django-enum-choices 0.0.3

A custom Django field able to use subclasses of Python's internal `Enum` class as choices

django-enum-choices

A custom Django field able to use subclasses of Python's internal Enum class as choices

Installation

git clone https://github.com/slavov-v/django-enum-choices.git
pip install -e some-directory/django_enum_choices

Basic Usage

# enums.py

from enum import Enum

class FooBarEnumeration(Enum):
    FOO = 'foo'
    BAR = 'bar'

# models.py

from django import models

from django_enum_choices.fields import EnumChoiceField

from .enums import FooBarEnumeration

class MyModel(models.Model):
    foo_bar_field = EnumChoiceField(enum_class=FooBarEnumeration)

# python manage.py shell

In [1]: instance = MyModel.objects.create(foo_bar_field=FooBarEnumeration.BAR)
In [2]: instance.foo_bar_field
Out[2]: <FooBarEnumeration.BAR: 'bar'>

Usage with Django Rest Framework

# serializers.py

from rest_framework import serializers

from django_enum_choices.serializers import EnumChoiceField

class MyModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    foo_bar_field = EnumChoiceField(enum_class=FooBarEnumeration)

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        fields = ('foo_bar_field', )

# python manage.py shell

In [1]: instance = MyModel.objects.create(foo_bar_field=FooBarEnumeration.BAR)
In [2]: MyModelSerializer(instance).data
Out[2]: {'foo_bar_field': 'bar'}