django custom validators function?

Question

I have a model named X which has a

STATUS_CHOICES = ( (STATUS_A, 'A'), (STATUS_B, 'B'), (STATUS_O, 'Other'), ) and the field name status = models.CharField(max_length=48, choices=STATUS_CHOICES)

here i am trying to write a custom validator to for a spreadsheet when uploaded to check for the value that should return only the STATUS_CHOICES and any other value it should return error how should i write ?

validators.py

from app.model import X
def validate_A_or_B(value):
    return value in dict(X.STATUS_CHOICES).values()

is this correct?

Answer 1

You can define custom validation for a field like this:

validators.py:

from your_view.models import X
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError

 def validate_status(value):

     if value not in dict(X.STATUS_CHOICES).values():
         raise ValidationError("your message")
     return value

You can use it in your models field like this: models.CharField(max_length=48, choices=STATUS_CHOICES, validators = [validate_status]) don't forget to include from .validators import validate_status