Django 2.0.3 adding data to the database - django

Question

I have a small problem with adding data to the database in django 2.0.3
I created the following model:
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class UserInputSignal(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=512)
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
input_file = models.FileField(upload_to='signals/', null=True)
I tried to solve the problem using this form:
from django import forms
from .models import UserInputSignal
class UserInputSignalForm(forms.ModelForm):
name = forms.CharField()
input_file = forms.FileField()
class Meta:
model = UserInputSignal
fields = ('name', 'input_file', )
and this view:
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
from .forms import UserInputSignalForm
#login_required
def storage(request):
form = UserInputSignalForm(request.POST or None)
if request.method == 'POST':
if form.is_valid():
name = request.POST.get('name')
author = request.POST.get(request.user)
input_file = request.POST.get('input_file')
return redirect('home')
else:
form = UserInputSignalForm()
return render(request, 'storage.html', {'form': form})
In the template I called, I created the form as follows:
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button type="submit">Upload</button>
</form>
I am able to load a page with a form, but it does not post data to the database. I would like to add that I am a novice in django and some mechanisms are just plain understandable for me. Can I ask someone for help with this problem?

Answer 1

Before the redirect, call form.save()

Answer 2

Okay, i worked on your code and it works with me with slight modifications:
models.py
class UserInputSignal(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=512)
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
input_file = models.FileField(upload_to='signals/', null=True)
objects = models.Manager()
#this returns the name for your modelobject
def __str__(self):
return self.name
forms.py
#excluded the assiging as fields defination is enough in itself
class UserInputSignalForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = UserInputSignal
#this will exclude the formfield it self but the author will be saved as the person who is logged in
exclude = ["author"]
Edited - Views.py
#login_required
def storage(request):
#authentication for author field using request.user
insta = UserInputSignal(author=request.user)
print(request.user)
form = UserInputSignalForm(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None,instance=insta)
if request.method == 'POST':
if form.is_valid():
signal = form.save(commit=False)
signal.save()
return redirect('home')
else:
form = UserInputSignalForm(instance=insta)
return render(request, 'storage.html', {'form': form})
JlucasRs was right to tell you to use form.save(), but you needed to assign form to something and need not use model fields here as forms.py does that for you.
app/Urls.py - Just for reference
urlpatterns = [
path('home/', home, name='home'),
path('storage/', storage, name='storage'),
]
Edit- Admin.py
from .models import PostModel, UserInputSignal
class UserInputSignalAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('name', 'author', 'input_file' )
admin.site.register(UserInputSignal, UserInputSignalAdmin)
Add this code in Admin.py if its not there.