.

generic/urls.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from django.urls import path, include
+
+from generic.models import Examination
 from . import views
 
 
@@ -6,14 +8,22 @@ app_name = "generic"
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # path('', views.question_list, name='question_list'),
-    path("examination/create/",
-         views.create_examination,
-         name="create_examination"),
-    path("examination/ajax/get_examination_id",
-         views.get_examination_id,
-         name="get_examination_id"),
-    path("generic_exam_json_edit",
-         views.generic_exam_json_edit,
-         name="generic_exam_json_edit"),
-
+    path("examination/create/", views.create_examination, name="create_examination"),
+    path(
+        "examination/ajax/get_examination_id",
+        views.get_examination_id,
+        name="get_examination_id",
+    ),
+    path(
+        "generic_exam_json_edit",
+        views.generic_exam_json_edit,
+        name="generic_exam_json_edit",
+    ),
+    path(
+        "examination-autocomplete",
+        views.ExaminationAutocomplete.as_view(
+            model=Examination, create_field="examination"
+        ),
+        name="examination-autocomplete",
+    ),
 ]

generic/views.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from dal import autocomplete
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404, redirect
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, user_passes_test
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
-from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied, FieldError
 
 from django.http import Http404, JsonResponse
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
@@ -806,4 +807,22 @@ class ExamCloneMixin():
         object = form.save()
         object.exam_questions.set(self.exam_questions)
         object.save()
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(object.get_absolute_url())
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(object.get_absolute_url())
+
+
+class ExaminationAutocomplete(autocomplete.Select2QuerySetView):
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        # Don't forget to filter out results depending on the visitor !
+        if not self.request.user.is_authenticated:
+            return Examination.objects.none()
+
+        qs = Examination.objects.all()
+
+        if self.q:
+            # This raises a fielderror which breaks creating a new item if not caught
+            try:
+                qs = qs.filter(name__icontains=self.q)
+            except FieldError:
+                return Examination.objects.none()
+
+        return qs