How to pass a form from a template to a unicorn component.

[Joetib]

I have been trying to pass a form from my template to a unicorn template

class UnicornCreateStudentFormView(UnicornView):
    form = None

    def __init__(self, form, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        print(form, type(form))
        self.form = form

The component template

<div class="py-5">
    {% load crispy_forms_tags %}
    <style>
        [unicorn\:error\:invalid] {
          border: 1px solid red !important;
        }
        [unicorn\:error\:required] {
          border: 1px solid red !important;
        }
      </style>
    <form action="." method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        {% csrf_token %}
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-12">
                <div class="shadow p-3">

                <div class="row ">

                    <div class="col-md-6">
                        <label for="id_username">Username:</label>
                        <input unicorn:model="username" class="form-control" type="text" name="username"
                            id="id_username" />
                        <span class="text-danger">{{ username_message }}</span>

                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-6">
                        <label for="id_password">Password:</label>
                        <input unicorn:model="password" class="form-control" type="password" name="password"
                            id="id_password" />
                            <span class="text-danger">{{ password_message }}</span>
                            {{ form }}
                    </div>
                </div>

                </div>
            </div>

            <button unicorn:click="$validate">Validate</button>
        </div>
    </form>

</div>

I pass in the form as

{% unicorn 'unicorn-create-student-form' form=student_create_form %}

where student_create_form was passed into the template from the view context.

However the page displays the error

Request Method: | GET
-- | --
http://127.0.0.1:8000/administrator/student/create/
3.1.7
PicklingError
Can't pickle <function capfirst at 0x0000023A1F737678>: it's not the same object as django.utils.text.capfirst
C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django_unicorn\utils.py, line 55, in get_cacheable_component
C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\Scripts\python.exe
3.7.7

The terminal error is

maxlength="150" required id="id_username"><br><span class="helptext">Required. 150 characters 
or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.</span></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_email">Email address:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="email" 
maxlength="254" id="id_email"></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_first_name">First name:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="first_name" maxlength="200" required id="id_first_name"></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="last_name" maxlength="200" required id="id_last_name"></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_password">Password:</label></th><td><input type="password" name="password" required id="id_password"></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_picture">Picture:</label></th><td><input type="file" name="picture" accept="image/*" id="id_picture"></td></tr> <class 'administrator.forms.StudentCreateForm'>
Internal Server Error: /administrator/student/create/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 47, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 181, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\decorators.py", line 21, in _wrapped_view
    return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\administrator\utils.py", line 7, in __inner__   
    return function(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\administrator\views.py", line 25, in create_student
    return render(request, 'administrator/create_student.html', {'student_form': student_form})
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\shortcuts.py", line 19, in render
    content = loader.render_to_string(template_name, context, request, using=using)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader.py", line 62, in render_to_string
    return template.render(context, request)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\backends\django.py", line 61, in render
    return self.template.render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 170, in render
    return self._render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\test\utils.py", line 96, in instrumented_test_render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 938, in render
    bit = node.render_annotated(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 905, in render_annotated
    return self.render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader_tags.py", line 150, in render
    return compiled_parent._render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\test\utils.py", line 96, in instrumented_test_render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 938, in render
    bit = node.render_annotated(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 905, in render_annotated
    return self.render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader_tags.py", line 62, in render
    result = block.nodelist.render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 938, in render
    bit = node.render_annotated(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 905, in render_annotated
    return self.render(context)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django_unicorn\templatetags\unicorn.py", line 137, in render
    request=request,
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django_unicorn\decorators.py", line 59, in timed
    result = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django_unicorn\components\unicorn_view.py", line 742, in create
    cacheable_component = get_cacheable_component(component)
  File "C:\Users\user\Desktop\projects\school\venv\lib\site-packages\django_unicorn\utils.py", line 55, in get_cacheable_component
    pickle.dumps(component)
_pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <function capfirst at 0x000001FD91EB7678>: it's not the same object as django.utils.text.capfirst

[Joetib]

I have resorted to a different solution where I do not pass the form to a component. But j still think being able to pass the form would be great.

[adamghill]

Hmm, I'm not sure what is going here. Can you post the form that has capfirst? Unicorn pickles components to keep state in cache for performance reasons. It will log a warning if it can't pickle the component, but everything should still "work".

But, I can check into it if I see the code. Thanks!

[Joetib]

Rendering the form normally in a Django template works perfectly. And post it also

[adamghill]

I see why it's breaking now. Unfortunately, I don't currently know how I would serialize/deserialize an instantiated form class although it might be possible. I'll let you know if I can figure out how to make it work!

[adamghill]

I have resorted to a different solution where I do not pass the form to a component

Are you instantiating the form inside the component view init method, or something else?

[Joetib]

I instantiated it in a regular Django view.

[nielsonsantana]

I think that is needed use javascript_exclude when passing not serializables objects to unicorn.
I had a similar problem.

from django_unicorn.components import UnicornView


class CheckoutPaymentMethodView(UnicornView):

    length = ''

    class Meta:
        exclude = ()
        javascript_exclude = ('form', 'wizard')

Calling from html.

{% unicorn 'checkout/checkout_payment_method' form=form wizard=wizard %}