Question

I have values in a database that are encrypted, how can I override django’s admin edit form so that the fields can display the decrypted data? Just to clarify I know how to decrypt the values I just need to know how to get the decrypted values into the fields. Is there a django signal for the change_view method that I could perhaps use?

Answer 1

while it’s possible to override the modelform used by your modeladmin (docs), in this case i would consider using a custom field type, and building in the encryption/decryption into the database serialisation/deserialisation