Django form not showing up - django

Question

I am new to django and trying to show a form in an html file and I don't see the fields .
I can see everything except the form.
Task:
Allow the user to type a query into the search box in the sidebar to
search for an encyclopedia entry.
views.py
def index(request):
entries = util.list_entries()
searched = []
if request.method == "POST":
form = Search(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
item = form.cleaned_data["item"]
for i in entries:
if item in entries:
page = util.get_entry(item)
page_converted = markdowner.convert(page)
context = {
'page': page_converted,
'title': item,
'form': Search()
}
return render(request, "encyclopedia/entry.html", context)
if item.lower() in i.lower():
searched.append(i)
context = {
'searched': searched,
'form': Search()
}
return render(request, "encyclopedia/search.html", context)
else:
return render(request, "encyclopedia/index.html", {"form": form})
else:
return render(request, "encyclopedia/index.html", {
"entries": util.list_entries(), "form":Search()
})
layout.html
<div class="sidebar col-lg-2 col-md-3">
<h2>Wiki</h2>
<form method="post" action="{% url 'index' %}">
{% csrf_token %}
{{form.item}}
</form>
<div>
Home
</div>
<div>
Create New Page
</div>
<div>
Random Page
</div>
{% block nav %}
{% endblock %}
</div>
Search class
class Search(forms.Form):
items = forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'myfieldclass', 'placeholder': 'search'}))

Answer 1

Try {{ form.as_p }} or just {{ form }} instead of {{ form.item }}.
I think item doesn't refer to anything.
Update:
There is a typo in your Search form class. The field name should be item not items.