Why don't my entries get saved in the database in Django? - django

Question

The post requests from the frontend do not get saved in the database, without any error shown. However, when I manually add entries from the admin panel, it shows on the frontend.
My index.html(form part):
<form class="main__input--form" method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
<p class="main__input--text">
<textarea name="content" id="content" class="main__input--content" cols="35" rows="8" aria-label="Entry content" placeholder="Enter text here..."></textarea>
</p>
<button class="main__input--submit" type="submit">Vent</button>
</form>
My extension of index which loops through the database entries:
{% for obj in all_vents %}
<div>
<h1>{{obj.vent}}</h1>
</div>
<br />
{% endfor %}
My models.py:
class Vents(models.Model):
vent = models.CharField(max_length=10000)
def __str__(self):
return self.vent
My forms.py:
from django import forms
from .models import Vents
class VentForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Vents
fields = ['vent']
My views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from .forms import VentForm
from .models import Vents
def ventout(request):
if request.method == "POST":
form = VentForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return redirect("ventout")
else:
all_vents = Vents.objects.all()
return render(request, "ventout.html", {"all_vents": all_vents})

Answer 1

Views:
def ventout(request):
all_vents = Vents.objects.all()
if request.method == "POST":
form = VentForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return redirect("ventout")
else:
form = VentForm()
context = {"all_vents": all_vents, "form":form}
return render(request, "ventout.html", context)
Template:
<form class="main__input--form" method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button type="submit" class="main__input--submit">Vent</button>
</form>
you could install/use "crispy_forms_tags" to make the form look better,
https://django-crispy-forms.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
if you want to go further you could install/use "widget_tweaks"
https://pypi.org/project/django-widget-tweaks/

Answer 2

Your index.html from part should have {{ form }} form tag, as I guess.
Try Using following code
<form class="main__input--form" method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form }}
<p class="main__input--text">
<textarea name="content" id="content" class="main__input--content"
cols="35" rows="8" aria-label="Entry content" placeholder="Enter text here...">
</textarea>
</p>
<button class="main__input--submit" type="submit" value="Submit">Vent</button>
</form>