Django: How to add comments under post - django

Question

I have trouble adding comments under my posts on the website I'm creating using Django.
This is my story.html file, which is supposed to show the story title, the story itself, all the comments of the story and give users the ability to add a new comment. Although the form is shown, it is not usable. Even though I have added comments to the stories manually through admin, none of them is shown.
{% extends "pinkrubies/base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<div class="post-preview">
<h2 class="post-title"> {{ story.title }}</h2>
<p class="post-subtitle">
{{ story.story }}
</p>
</div>
<div class="post-preview">
{% for com in latest_comments %}
<div class="post-preview">
<p class="post-subtitle"> {{ comment.com }} </p>
</div>
{% endfor %}
</div>
{% if user_id %}
<div class="post-preview">
<form action="{% url 'pinkrubies:story' user.id story.id %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="form-group">
<p class="post-title">
Comments
</p>
<textarea id="text" name="text"class="form-control" placeholder="Comment" rows="4">{{ comment.com }}
</textarea>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary"> Submit </button>
</form>
</div>
{% else %}
<p class="post-meta">You must have an account to comment. Log in or Register</p>
{% endif %}
{% endblock %}
views.py
def story_view(request, user_id, story_id):
latest_comments = Comment.objects.order_by('-date')
if story_id is not None:
story = get_object_or_404(Story, pk=story_id)
else:
story = Story()
story.user_id = user_id
if request.method == 'POST':
story.title = request.post.get('title')
story.story = request.post.get('story')
story.date = timezone.now()
story.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('pinkrubies:story', args=(user_id,)))
else:
context = {
'user_id': user_id,
'story_id': story_id,
'title': story.title,
'story': story,
'comments': story.comments,
'latest_comments': latest_comments
}
return render(request, 'pinkrubies/story.html', context)
def comment_view(request, comment, user_id):
latest_comments = Comment.objects.order_by('-date')
if request.method == 'POST':
comment.com = request.POST['com']
comment.date = timezone.now()
comment.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('pinkrubies:story', args=(user_id,)))
else:
context = {'latest_comments': latest_comments}
return render(request, 'pinkrubies/story.html', context)
I am aware I have added the "latest_comments" in both views, I did that to see if any of it works and it doesn't. I'm not even sure that the comment_view is needed.
Also, when I try to submit a comment, this error is thrown:
AttributeError: 'WSGIRequest' object has no attribute 'post'
in story_view story.title = request.post.get('title')
Any help is welcome!
Thank you !!!

Answer 1

First of all, if you want to get something from POST, you should use request.POST.get('title'); although I would rather use a Form and let it handle the request.
At a first glance, this:
{% for com in latest_comments %}
<div class="post-preview">
<p class="post-subtitle"> {{ comment.com }} </p>
</div>
{% endfor %}
Sould be
{% for comment in latest_comments %}
<div class="post-preview">
<p class="post-subtitle"> {{ comment.com }} </p>
</div>
{% endfor %}
In your code, you're using com to iterate through latest_comments, yet you try to use comment to access com attribute (not sure how your Comment model looks like though)

Answer 2

It's accessed via request.POST. WSGIRequest object does not have a post field it has POST field.
Also, you are not sending the fields you are attempting to read from request.
...
story.title = request.POST.get('title')
story.story = request.POST.get('story')
...
only field you are sending is called text and it should be accessed like this
text = request.POST.get('text')
also template has more errors please check your code once again.