Set Django Model Field Choices in your Frontend the Right Way
In Django, you can define a set of choices for any field. If you’re using a SPA frontend, such as React or Vue, then you’ll need to access these choices in a form. Let’s look at two ways to do this. As an example, we’ll use the following Device model: class Device(models.Model): class Size(models.TextChoices): SMALL = "S" MEDIUM = "M" LARGE = "L" name = models.CharField(max_length=255) size = models.CharField(max_length=255, choices=Size.choices) Hardcode choices in frontend The fastest approach is to harcode these choices in the frontend. ...