MultiValueDictKeyError Django at /student_form - django

Question

I am new to Django, I have created a model and trying to post data from the front end.
following is my view.py
def studentForm(request):
userProfile = StudentProfileForm.objects.create(FirstName=request.POST['userFirstName'] LastName=request.POST['userLastName'], GreScore= request.POST['userGreScore'], IELTSTOEFL=request.POST['userIeltsToefl'],WorkEx=request.POST['userWorkEx'],ResearchDone=request.POST['userResearch'])
userProfile.save()
return render(request,'register/bg-pages.html')
Following is my model
class StudentProfileForm(models.Model):
FirstName = models.CharField(max_length=255)
LastName = models.CharField(max_length=255)
GreScore = models.IntegerField()
IELTSTOEFL = models.IntegerField()
WorkEx = models.IntegerField()
ResearchDone = models.IntegerField()
Error is following:
Request
Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/student_form
Django Version: 2.1.5
Exception Type: MultiValueDictKeyError
Exception Value:
'userFirstName'
Exception Location: C:\Users\AB\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\django\utils\datastructures.py in __getitem__, line 79
Python Executable: C:\Users\AB\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\python.exe
Python Version: 3.7.1
Python Path:
['D:\\AB\\UOR_everything\\semester_2(winter_2019)\\Software_Engineering\\login_registration',
'C:\\Users\\AB\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37-32\\python37.zip',
'C:\\Users\\AB\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37-32\\DLLs',
'C:\\Users\\AB\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37-32\\lib',
'C:\\Users\\AB\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37-32',
'C:\\Users\\AB\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python37\\site-packages',
'C:\\Users\\AB\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages']
Server time: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 00:35:51 +0000

Answer 1

If one of your POST parameters is missing, you will get an error unless you use .get() with a fallback parameter. Also, You are missing a , in your .create() method.
Example:
name = request.POST.get('name', '') # This will get the name value, or be an empty string if empty
Try this:
def studentForm(request):
if request.METHOD == 'POST': # This will protect you against GET requests
first_name = request.POST.get('userFirstName', '')
last_name = request.POST.get('userLastName', '')
gre_score = request.POST.get('userGreScore', '')
ieltstoefl = request.POST.get('userIeltsToefl', '')
work_ex = request.POST.get('userWorkEx', '')
research_done = request.POST.get('userResearch', '')
# `userProfile.save()` is unnecessary bc `.create()` already does this
userProfile = StudentProfileForm.objects.create(FirstName=first_name, LastName=last_name, GreScore=gre_score, IELTSTOEFL=ieltstoefl, WorkEx=work_ex, ResearchDone=research_done)
return render(request,'register/bg-pages.html')