How to reuse a Django template? - django

Question

Currently, I have almost two exact same templates and they use the same Django form, but there is only 1 parameter that changes in these two forms which is the action method, that is,
Django form
class DropDownMenu(forms.Form):
week = forms.ChoiceField(choices=[(x,x) for x in range(1,53)]
year = forms.ChoiceField(choices=[(x,x) for x in range(2015,2030)]
template 1
<form id="search_dates" method="POST" action="/tickets_per_day/">
<div class="row">
<div style="display:inline-block">
<h6>Select year</h6>
<select name="select_year">
<option value={{form.year}}></option>
</select>
</div>
<button type="submit">Search</button>
</div>
</form>
template 2
<form id="search_dates" method="POST" action="/quantitative_analysis/">
<div class="row">
<div style="display:inline-block">
<h6>Select year</h6>
<select name="select_year">
<option value={{form.year}}></option>
</select>
</div>
<button type="submit">Search</button>
</div>
</form>
The only thing that varies is the action method, so I would like to know if it is possible to re-use one template that varies only in the action method. If it is possible, can you help me with the code?
I checked this question django - how to reuse a template for nearly identical models? but I am not using any model here with my templates.

Answer 1

Of course there is a way. {% include %} to the rescue!
Create a base template for your form, like this:
<!-- form_template.html -->
<form id="search_dates" method="POST" action="{{ action }}">
<div class="row">
<div style="display:inline-block">
<h6>Select year</h6>
<select name="select_year">
<option value={{form.year}}></option>
</select>
</div>
<button type="submit">Search</button>
</div>
</form>
Notice the placeholder action. We'll need it in the next step.
Now, you can reuse this template, by simply writing:
<!-- a_template.html -->
{% include 'form_template.html' with action='/tickets_per_day/' %}
<!-- b_template.html -->
{% include 'form_template.html' with action='/quantitative_analysis/' %}

Answer 2

Well from your views you can pass action in the context and use that in template in this way you don't have to create two separate templates. Lets say the template name is abc.html used by two views:
def my_view_a(request):
ctx = {'action': '/tickets_per_day/'}
return render(request, 'abc.html', ctx)
def my_view_b(request):
ctx = {'action': '/quantitative_analysis/'}
return render(request, 'abc.html', ctx)
Then in template you would simply do:
<form id="search_dates" method="POST" action="{{ action }}">
In the above code the action is hardcoded better to use reverse to resolve url path by name:
ctx = {'action': reverse('namespace:url_name')} # replace namespace and url_name with actual values

Answer 3

Use this in template2:
{% include "template1.html" with form=form %}
It will work.