I am a real beginner in web development. The following code is failing at the is_valid() check. But I do not understand why: The form should get its data filled from the POST-data or not?
Model:
class Statement(models.Model):
text = models.CharField(max_length=255)
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
time = models.DateField()
views = models.IntegerField()
ModelForm:
class StatementForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Statement
widgets = {
'time':forms.HiddenInput(),
'user':forms.HiddenInput(),
'views':forms.HiddenInput(),
}
View function:
def new(request):
if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
form = StatementForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
if form.is_valid():
stmt = form.save()
path = 'stmt/' + stmt.id
return render_to_response(path, {'stmt': stmt})
else:
c = {}
c.update(csrf(request))
loggedin_user = request.user
d = datetime.now()
form = StatementForm(request.POST, initial={'time': d.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), 'user':loggedin_user, 'views':0})
return render_to_response('new_stmt.html', {'form': form, },context_instance=RequestContext(request))
I found similar topics and tried a lot. This is how i think it should work. I really need advice.
All fields of your model are required. So, form.is_valid() will be True, if all fields are filled with correct values and are not blanked.
You have declared fields time, user, views as hidden fields. Are you sure, that you have filled them in your template form?
Also, you may want to auto stamp field time = models.DateField(). Modify your model field like
time = models.DateField(auto_now=True)`.
After this you don't have to fill it by yourself in template form.
Your view must return HttpResponse object in all cases. If your form is not valid, i.e. if form.is_valid() will return False, then no HttpResponse object will be returned by your view. This can be the source of your fail. Add else statement for if form.is_valid():
from django.http import Http404
def new(request):
if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
form = StatementForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
if form.is_valid():
stmt = form.save()
path = 'stmt/' + stmt.id
return render_to_response(path, {'stmt': stmt})
else:
# Do something in case if form is not valid
raise Http404
else:
# Your code without changes
Change this line:
form = StatementForm(request.POST, initial={'time': d.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), 'user':loggedin_user, 'views':0})
For this:
form = StatementForm(initial={'time': d.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), 'user':loggedin_user, 'views':0})
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I have tried various options for this but no luck so far. I am trying to get instance data to be pre-populated into my ModelField. Here is what I have:
forms.py
class edit_project_info(ModelForm):
project_name = forms.CharField(max_length=150)
class Meta:
model = Project
exclude = ['project_type', 'created_date', 'start_date', 'end_date', 'pm_scope', 'dev_scope', 'design_scope', 'testing_scope' ]
View.py
def edit_project (request, offset):
this_project = Project.objects.get(pk=offset)
data = {'project_name' : 'abc'}
if request.method == 'POST':
form = edit_project_info(request.POST, instance=this_project, initial=data)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/project_profile/%s/' % offset)
else:
form = edit_project_info()
All I get is an empty field. I can add the initial value to forms.py, but then it is static rather than populated based on the form instance. What I have done here with creating a dict and then passing it to initial in the form instance does not seem to do anything. I'm sure I am missing something basic. Any help would be great! Thanks ahead of time.
Two last lines recreate your form variable. Just remove else: form = edit_project_info():
def edit_project (request, offset):
this_project = Project.objects.get(pk=offset)
data = {'project_name' : 'abc'}
form = edit_project_info(request.POST, instance=this_project, initial=data)
if request.method == 'POST':
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/project_profile/%s/' % offset)
# else:
# form = edit_project_info()
# ...
I'm trying to retrieve data from user. The form where i want to show the user information is also the same that i use to update this information.
Update3
After some updates I make this work and this is my code. If somenone have a better way to do this can share it :)
models.py
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
# Create your models here.
class informacionFacturacion(models.Model):
usuario = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
apellidos = models.CharField(max_length=100)
nombres = models.CharField(max_length=100)
[More fields...]
def __str__(self):
self.apellidos
forms.py
from .models import informacionFacturacion
#Create your forms here.
class informacionFacturacionForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = informacionFacturacion
fields = [
"usuario",
"apellidos",
"nombres",
[More fields...]
]
views.py
#login_required
def datosPersonales(request):
#Filter query by user ID
query = informacionFacturacion.objects.filter(usuario=request.user)
form = informacionFacturacionForm()
#If query has content, edit record, else, create a new record
if query:
if request.method == "POST":
form = informacionFacturacionForm(request.POST or None, instance=query[0])
if form.is_valid():
edit_content = form.save()
edit_content.save()
else:
if request.method == "POST":
form = informacionFacturacionForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
create_content = form.save(commit=False)
create_content.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('datosPersonales'))
context = {
"titulo": "Datos personales | Co.",
"body_class": "class= sidebar_main_open sidebar_main_swipe",
"form": form,
"infoFacturacion": query,
}
template = "micuenta/datosPersonales.html"
return render(request, template, context)
Thanks for the support.
