Formset not submitting uploaded picture? - django

Question

I have a view to allow courses to created by users on my app, which am currently having a challenge uploading a course cover(pic) when users create a new course, when course is created all the fields of the course detail get submitted to the data base except the picture data, why is the picture not being submitted, can some one please help me. as this has been a challenge for me for the past week!
This is my view to create a new course!.
class OwnerMixin(object):
def get_queryset(self):
qs = super(OwnerMixin, self).get_queryset()
return qs.filter(owner=self.request.user)
class OwnerEditMixin(object):
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.owner = self.request.user
return super(OwnerEditMixin, self).form_valid(form)
class OwnerCourseMixin(OwnerMixin):
model = Course
fields = ['subject', 'title', 'slug','overview','pic']
success_url = reverse_lazy('courses:manage_course_list')
class OwnerCourseEditMixin(OwnerCourseMixin):
fields = ['subject', 'title','slug', 'overview','pic']
success_url = reverse_lazy('courses:manage_course_list')
template_name = 'manage/module/formset.html'
class ManageCourseListView(OwnerCourseMixin,ListView):
template_name ='courses/course_list.html'
class CourseCreateView(OwnerCourseEditMixin,OwnerEditMixin,CreateView,):
pass
permission_required = 'courses.add_course'
class CourseModuleUpdateView(TemplateResponseMixin, View):
template_name = 'manage/module/formset.html'
course = None
def get_formset(self, data=None,):
return ModuleFormSet(instance=self.course,data=data,)
def get_form(self, data=None):
return RequirementFormset(instance=self.course,data=data)
def get_forms(self, data=None):
return WhatYouWillLearnFormset(instance=self.course,data=data)
def dispatch(self, request, pk):
self.course = get_object_or_404(Course,id=pk,owner=request.user)
return super(CourseModuleUpdateView, self).dispatch(request, pk)
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
formset = self.get_formset()
form = self.get_form()
forms = self.get_forms()
return self.render_to_response({'course':self.course,
'formset':formset,'form':form,'forms':forms,})
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
formset = self.get_formset(data=request.POST,)
form = self.get_form(data=request.POST,)
forms = self.get_forms(data=request.POST,)
if formset.is_valid():
formset.save()
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
if forms.is_valid():
forms.save()
return redirect('courses:manage_course_list')
return self.render_to_response({'course': self.course,
'formset':formset,})
Here is my model, am using formset to create course and also
class Course(models.Model):
owner = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,\
related_name='courses_created', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
subject = models.ForeignKey(Subject,related_name='courses', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
pic = models.ImageField(upload_to="course_pictures", blank=True,null=True)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=200, unique=True,blank=True)
overview = models.TextField()
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
students = models.ManyToManyField(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,related_name='courses_joined',blank=True)
class Meta:
ordering = ['-created']
def __str__(self):
return self.title
Here is my formset
class CourseForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Course
fields = ['pic']
ModuleFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Course,
Module,
fields=['title','description',],
extra=2,
can_delete=True)
RequirementFormset = inlineformset_factory(Course,
Requirement,
fields=['requirements'],
extra=4,can_delete=True)
WhatYouWillLearnFormset = inlineformset_factory(Course,
WhatYouWillLearn,
fields=['hightlights'],
extra=4,can_delete=True)

Answer 1

I think the attribute enctype="multipart/form-data" is missing in the form tag in the template file.
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
...
...
</form>