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djangorota/rota/forms.py

@@ -334,9 +334,32 @@ class ShiftForm(forms.Form):
         help_text="Maximum allowed difference in allocated shifts for this shift (leave blank for default)",
     )
 
+    # Allow entering shift-specific constraints as JSON. This should be a
+    # list of constraint dicts compatible with the scheduler's SingleShift
+    # `constraints` field. Example: `[{"name": "night", "options": {...}}]`
+    constraints = forms.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={"rows": 4, "class": "textarea"}),
+        help_text="Optional JSON list of constraint objects for this shift (e.g. [{'name':'night','options':{}}])",
+    )
+
     def clean_sites(self):
         val = self.cleaned_data["sites"]
         sites = [s.strip() for s in val.split(",") if s.strip()]
         if not sites:
             raise forms.ValidationError("At least one site is required")
         return sites
+
+    def clean_constraints(self):
+        val = self.cleaned_data.get("constraints")
+        if not val:
+            return []
+        try:
+            parsed = json.loads(val)
+            if not isinstance(parsed, list):
+                raise forms.ValidationError("Constraints must be a JSON list of constraint objects")
+            return parsed
+        except forms.ValidationError:
+            raise
+        except Exception as exc:
+            raise forms.ValidationError(f"Invalid JSON for constraints: {exc}")

djangorota/rota/views.py

@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ def shift_add(request, rota_id):
 				"workers_required": int(data["workers_required"]),
 				"assign_as_block": bool(data["assign_as_block"]),
 				"balance_offset": data.get("balance_offset"),
+				"constraints": data.get("constraints", []),
 			}
 
 			current = rota.shifts or []
@@ -930,6 +931,7 @@ def shift_edit(request, rota_id, idx):
 				"days": data["days"],
 				"workers_required": int(data["workers_required"]),
 				"assign_as_block": bool(data["assign_as_block"]),
+				"constraints": data.get("constraints", []),
 			}
 			current = rota.shifts or []
 			current[idx] = shift_dict
@@ -958,6 +960,7 @@ def shift_edit(request, rota_id, idx):
 		"workers_required": shift.get("workers_required"),
 		"assign_as_block": shift.get("assign_as_block", False),
 		"balance_offset": shift.get("balance_offset", None),
+		"constraints": json.dumps(shift.get("constraints", [])) if shift.get("constraints") is not None else "",
 	}
 	form = ShiftForm(initial=initial)
 	modal_html = render_to_string("rota/partials/shift_form_modal.html", {"form": form, "rota": rota, "form_action": request.path}, request=request)