Object has no attribute cleaned_data - django

Question

I am trying to fill out a form in my Django web application and post it. It is giving me an error
object Application has no attribute cleaned_data
I looked around Stack Overflow at similar questions, but the resolutions for others are not issues with my code. Here is my view:
def single_career(request, a_slug):
a_slug = a_slug.strip('/')
try:
career = Career.objects.get(slug=a_slug)
except:
career = None
if request.method == "POST":
form = Application(request.POST, request.FILES)
Post = True
if form.is_valid():
cleaned_data = Application.cleaned_data
is_valid = True
clean_first = cleaned_data['first_name']
clean_last = cleaned_data['last_name']
clean_email = cleaned_data['email']
clean_phone = cleaned_data['phone']
clean_file = cleaned_data['resume']
clean_message = cleaned_data['message']
date = datetime.datetime.now()
else:
is_valid = False
else:
form = Application()
Post = False
is_valid = False
context = {'career': career, 'form': form, 'post': Post, 'is_valid': is_valid}
template = 'overrides/careers.html'
set_detail_context(request, context)
return render_to_response(template, context, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
the html:
<form action="" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="application-form">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="firstname">
<p>FIRST NAME</p>
{{ form.first_name }}
</div>
<div class="lastname">
<p>LAST NAME</p>
{{ form.last_name }}
</div>
<div class="email">
<p>EMAIL</p>
{{ form.email }}
</div>
<div class="phone">
<p>PHONE</p>
{{ form.phone }}
</div>
{# form fileupload-input is hidden, and extra readonly text-input is there #}
{# to be able to override the styling of the fileupload-input button #}
<div>
<p>ATATCH PDF RESUME</p>
<input class="readonly" type="text" READONLY>
<div class="resume">
{{ form.resume }}
<div>
<a id="browse">BROWSE</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p>MESSAGE</p>
{{ form.message }}
</div>
<button class="submit-button" type="submit">
APPLY
</button>
</form>
and the form class:
from django import forms
class Application(forms.Form):
first_name = forms.CharField(label="First Name", max_length=50)
last_name = forms.CharField(label="Last Name", max_length=50)
email = forms.EmailField(label="Email", max_length=80)
phone = forms.CharField(label="Phone Number", max_length=30)
resume = forms.FileField(label="Resume", max_length=1000)
message = forms.CharField(label="Message", max_length=800, widget=forms.Textarea)

Answer 1

The validated form is form, not Application.

Answer 2

The cleaned_data belongs to the form instance. You should have:
if form.is_valid():
cleaned_data = form.cleaned_data
You are getting the error because you are trying to fetch it from the form class.
if form.is_valid():
cleaned_data = Application.cleaned_data