How to do a POST request in a DetailView - django

Question

im following a tutorial for the project but it does it on function views and im trying to do it on class based views
i get a ( The view blog.views.PostDetailView didn't return an HttpResponse object. It returned None instead.) error but thats not my concern now ... because the data(new comments) arent getting saved
so how can i save them with the post request and redirect to the same page of the DetailView
my urls
app_name = 'blog'
urlpatterns = [
path('', views.PostListView.as_view(), name='blog-home'),
path('blog/<slug:slug>/', views.PostDetailView.as_view() , name='post-detail'),
]
my models
class Post(models.Model):
options = (
('draft', 'Draft'),
('published', 'Published')
)
title = models.CharField(max_length=250)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=250, unique_for_date='publish_date')
publish_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='blog_posts')
content = models.TextField()
status = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=options, default='draft')
class Meta:
ordering = ('-publish_date',)
def __str__(self):
return self.title
def get_absolute_url(self):
return reverse('post-detail', kwargs={'slug': self.slug})
class Comment(models.Model):
post = models.ForeignKey(Post, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='comments')
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
content = models.TextField()
publish_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
class Meta:
ordering = ('-publish_date',)
def __str__(self):
return f'Comment By {self.author}/{self.post}'
my forms
class AddCommentForm(forms.ModelForm):
content = forms.CharField(label ="", widget = forms.Textarea(
attrs ={
'class':'form-control',
'placeholder':'Comment here !',
'rows':4,
'cols':50
}))
class Meta:
model = Comment
fields =['content']
my views
class PostDetailView( DetailView):
model = Post
context_object_name = 'post'
template_name='blog/post_detail.html'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
comments = Comment.objects.filter(post=self.object)
context['comments'] = comments
context['form'] = AddCommentForm()
return context
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
pass
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.author = self.post.author
user_comment.post = self.post
user_comment.save()
return super().form_valid(form)
html
<form method="POST">
<div class="col-12">
<hr>
{% with comments.count as total_comments %}
<legend class="border-bottom mb-4">{{total_comments }} comment{{total_comments|pluralize }}</legend>
{% endwith %}
{% for c in comments%}
<div class ="col-md-12 mb-1rem" >
<p class="mb-0"><strong>{{c.author}}:</strong> {{c.content}}</p>
<small class="text-muted">{{ c.publish_date|date:'f A, Y'}}</small>
</div>
<br>
{% endfor %}
</div>
<hr>
{% csrf_token %}
<fieldset class="form-group">
<legend class="border-bottom mb-4">New Comment</legend>
{{ form|crispy }}
</fieldset>
<div class="form-group">
<button class="btn btn-dark btn-lg mt-1" type="submit">Publish</button>
</div>
</form>

Answer 1

The DetailView has no form_valid method.
It just shows the objects of the model.
Form processing is in the GenericEdit View class.
There are many ways, but...
In this code, you can create a GenericEdit View(CreateView or UpdateView ) url, process the form there(form_valid), and then
success_url = reverse_lazy('form:detail') # in GenericEdit View class
return the template.
To sum up,
add path in urls.py
like this... 👇
path('blog/<slug:slug>/update', views.PostUpdateView.as_view(), name='post-update'),
add update or create url in form action.
ex. ☞ action="{% url 'blog:post-update' %}"
make GenericEdit View class☞ views.PostUpdateView
ps.You can also use forms.py
"""
When you use Class Base View in django, it is recommended to refer to this site.
https://ccbv.co.uk/
and,
DetailView refer is here
https://ccbv.co.uk/projects/Django/3.0/django.views.generic.detail/DetailView/
"""

Answer 2

I know it's been a long time, but I think someone might need the answer in future.
I'm using django 3.2.16.
in your post method inside DetailView:
Update your post method to:
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
# Get the current pk from the method dictionary
pk = kwargs.get('pk')
if request.method == 'POST':
# Get the current object
obj = self.model.objects.get(id=pk)
# Alter the field Value
some_value = request.POST.get('some_value_from_html_input')
obj.field = some_value
# Save the object
obj.save()
# Redirect to you current View after update
return redirect(current_details_view, pk=pk)