from django.forms import widgets class CommaSeparatedTextInput(widgets.HiddenInput): def format_value(self, value): try: value = ','.join(value) except TypeError: value = '' return super().format_value(value) def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name): value = super().value_from_datadict(data, files, name) if value == '': return None try: return value.split(',') except AttributeError: return None