FormField

Manipulators create a "field" attribute that is used to describe the entries in an html form. Each field class takes a list of arguments in its initializer.

The first argument to all field initializers is the field_name. This is the name that is attached to the field's input.

Generic Widgets

• TextField
  • field_name, length=30, maxlength=None, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <input type="text">
• PasswordField
  • field_name, length=30, maxlength=None, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <input type="password">
• LargeTextField
  • field_name, rows=10, cols=40, is_required=False, validator_list=[], maxlength=None
  • <textarea>
• HiddenField
  • <input type="hidden">
• CheckboxField
  • field_name, checked_by_default=False
  • <input type="checkbox">
• SelectField
  • field_name, choices=[], size=1, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <select>
• NullSelectField
  • This SelectField converts blank fields to None
  • field_name, choices=[], size=1, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <select><option></select>
• RadioSelectField
  • Returns a special object, RadioFieldRenderer, that is iterable and has a default str() rendered output.
  • field_name, choices=[], ul_class="", is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <ul><li><input type="radio"></li> ... </ul>
• NullBooleanField
  • This SelectField provides "Yes", "No" and "Unknown", mapping results to True, False or None
  • field_name, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <select>
• CheckboxSelectMultipleField
  • This has an identical interface to SelectMultipleField, except the rendered widget is different.
  • field_name, choices=[], size=1, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <select><option></select>

File Uploads

• FileUploadField
  • field_name, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="file">
• ImageUploadField
  • A FileUploadField that raises CriticalValidationError if the uploaded file isn't an image.
  • field_name, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="file">

Numbers

• IntegerField
  • field_name, length=10, maxlength=None, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <input type="text">
• SmallIntegerField
  • field_name, length=5, maxlength=5, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <input type="text">
• PositiveIntegerField
  • field_name, length=10, maxlength=None, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <input type="text">
• PositiveSmallIntegerField
  • field_name, length=5, maxlength=5, is_required=False, validator_list=[], member_name=None
  • <input type="text">
• FloatField
  • field_name, max_digits, decimal_places, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">

Dates and Times

• DatetimeField
  • A FormField that automatically converts its data to a datetime.datetime object. The data should be in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.
  • field_name, length=30, maxlength=None, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">
• DateField
  • A FormField that automatically converts its data to a datetime.date object. The data should be in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
  • <input type="text">
• TimeField
  • A FormField that automatically converts its data to a datetime.time object. The data should be in the format HH:MM:SS or HH:MM:SS.mmmmmm.
  • field_name, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">

Internet

• EmailField
  • A convenience FormField for validating e-mail addresses
  • field_name, length=50, maxlength=75, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">
• URLField
  • A convenience FormField for validating URLs
  • self, field_name, length=50, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">
• IPAddressField
  • field_name, length=15, maxlength=15, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">

Miscellaneous

• FilePathField
  • A SelectField whose choices are the files in a given directory.
  • field_name, path, match=None, recursive=False, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <select><option /> ... </select>
• PhoneNumberField
  • A convenience FormField for validating phone numbers (e.g. '630-555-1234')
  • field_name, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">
• USStateField
  • A convenience FormField for validating U.S. states (e.g. 'IL')
  • field_name, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">
• CommaSeparatedIntegerField
  • A convenience FormField for validating comma-separated integer fields
  • field_name, maxlength=None, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">
• RawIdAdminField
  • field_name, maxlength=None, is_required=False, validator_list=[]
  • <input type="text">
• XMLLargeTextField
  • field_name, schema_path, rows=10, cols=40, is_required=False, validator_list=[], maxlength=None
  • <textarea>