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Customize how data is created

There are many ways to customize how to insert rows into the database.

class lino.core.model.Model

on_create(self)

Override this to set default values that depend on the request.

The difference with Django's pre_init and post_init signals is that (1) you override the method instead of binding a signal and (2) you get the action request as argument.

Used e.g. by lino_xl.lib.notes.Note.

after_ui_create(self, ar)

Hook to define custom behaviour to run when a user has created a new instance of this model.

submit_insert

The SubmitInsert action to be executed when the when the users submits an insert window.

See lino.mixins.dupable for an example of how to override it.

create_from_choice(cls, text)

Called when a learning combo has been submitted. Create a persistent database object if the given text contains enough information.

choice_text_to_dict(cls, text)

Return a dict of the fields to fill when the given text contains enough information for creating a new database object.

class lino.core.actors.Actor

allow_create = True

If this is False, the table won't have any insert_action.

get_create_permission(self, ar)

Dynamic test per request.

This is being called only when allow_create is True.