20 – HOW TO ADD A CHOICE FIELD IN DJANGO – INVOICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Adding a choice field can be a great way to validate what users can input into the application. If you want them to input only certain values in a field, you might want to consider using a choice field.

This is a short tutorial on how to go about making a choice field in Django.

1. Create a choice list for the invoice application.

invoice_type_choice = (
		('Invoice', 'Invoice'),
		('Receipt', 'Receipt'),
	)
	invoice_type = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True, choices=invoice_type_choice)

2. Make migrations and migrate to update the database

./manage.py makemigrations
./manage.py migrate

3. Add the newly created field in the form to allow the users to see it in the application

class InvoiceForm(forms.ModelForm):
	class Meta:
		model = Invoice
		fields = [
			---
			'invoice_type',
			---
			]

4. Save and check the data entry form to be sure it works.