Django form's not valid - django

Question

This question might be asked alot in stackoverflow but i couldn't find the answer.
Take a look at code:
# models.py
class Message(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
body = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=True, blank=True)
room = models.ForeignKey(Room, on_delete=models.CASCADE, blank=True, null=True)
posted = models.TimeField(auto_now_add=True)
def __str__(self):
return self.body
views.py:
class RoomInsideView(View):
template_name = 'room/room_inside.html'
form_class = SendMessageForm
room = None
def get(self, request, room_id, room_slug):
self.room = Room.objects.get(id=room_id)
if self.room.is_private:
return redirect('room:private_room_auth', self.room.id)
form = self.form_class()
context = {
'room': self.room,
'form': form,
}
return render(request, self.template_name, context)
def post(self, request, room_id, room_slug):
form = self.form_class(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
new_msg = Message(body=form.cleaned_data['body'])
new_msg.user = request.user in
all_messages = Message.objects.filter(room=self.room)
messages.error(request, 'form not valid', 'warning')
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form, 'message': all_messages})
forms.py:
class SendMessageForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Message
fields = ('body',)
widgets = {
'body': forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control',
'placeholder': 'Send'}),
}
template:
<form method="post" action="" novalidate>
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.non_field_errors }}
{{ form.body.errors }}
{{ form.body }}
<input type="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary">
</form>
as I added a messages.error if form is not valid it's returning form not valid and I can't find where am I doing wrong

Answer 1

You always add the warning, regardless whether the form is valid or not, this does not make much sense.
That being said, you are writing too much boilerplate code, you can use a CreateView which will eliminate most of the boilerplate code:
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
class RoomInsideView(View):
template_name = 'room/room_inside.html'
form_class = SendMessageForm
success_url = reverse_lazy('name-of-some-view')
def get_context_data(self, *args, **kwargs):
context = super().get_context_data(*args, **kwargs)
context['room'] = get_object_or_404(Room, pk=self.kwargs['room_id'], is_private=False)
return context
def form_invalid(self, form):
messages.error(request, 'form not valid', 'warning')
return super().form_invalid(form)
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.room_id = self.kwargs['room_id']
form.instance.user = self.request.user
return super().form_valid(form)
The name-of-some-view should be replaced with the name of the view where the view should redirect to in case of a successful POST request, this is done to implement the Post/Redirect/Get architectural pattern [wiki].
Note: It is normally better to make use of the settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL [Django-doc] to refer to the user model, than to use the User model [Django-doc] directly. For more information you can see the referencing the User model section of the documentation.