How to convert json to form in Django? - django

Question

I'm developing a Django project, and the team want to seperate the front-end and the back-ed, so I'm using Django to develop api. The format of the data transmitting is json. However, I want to use the defalt user package (django.contrib.auth), and I have to use Form. How could I convert the json received from the frontend to the form that I'm going to use in backend? thanks!
I have tried the silly code as below and it does not work.
#require_http_methods(["POST"])
def register(request):
form = CustomUserCreationForm(data=request.POST)
response = {"status": "success"}
if form.is_valid():
new_user = form.save()
print("valid")
return JsonResponse(response)

Answer 1

This is how your view must look if you want to register new user with custom form :
def register(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = CustomUserCreationForm(request.POST)
response = {}
if form.is_valid():
# The form is valid, now we can save the user in the db
new_user = form.save()
response = {"status": "success", "message": "User created"}
return JsonResponse(response)
else:
# Invalid form
response = {"status": "error", "message": "Form is invalid"}
else:
# It's not a post request ( GET or others)
# Instantiate an empty form
form = CustomUserCreationForm()
context = {
'form': form,
}
return render(request, 'register_template.html', context=context)