Tag: unique_together

Customize Django’s unique_together Error Message

While you’re able to customize the error message for a unique field when defining your model…


class Context(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(error_messages={'unique': u'My custom message'})

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…you can’t do the same for a unique_together constraint. There’s an open ticket but it hasn’t seen much attention. In the meantime, you can override the unique_error_message in your model to provide a custom error message:


def unique_error_message(self, model_class, unique_check):
if model_class == type(self) and unique_check == ('field1', 'field2'):
return 'Your custom error message.'
else:
return super(YourModel, self).unique_error_message(model_class, unique_check)

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