Django class based view and comments - django

Question

I'm having trouble with adding comments to class based views,
forms.py:
class RequestForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Request
exclude = ('slug',)
class RequestCommentForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = RequestComment
fields = ['body' ]
models.py:
class Request(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=250 )
date = models.DateTimeField('Request date', default=timezone.now, editable=False )
department = models.CharField(max_length=2, choices=DEPARTMENT)
support_request = models.TextField('Request', max_length=2500, blank=True)
owner = models.ForeignKey(User,)
slug = models.SlugField(blank=True, editable=False)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.title
views.py:
class RequestDetailView(ModelFormMixin, DetailView):
model = Request
form_class = RequestCommentForm
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('request-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.object.pk})
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(RequestDetailView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['form'] = self.get_form()
return context
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
self.object = self.get_object()
form = self.get_form()
if form.is_valid():
return self.form_valid(form)
else:
return self.form_invalid(form)
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.author = self.request.user
form.instance.request = Request.objects.get(pk=self.object.pk)
form.instance.created = timezone.now
form.save()
Also tried this part with:
self.object = form.save(commit=False)
self.object.author = self.request.user
self.object.request = Request.objects.get(pk=self.object.pk)
self.object.created = timezone.now
self.object.save()
return super(RequestDetailView, self).form_valid(form)
template: request_detail.html comments section .....
{% load bootstrap %}
<form action="{% url 'request-detail' object.id %}" method="post"> {% csrf_token %}
<ul class="form-group">
{{ form|bootstrap }}
</ul>
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
.....
Page renders correctly, but when I submit, no-go with saving comment.
Debug toolbar shows that sql queries are updating the request model, instead of request comment.
Can't figure out how to add simple comment form from different model to detail page.
Any help would be appreciated.
Also, if there is more elegant way off adding comments form to class based view, would love to see it. My google-fu didn't help me to find anything.

Answer 1

I know I'm answering this too late, but maybe someone with the same question, in the future, may benefit.
Class RequestDetailView(DetailView):
model = Request
template_name = 'detail.html'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
context ['comment'] = RequestComment.objects. all()
context['form'] = RequestCommentForm()
return context
Class CommentCreateView(CreateView):
model = RequestComment
form_class = RequestCommentForm
def get_success_URL(self):
return reverse ('request: detail', kwargs = {'slug':self.object.post.slug})
def form_valid(self, form):
post = get_object_or_404(Request, slug = self.kwargs ['slug'])
Form.instance.post = Request
return super().form_valid(form)
The URL
path('<slug:slug>/add_comment/', CommentCreateView.as_view(), name = add_comment')
And finally the HTML
<form action="{% url 'request:add_comment' request.slug %}" enctype = "multiparty/form-data" method = "post">
</form>
And that's it. I answered using my phone so there's some typos etc. This is my first answer here, I searched stack overflow for answers I'll post links later. I assumed RequestComment foreignkey field is post and creating models with name 'request' is not encouraged in Django.

Answer 2

Wish I could find a way to do this with CBV, but nope.. function view works great...
class RequestDetailView(ModelFormMixin, DetailView):
model = Request
form_class = RequestCommentForm
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('request-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.object.pk})
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(RequestDetailView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['form'] = self.get_form()
return context
def comments(self):
return RequestComment.objects.filter(request=Request.objects.get(pk=self.object.pk))
def RequestCommentAddView(request, pk):
form = RequestCommentForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid() and pk:
form.instance.author = request.user
form.instance.request = Request.objects.get(pk=pk)
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('request-detail', kwargs={'pk': pk}))
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('request-detail', kwargs={'pk': pk}))