Return empty string in case of None

Author: Adrian Muntean

localized_fields/value.py

@@ -233,4 +233,4 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         """Returns string representation of value"""
 
         value = self.translate()
-        return str(value) if value is not None else None
+        return str(value) if value is not None else ''

localized_fields/widgets.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.admin import widgets
 
-from .value import LocalizedValue, LocalizedIntegerValue
+from .value import LocalizedValue
 
 
 class LocalizedFieldWidget(forms.MultiWidget):
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def decompress(self, value: LocalizedValue) -> List[str]:
         return result
 
     def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
-        value = self.remove_if_needed(value)
         context = super(forms.MultiWidget, self).get_context(name, value, attrs)
         if self.is_localized:
             for widget in self.widgets:
@@ -99,16 +98,6 @@ def build_widget_attrs(widget, value, attrs):
 
         return attrs
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def remove_if_needed(value):
-        """If the field LocalizedIntegerField is null in the DB then it must
-        be set to None so it can be represented"""
-        if isinstance(value, LocalizedIntegerValue):
-            not_none_score = list(filter(lambda x: value[x] is not None, [i[0] for i in settings.LANGUAGES]))
-            return value if len(not_none_score) > 0 else None
-        else:
-            return value
-
 
 class LocalizedCharFieldWidget(LocalizedFieldWidget):
     """Widget that has an input box for every language."""