At first glance, it seems that the informacionFacturacion table is not being populated. Have you checked that the instance.save() is reached? (in other words, that the form is valid)
Second, in the template you want to use the informacionFacturacion object as the form elements, and you are handling them separately. Do:
if request.POST:
form = informacionFacturacionForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.save()
else:
# handle here the form error's, maybe report it in the template
else:
query = informacionFacturacion.objects.filter(usuario=request.user)
form = informacionFacturacionForm(instance=query[0])
and render the form parameter insead of infoFacturacion:
{{ form.as_p }}
finally, make sure that your template form id's matches the form element names, otherwise the form won't be filled.
UPDATE
Based on your edit, now the error is in this line:
form = informacionFacturacionForm(request.POST, instance=query_id)
query_id is an int, and it is expecting a model. Change the following line:
query_id = informacionFacturacion.objects.get(usuario=request.user).id
to
query = informacionFacturacion.objects.get(usuario=request.user)
and the faulty line to:
form = informacionFacturacionForm(request.POST, instance=query)
that should work for now, although code can be simplified a lot.
EDIT 2
Here is what I assume you want:
#login_required
def datosPersonales(request):
query = informacionFacturacion.objects.filter(usuario=request.user)
if request.method == "POST": # This will handle the template form's POST
form = informacionFacturacionForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
asd = form.save(commit=False)
asd.save()
# Here you may want to redirect to somewhere else
# Im not sure here, I guess that you want to handle the GET method if
# there is no form in the request. Post your template form to see what
# is happening.
else:
form = informacionFacturacionForm(instance=query)
# you dont need to save it, it is already in DB
context = {
"titulo": "Datos personales | Co.",
"body_class": "class= sidebar_main_open sidebar_main_swipe",
# I think here is your main issue, you are handling a form object
# AND a infoFacturacion object. You need to use just the
# form object in the template and render it accordingly.
"form": form,
"infoFacturacion": query,
}
template = "micuenta/datosPersonales.html"
return render(request, template, context)
Well, I was with the same problem on my sytem, so I made this solution, maybe it works to you! =D
I'm changing the value of the submit button and using the same form:
<button type="submit" id="submitButton" name="button" value="">Save</button>
If is a new task, I change the value of the button with JQuery:
$('#submitButton').val('new');
And if is an edition, I change the value again:
$('#submitButton').val('edit');
On my views.py, I check if is an edit or a new save by the value of the button:
def index(request):
tasks = Task.object.filter()
context = {
'tasks': tasks
}
if request.method == 'POST':
form = NewTask(request.POST or None)
if request.POST['button'] == 'new':
if form.is_valid():
context['is_valid'] = True
form.save()
form = NewTask()
else:
context['is_valid'] = False
if request.POST['button'] == 'edit':
instance = Task.object.filter(pk=request.POST['id']).first()
form = NewTask(request.POST, instance=instance)
if form.is_valid():
context['is_valid'] = True
form.save()
else:
context['is_valid'] = False
else:
form = NewTask()
context['form'] = form
return render(request, 'index.html', context)
I am having a hard time wrapping my head around what request.POST is doing as a argument in the following example:
def addauthorView(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = ContactForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
first_name = form.cleaned_data['firstname']
last_name = form.cleaned_data['lastname']
user_email = form.cleaned_data['email']
c = AuthorModel(firstname=first_name, lastname=last_name, email=user_email)
c.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('thanks/')
else:
form = ContactForm(request.POST)
return render(request, 'addauthor.html', {'form': form})
So I know that this works, but for some reason I cannot understand the magic that is happening with form = ContactForm(request.POST). Why does the ContactForm need the request.POST argument? What is happening behind the scenes?
Extra question, why is form = ContactForm(request.POST) then repeated in the else: block. Why is that helpful and when is that useful? Examples?
In a nutshell, request.POST is simply the data that was sent when the form was submitted. It's a dictionary of what the user submitted for firstname, lastname and email in your code sample. For those that come from a PHP background, it's what is provided in $_POST.
form = ContactForm(request.POST) binds the data to the form class so Django can do fun stuff like validate inputs with is_valid().
