Django admin - prevent objects being saved, and don't show the user confirmation message

Question

I want to prevent admins modifying certain data in django. I've done this, but when the user hits 'save', the data is correctly not saved, but the 'success' message is displayed at the top telling the user the data was updated. How can I replace this message?

Thanks

shanyu · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-04T05:14:05.177

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I think you want to use the messages framework.

In an admin action:

class FooAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    ....
    def foo_action(self, request, queryset):
        ....
        self.message_user(request, "%s foo objects were not saved" % foos_not_saved)

In a (model)form:

def save(*args, **kwargs):
    # do stuff
    self.message_user(request, "%s fields were not saved" % ','.join(fields_not_saved))

edited Jul 04 '11 at 05:14

answered Jul 02 '11 at 16:48

shanyu

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Could you clarify this? Where is the part that actually prevents the default success message from being displayed? – Cloud Artisans Jan 07 '14 at 16:45
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@Shanyu Can u please tell me how to restrict the admin form to prevent from saving data if any error is shown – Akshay Mukadam Dec 03 '14 at 05:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '11 at 16:03

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I believe the message is just js. The javascript for the admin site lives in djangoX.X/django/contrib/admin/media/js/ and I believe you can change the message in actions.js.

Alternatively you can go into djangoX.X/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/ and over ride the js from there.

answered Jul 02 '11 at 16:03

Daniel Nill

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I don't want to change the message everywhere, just where the action isn't permitted. – Brad Jul 02 '11 at 16:10

Django admin - prevent objects being saved, and don't show the user confirmation message

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