">get_form_class</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_class" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Retrieve the form class to instantiate. By default <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">form_class</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form"> <code class="descname">get_form</code>(<em>form_class=None</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Instantiate an instance of <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">form_class</span></code> using <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_form_kwargs()</span></code></a>. If <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">form_class</span></code> isn’t provided <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_class" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_class"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_form_class()</span></code></a> will be used.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <span class="title">Changed in Django 1.8:</span> <p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">form_class</span></code> argument is not required anymore.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs"> <code class="descname">get_form_kwargs</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Build the keyword arguments required to instantiate the form.</p> <p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">initial</span></code> argument is set to <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_initial" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_initial"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_initial()</span></code></a>. If the request is a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">POST</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PUT</span></code>, the request data (<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">request.POST</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">request.FILES</span></code>) will also be provided.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_prefix"> <code class="descname">get_prefix</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_prefix" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Determine the <a class="reference internal" href="../forms/api.html#django.forms.Form.prefix" title="django.forms.Form.prefix"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">prefix</span></code></a> for the generated form. Returns <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">prefix</span></code></a> by default.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url"> <code class="descname">get_success_url</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully validated. Returns <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.success_url" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.success_url"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">success_url</span></code></a> by default.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_valid"> <code class="descname">form_valid</code>(<em>form</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_valid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Redirects to <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_success_url()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_invalid"> <code class="descname">form_invalid</code>(<em>form</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_invalid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="s-modelformmixin"> <span id="modelformmixin"></span><h2>ModelFormMixin<a class="headerlink" href="#modelformmixin" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">django.views.generic.edit.</code><code class="descname">ModelFormMixin</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A form mixin that works on <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ModelForms</span></code>, rather than a standalone form.</p> <p>Since this is a subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="mixins-single-object.html#django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin" title="django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">SingleObjectMixin</span></code></a>, instances of this mixin have access to the <a class="reference internal" href="mixins-single-object.html#django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.model" title="django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.model"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">model</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="mixins-single-object.html#django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset" title="django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">queryset</span></code></a> attributes, describing the type of object that the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ModelForm</span></code> is manipulating.</p> <p>If you specify both the <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.fields" title="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.fields"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">fields</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">form_class</span></code></a> attributes, an <a class="reference internal" href="../exceptions.html#django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured" title="django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">ImproperlyConfigured</span></code></a> exception will be raised.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <span class="title">Changed in Django 1.8:</span> <p>Previously if both <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fields</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">form_class</span></code> were specified, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fields</span></code> was silently ignored.</p> </div> <p><strong>Mixins</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin</span></code></a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="mixins-single-object.html#django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin" title="django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin</span></code></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Methods and Attributes</strong></p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.model"> <code class="descname">model</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.model" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A model class. Can be explicitly provided, otherwise will be determined by examining <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.object</span></code> or <a class="reference internal" href="mixins-single-object.html#django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset" title="django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">queryset</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.fields"> <code class="descname">fields</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.fields" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A list of names of fields. This is interpreted the same way as the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Meta.fields</span></code> attribute of <a class="reference internal" href="../../topics/forms/modelforms.html#django.forms.ModelForm" title="django.forms.ModelForm"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ModelForm</span></code></a>.</p> <p>This is a required attribute if you are generating the form class automatically (e.g. using <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">model</span></code>). Omitting this attribute will result in an <a class="reference internal" href="../exceptions.html#django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured" title="django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">ImproperlyConfigured</span></code></a> exception.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <span class="title">Changed in Django 1.8:</span> <p>Previously, omitting this attribute was allowed and resulted in a form with all fields of the model.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.success_url"> <code class="descname">success_url</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.success_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.</p> <p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">success_url</span></code> may contain dictionary string formatting, which will be interpolated against the object’s field attributes. For example, you could use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">success_url="/polls/{slug}/"</span></code> to redirect to a URL composed out of the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">slug</span></code> field on a model.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <span class="title">Changed in Django 1.8:</span> <p>Support for the new brace-based Python formatting syntax has been added. The old <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%(slug)s</span></code> placeholder syntax support has been deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.10.