Why then, would you add request.POST to the else: block? Well, have you ever submitted a form to a website and when there was an error you had to completely fill out the form again? That's a crappy user experience, right? By sending the form back to the user with the data from request.POST, you can re-render what the user inputed - along with helpful extras such as error messages - so they can fix them and resubmit.
EDIT: To expand, here is the init method from the BaseForm class in Django:
def __init__(self, data=None, files=None, auto_id='id_%s', prefix=None,
initial=None, error_class=ErrorList, label_suffix=None,
empty_permitted=False):
self.is_bound = data is not None or files is not None
self.data = data or {}
self.files = files or {}
self.auto_id = auto_id
self.prefix = prefix
self.initial = initial or {}
self.error_class = error_class
# Translators: This is the default suffix added to form field labels
self.label_suffix = label_suffix if label_suffix is not None else _(':')
self.empty_permitted = empty_permitted
self._errors = None # Stores the errors after clean() has been called.
self._changed_data = None
# The base_fields class attribute is the *class-wide* definition of
# fields. Because a particular *instance* of the class might want to
# alter self.fields, we create self.fields here by copying base_fields.
# Instances should always modify self.fields; they should not modify
# self.base_fields.
self.fields = copy.deepcopy(self.base_fields)
When you pass request.POST to your form class, you're really doing data=request.POST. That in turn triggers the self.is_bound = True
I have settings form page. If user filled the form once; it must display those values. But if there is no data [first time] I get query error. I need that query, because the form data must be written as related with current user [logged in].
here is my view part :
#login_required(login_url='/login/')
def profile_page(request,username):
query = Profile.objects.get(owner__username = username) ##error!
if request.method == 'POST':
form = profile_form(request.POST,instance=query)
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/admin/')
else:
form = profile_form(instance=query)
return render_to_response('profile_save.html',{'form':form},context_instance = RequestContext(request))
I think I need to check the model and if it is empty I should do something different.
I am stuck.
Thank you
You want to make use of the .exists() queryset option
#login_required(login_url='/login/')
def profile_page(request,username):
form = profile_form()
if Profile.objects.get(owner__username = username).exists():
query = Profile.objects.get(owner__username = username)
if request.method == 'POST':
form = profile_form(request.POST,instance=query)
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/admin/')
else:
form = profile_form(instance=query)
return render_to_response('profile_save.html',{'form':form},context_instance = RequestContext(request))
see QuerytSet API reference for more information
You just need to wrap that get query in try ... except and set instance to none, like this.
from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
#login_required(login_url='/login/')
def profile_page(request,username):
try:
query = Profile.objects.get(owner__username = username)
#to be more specific you can except ProfileObjectDoesNotExist
except ObjectDoesNotExist:
query = None #Doesn't exist, set to None
if request.method == 'POST':
form = profile_form(request.POST,instance=query)
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/admin/')
else:
form = profile_form(instance=query)
return render_to_response('profile_save.html',{'form':form},
context_instance = RequestContext(request))
I think i may have use get_or_create for this purpose.
Profile.objects.get_or_create(owner__username = username)
I am displaying a django form and I want to prepare some field data before it
is passed to to be rendered. In the django docs, I see plenty of places
where form data is accessed, but none where form data is set before display.
Any thoughts or suggestions on how to do this?
Here's an example similar to the django docs.
-----------forms.py--------------
class BookForm(ModelForm):
author = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
title = forms.CharField(max_length=3,
widget=forms.Select(choices=TITLE_CHOICES))
birth_date = forms.DateField(required=False)
-----------views.py--------------
def author_view(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
# DO My processing...
form = BookForm()
# How can I edit, or preset my form fields here?
c = Context({
'form': form,
})
return prepCxt(request, 'book.html', c) # Wrapper for easy display
In your views you have:
def author_view(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
# DO My processing...
form = BookForm()
# How can I edit, or preset my form fields here?
c = Context({
'form': form,
})
return prepCxt(request, 'book.html', c) # Wrapper for easy display
You should move your form=BookForm() before the if:
def author_view(request):
form = BookForm()
if request.method == 'POST':
# DO My processing...
What happens is that the if "POST" section adds a value in form and then it could get overriden.
Secondly if you are trying to change something in the way it display you are probably best adding default/initial values:
Django set default form values:
BookForm(initial={ 'myfield': 'myval'})
if you are tryiong to change values that you want to save to the DB then you:
if form.is_valid():
myobject = form.save(commit=false)
myobject.myfield = mval
myobj.save()
form = BookForm(instance = myobjext)
Something else? Please be more specific.