Django Updateview Generic Class

How can I access the object passed by the user inside a generic view class? In template, when the user clicks the link:

Solution 1:

classUpdatePeon(generic.UpdateView):
    if item['attr1'] == "Attribute1":
        model = model1form= model1Form
    else:
        ...

You can't put code in the class body like this. It runs when the module is loaded, before you have access to the request.

You should override a specific method. For example you can override get_form_class to change the form class used by the view. Inside the view, you can access the object being updated with self.object.

classUpdatePeon(generic.UpdateView):
    defget_form_class(self):
        if self.object.pk == 1:
            return MyForm
        else:
            return OtherForm

You may find the ccbv website useful for exploring the update view methods.