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.get_form_class"> <code class="descname">get_form_class</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.get_form_class" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Retrieve the form class to instantiate. If <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">form_class</span></code></a> is provided, that class will be used. Otherwise, a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ModelForm</span></code> will be instantiated using the model associated with the <a class="reference internal" href="mixins-single-object.html#django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset" title="django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">queryset</span></code></a>, or with the <a class="reference internal" href="mixins-single-object.html#django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.model" title="django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.model"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">model</span></code></a>, depending on which attribute is provided.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.get_form_kwargs"> <code class="descname">get_form_kwargs</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.get_form_kwargs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Add the current instance (<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.object</span></code>) to the standard <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_form_kwargs()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.get_success_url"> <code class="descname">get_success_url</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.get_success_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully validated. Returns <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.success_url" title="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.success_url"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.success_url</span></code></a> if it is provided; otherwise, attempts to use the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_absolute_url()</span></code> of the object.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.form_valid"> <code class="descname">form_valid</code>(<em>form</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.form_valid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Saves the form instance, sets the current object for the view, and redirects to <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url" title="django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_success_url()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.form_invalid"> <code class="descname">form_invalid</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin.form_invalid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="s-processformview"> <span id="processformview"></span><h2>ProcessFormView<a class="headerlink" href="#processformview" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">django.views.generic.edit.</code><code class="descname">ProcessFormView</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A mixin that provides basic HTTP GET and POST workflow.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">This is named ‘ProcessFormView’ and inherits directly from <a class="reference internal" href="base.html#django.views.generic.base.View" title="django.views.generic.base.View"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.base.View</span></code></a>, but breaks if used independently, so it is more of a mixin.</p> </div> <p><strong>Extends</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="base.html#django.views.generic.base.View" title="django.views.generic.base.View"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.views.generic.base.View</span></code></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Methods and Attributes</strong></p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.get"> <code class="descname">get</code>(<em>request</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.get" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Constructs a form, then renders a response using a context that contains that form.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.post"> <code class="descname">post</code>(<em>request</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.post" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Constructs a form, checks the form for validity, and handles it accordingly.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.put"> <code class="descname">put</code>(<em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.put" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PUT</span></code> action is also handled and just passes all parameters through to <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.post" title="django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView.post"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">post()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="s-deletionmixin"> <span id="deletionmixin"></span><h2>DeletionMixin<a class="headerlink" href="#deletionmixin" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">django.views.generic.edit.</code><code class="descname">DeletionMixin</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Enables handling of the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">DELETE</span></code> http action.</p> <p><strong>Methods and Attributes</strong></p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.success_url"> <code class="descname">success_url</code><a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.success_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The url to redirect to when the nominated object has been successfully deleted.</p> <p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">success_url</span></code> may contain dictionary string formatting, which will be interpolated against the object’s field attributes. For example, you could use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">success_url="/parent/{parent_id}/"</span></code> to redirect to a URL composed out of the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parent_id</span></code> field on a model.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <span class="title">Changed in Django 1.8:</span> <p>Support for the new brace-based Python formatting syntax has been added. The old <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%(slug)s</span></code> placeholder syntax support has been deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.10.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.get_success_url"> <code class="descname">get_success_url</code>()<a class="headerlink" href="#django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.get_success_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the url to redirect to when the nominated object has been successfully deleted. Returns <a class="reference internal" href="#django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.success_url" title="django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.success_url"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">success_url</span></code></a> by default.</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="yui-b" id="sidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Editing mixins</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#formmixin">FormMixin</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#modelformmixin">ModelFormMixin</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#processformview">ProcessFormView</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#deletionmixin">DeletionMixin</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>Browse</h3> <ul> <li>Prev: <a href="mixins-multiple-object.html">Multiple object mixins</a></li> <li>Next: <a href="mixins-date-based.html">Date-based mixins</a></li> </ul> <h3>You are here:</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="../../index.html">Django 1.8.19 documentation</a> <ul><li><a href="../index.html">API Reference</a> <ul><li><a href="index.html">Built-in class-based views API</a> <ul><li><a href="mixins.html">Class-based views mixins</a> <ul><li>Editing mixins</li></ul> </li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </li> </ul> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../../_sources/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <form class="search" action="../../search.html" method="get"> <div><input type="text" name="q" /></div> <div><input type="submit" value="Go" /></div> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <h3>Last update:</h3> <p class="topless">Jan 06, 2019</p> </div> </div> <div id="ft"> <div class="nav"> « <a href="mixins-multiple-object.html" title="Multiple object mixins">previous</a> | <a href="../index.html" title="API Reference" accesskey="U">up</a> | <a href="mixins-date-based.html" title="Date-based mixins">next</a> »</div> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </body> </html>