Completeit
Django ajax autocomplete generic app.
Installation
Installation steps:
$ git clone git://github.com/comogo/django_completeit.git
$ cd django_completeit
$ pyhon setup.py install
done ;)
Configuration
Add the 'completeit' directory somewhere on your 'PYTHONPATH', put it into 'INSTALLED_APPS' in your settings file. Fill in your ALLOW_AUTOCOMPLETE in your settings file, like this:
ALLOW_AUTOCOMPLETE = {
'completeit_key': {
'model': 'app.Model',
'search': ('field__lookup',),
'label': 'field_name',
'value': 'field_name'
}
}
Add the bellow settings to your URLconf:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
...
(r'^completeit/', include('completeit.urls')),
)
Copy the content of completeit media folder or create a symlink to your media:
ln -s /path/to/your/completeit/media/completeit /path/to/your/media/
Usage
Use the CompleteitWidget in your form fields that you want. You have to tell CompleteWidget completeit_key which should be used for the autocomplete.
Example:
forms.py:
from django import forms
from completeit.forms import CompleteitWidget
class TestForm(forms.Form):
username = forms.CharField(widget=CompleteitWidget(completeit_key='u1'))
template.html:
<html>
<head>
{{ form.media }}
<title>django_completeit example.</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post", action="">
<table>
{{ form.as_table }}
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
</body>
</html>
