Form input to a template - django

Question

EXPECTED OUTPUT
Assuming that the user enters "anaconda" in the Form:
Hashtag Search Results
You searched for: anaconda
ACTUAL OUTPUT
Hashtag Search Results
1) You searched for: <QuerySet [<Hashtag: >, <Hashtag: anaconda>]>
CODE
models.py
from django.db import models
class Location(models.Model):
""" Model representing a Location, attached to Hashtag objects through a
M2M relationship """
name = models.CharField(max_length=1400)
def __str__(self):
return self.name
class Hashtag(models.Model):
""" Model representing a specific Hashtag serch by user """
search_text = models.CharField(max_length=140, primary_key=True)
locations = models.ManyToManyField(Location, blank=True)
def __str__(self):
""" String for representing the Model object (search_text) """
return self.search_text
def display_locations(self):
""" Creates a list of the locations """
# Return a list of location names attached to the Hashtag model
return self.locations.values_list('name', flat=True).all()
forms.py
from django import forms
from django.forms import ModelForm
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from .models import Location, Hashtag
class SearchHashtagForm(ModelForm):
""" ModelForm for user to search by hashtag """
def clean_hashtag(self):
data = self.cleaned_data['search_text']
# Check search_query doesn't include '#'. If so, remove it.
if data[0] == '#':
data = data[1:]
# return the cleaned data
return data
class Meta:
model = Hashtag
fields = ['search_text',]
labels = {'search_text':_('Hashtag Search'), }
help_texts = { 'search_text': _('Enter a hashtag to search.'), }
views.py
from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
from django.urls import reverse
from django.views import generic
from .models import Location, Hashtag
from .forms import SearchHashtagForm
def hashtag_search_index(request):
""" View function for user to enter search query """
# If POST, process Form data
if request.method == 'POST':
# Create a form instance and populate it with data from request (binding):
form = SearchHashtagForm(request.POST)
# Check if form is valid
if form.is_valid():
search_text = form.cleaned_data['search_text']
form.save()
# redirect to a new URL
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('mapping_twitter:results'))
# If GET (or any other method), create the default form
else:
form = SearchHashtagForm()
context = {'form':form, 'search_text':Hashtag.search_text}
return render(request, 'mapping_twitter/hashtag_search_index.html', context)
class SearchResultsView(generic.ListView):
""" Generic class-based view listing search results of locations """
model = Hashtag
template_name = 'mapping_twitter/results.html'
def get_queryset(self, **kwargs):
qs = super(SearchResultsView, self).get_queryset()
return qs
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(SearchResultsView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['search_text'] = Hashtag.objects.all()
return context
results.html
<h1>Hashtag Search Results</h1>
<p>1) You searched for: {{ search_text }}</p>
{% for obj in queryset %}
<p>2) You searched for: {{ obj.search_text }}</p>
{% endfor %}

Answer 1

I think you should pass the queryset of the Model HashTag as you need to render out hashtag.search_text which is an element of that model.
So you can pass the queryset in the view and for loop through it and print all the search_text or pass the object alone and render out its search_text.
context = {
'queryset': qs
}
{% for obj in queryset %}
<p>{{ obj.search_text }}</p>
{% endfor %}

Answer 2

This is my guess, correct me if I am wrong.
For a template to display something, you have to send context or data to that template to print, how can it print something when you don't send anything. So,
context.update({
'hashtag': //value you want to send.
})