I can't post in Django - django

Question

I can't post in Django, because when I import an image it doesn't work for me. it tells me that there's no file selected but I selected one.
This is the post model that I created, models.py file:
class Post(models.Model):
publisher = models.ForeignKey(User,on_delete=models.CASCADE)
caption = models.CharField(max_length=100)
date_created = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now())
image = models.ImageField(upload_to="post_images")
def __str__(self):
return self.caption
here's the forms.py file for the Post model:
from django import forms
from .models import Post
class CreatePostForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Post
fields = ['caption','image']
here's the Publish function in views.py file which implements the logic for my publish feature:
#login_required
def Publish(request):
if request.method == "POST":
form = CreatePostForm(request.POST,request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
form.publisher = request.user
form.save()
return redirect("home")
else:
form = CreatePostForm()
return render(request,"posts/publish.html",{
"form":form,
})
int the urls.py file:
from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
path('publish/',views.Publish,name="publish"),
path('',views.home,name="home"),
]
and here's in html template:
{% extends "users/base.html" %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block title %}create{% endblock title%}
{% block content %}
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-5 authentification">
<div class="form-header">
<h1>
publish
</h1>
</div>
<div class="form-body">
<form method="POST">
<fieldset class="form-group" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form|crispy }}
</fieldset>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary form-control">publish</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock content %}
the Django version used is 2.2 and the Python 3.8. and Windows 10 Pro

Answer 1

You should alter the .publisher attribute of the .instance wrapped in the form, not the form itself, so:
#login_required
def Publish(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = CreatePostForm(request.POST,request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
form.instance.publisher = request.user
form.save()
return redirect('home')
else:
form = CreatePostForm()
return render(request,'posts/publish.html',{
'form': form,
})
Since you are submitting both files and data, you should specify the enctype=… attribute [mdn] in the <form>:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST">
…
</form>
Note: Django's DateTimeField [Django-doc]
has a auto_now_add=… parameter [Django-doc]
to work with timestamps. This will automatically assign the current datetime
when creating the object, and mark it as non-editable (editable=False), such
that it does not appear in ModelForms by default.
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.