django-calculation

Make simple calculations in your django forms using django-calculation. This app provide a Django Widget that derives its value from a expression defined in the widget instance.

The field is updated when any of the source fields change.

Installation

pip install django-calculation

Add calculation to your INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'calculation',
]

Usage

Import calculation and complete the definition.

Example

Using FormulaInput widget

from django import forms

import calculation


class TestForm(forms.Form):
    quantity = forms.DecimalField()
    price = forms.DecimalField()
    amount = forms.DecimalField(
        widget=calculation.FormulaInput('quantity*price') # <- using single math expression
    )
    apply_taxes = forms.BooleanField(initial=True)
    tax = forms.DecimalField(
        # using math expression and javascript functions.
        widget=calculation.FormulaInput('apply_taxes ? parseFloat(amount/11).toFixed(2) : 0.0') 
    )

django-calculation works with static files and therefore it is necessary to include the media of the form in the template file.

<form method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form }}
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

{{ form.media }}

Modes

Currently the app support two modes of calculation FORMULA and SUMMARY.

FORMULA

The field value derive from a formula expression. In the expression you can refer to the form field using its name.

amount = forms.DecimalField(
    widget=calculation.FormulaInput('quantity*price')
)

SUMMARY

The field value derive from a summary definition, it is useful when you need to get the sum of a django formset field.

total = forms.DecimalField(
    widget=calculation.SummaryInput(
            function=calculation.SUM,
            field='amount' 
    )

Summary example

Summary definition in OrderForm

class OrderForm(forms.ModelForm):
    total = forms.DecimalField(
        # using SumInput a SummaryInput abstraction
        widget=calculation.SumInput('subtotal')
    )
    class Meta:
        model = Order
        fields = ['date', 'customer']

OrderDetForm also contain a calculated field subtotal.

class OrderDetForm(forms.ModelForm):
    subtotal = forms.DecimalField(
        widget=calculation.FormulaInput('quantity*price')
    )
    class Meta:
        model = OrderDet
        fields = ['product', 'price', 'quantity', 'subtotal']

# formset definition
OrderDetFormSet = forms.inlineformset_factory(Order, OrderDet, OrderDetForm)

Roadmap

• Create demo project.
• Create documentation.
• Add changelog.