Django ModelForm some fields aren't saved - django

Question

I'm using a ModelForm in Django but some fields are not saved to the database...
models.py file
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.forms import ModelForm
# Create your models here.
class Bill(models.Model):
image_name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
upload_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
image = models.ImageField()
description = models.TextField(blank=True)
result = models.CharField(max_length=1000)
uploaded_by = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
def __str__(self):
return str(self.result + self.description)
forms.py file
from django import forms
from django.db import models
from django.forms import ModelForm
from .models import Bill
class BillForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Bill
fields = ['image', 'description']
exclude = ['result', 'image_name', 'upload_date', 'uploaded_by']
views.py file
def upload(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = BillForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
form.image_name = request.FILES['image']
form.upload_date = datetime.now()
form.uploaded_by = request.user
form.result = "something"
form.save()
return redirect('cism-home')
else:
form = BillForm()
return render(request, 'auth/upload.html', {'form': form})
So the image and description fields are saved but other fields are not. Any ideas why is that?

Answer 1

Your form is excluding some fields, so you can't "access" those fields using:
form.upload_date (for example), because they don't exists.
What you can do is:
if form.is_valid():
bill = form.save(commit=False)
bill.image_name = request.FILES['image']
bill.upload_date = datetime.now()
bill.uploaded_by = request.user
bill.result = "something"
bill.save()
If you want a quick description about what "commit=False" do, you can check:
Django ModelForm: What is save(commit=False) used for?