Django CreateView without template rendering - django

Question

I have a problem with saving a form in my CreateView, I found
this solution and it worked for me:
class ScheduleDocumentView(CreateView):
def post(self, request, pk, *args, **kwargs):
form = ScheduleDocumentForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
form.instance.relates_to = Schedule.objects.get(pk=pk)
form.save()
return redirect('planning:schedule-detail', pk=pk)
However my goal is to save a form using form_valid() and get_success_url() without a template in CreateView. I tried something like this(doesn't work):
class ScheduleDocumentView(CreateView):
model = ScheduleDocument
form_class = ScheduleDocumentForm
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.relates_to = Schedule.objects.get(pk=pk)
form.save()
return redirect('planning:schedule-detail', pk=pk)
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('planning:schedule-detail', kwargs={'pk': pk})
It requires a template, is there any other way to handle my post request in DetailView, process it in separate CreateView and redirect it to my DetailView page?
Here's my template for DetailView:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="{% url 'planning:upload-document' schedule.pk %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button type="submit" class="button button--secondary">Attach</button>
Urls:
path('schedules/<int:pk>/', ScheduleDetailView.as_view(), name='schedule-detail'),
path('schedules/<int:pk>/upload-document/', ScheduleDocumentView.as_view(), name='upload-document'),
I came across this solution:
class ScheduleDocumentView(CreateView):
model = ScheduleDocument
form_class = ScheduleDocumentForm
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.schedule = Schedule.objects.get(pk=self.kwargs['pk'])
return super().form_valid(form)
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('planning:schedule-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.kwargs['pk']})

Answer 1

template_name is required Django Docs:
The full name of a template to use as defined by a string. Not
defining a template_name will raise a
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured exception.
Or in your case Django would cause the default template_name to be 'yourapp/scheduledocument_create_form.html'.
Therefore you get the error TemplateDoesNotExist.
You can get the pk value from self.kwargs(Django Docs).
You can simple create the blank.html template.
class ScheduleDocumentView(CreateView):
http_method_names = ['post']
template_name = 'blank.html' # or use this 'schedule_detail.html'
model = ScheduleDocument
form_class = ScheduleDocumentForm
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.relates_to = Schedule.objects.get(pk=self.kwargs.get("pk"))
return super().form_valid(form)
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('planning:schedule-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.kwargs.get("pk")})
Or use A simple view:
def create_schedule_document(request, pk):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = ScheduleDocumentForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
obj = form.save(commit=False)
obj.relates_to = Schedule.objects.get(pk=pk)
obj.save()
else:
form = ApplyAnonymousForm()
return redirect('planning:schedule-detail', pk=pk)