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django redirect to form view and autofill with previously entered values

I have following scenario.
User fills out a form
If the user clicks the "continue" button and the form is valid the user will be redirected to a summary view
In the summary view the user checks the input again. He can either continue or go back.
If he continues the data will be saved in the database, if he goes back he can edit the form.
Since in step 4 the user is at the view summary I have to redirect him to the home view. I don´t want the user to fill out the entire form again, the previously entered data should be autofilled if he goes back.
Something special: I am using django-tagify2 for one input in the form to get tags rather then text. If the user goes back the tags should be rendered correctly in the tagify specific form.
So here are my files:
home.html
{% extends "messenger/base.html" %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block content %}
<div class="message-container">
<form method="POST" autocomplete="off">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form|crispy }}
<button name="sendmessage" class="btn btn-outline-info" type="submit">Continue</button>
</form>
</div>
{% endblock content %}
summary.html
{% extends "messenger/base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h4>Zusammenfassung</h4>
<p><b>Empfänger: </b>{{ receiver }}</p>
<br>
<p><b>Betreff: </b>{{ subject }}</p>
<br>
<p><b>Nachricht: </b>{{ message }}</p>
<button>Edit</button>
<button>Continue</button>
{% endblock content %}
home view
#login_required(login_url='login')
def home(request):
if request.method == 'POST' and 'sendmessage' in request.POST:
message_form = MessageForm(request.POST)
if message_form.is_valid():
receiver_list = message_form['receiver'].value().split(';')
subject = message_form['subject'].value()
message = message_form['textmessage'].value()
#create sessions and send data to next view
session_receiver = receiver_list
request.session['session_receiver'] = session_receiver
session_subject = subject
request.session['session_subject'] = session_subject
session_message = message
request.session['session_message'] = session_message
return redirect('summary')
else:
message_form = MessageForm()
return render(request, 'messenger/home.html', {'form': message_form})
summary view
def summary(request):
receiver = request.session.get('session_receiver')
subject = request.session.get('session_subject')
message = request.session.get('session_message')
return render(request, 'messenger/summary.html', {'receiver':receiver,
'subject':subject,
'message':message})
So what is the best way to do this?
Can I use the session variables to set the fields in the form?
I don´t want to change the logic in the app. I want a home/summary/success view/template where I can loop as long is I want between home and summary until the user is happy with his entered form data

How about checking request.session when there is get request to home view? Then you can bind message_form = MessageForm() to session data.
You can check out htmx and django-htmx. You can do what you want easily without session by swapping HTML with context.

I played around with the session values and views and finally got a way to redirect to other views with prefilled form fields based on session values.
#login_required(login_url='login')
def home(request):
if request.method == 'POST' and 'sendmessage' in request.POST:
message_form = MessageForm(request.POST)
if message_form.is_valid():
ad_group = message_form['ad_group'].value().split(';')
ad_user = message_form['ad_user'].value().split(';')
subject = message_form['subject'].value()
message = message_form['textmessage'].value()
#create sessions and send data to next view
session_ad_group = ad_group
request.session['session_ad_group'] = session_ad_group
session_ad_user = ad_user
request.session['session_ad_user'] = session_ad_user
session_subject = subject
request.session['session_subject'] = session_subject
session_message = message
request.session['session_message'] = session_message
return redirect('summary')
else:
if request.session.get('session_subject'):
message_form = MessageForm(initial={'ad_group': request.session.get('session_ad_group'),
'ad_user': request.session.get('session_ad_user'),
'subject': request.session.get('session_subject'),
'textmessage': request.session.get('session_message')})
return render(request, 'messenger/home.html', {'form': message_form})
else:
message_form = MessageForm()
return render(request, 'messenger/home.html', {'form': message_form})
def summary(request):
ad_group = request.session.get('session_ad_group')
ad_user = request.session.get('session_ad_user')
subject = request.session.get('session_subject')
message = request.session.get('session_message')
if request.method == 'POST' and 'edit' in request.POST:
message_form = MessageForm(initial={'ad_group':ad_group, 'ad_user': ad_user,
'subject':subject, 'textmessage':message})
return render(request, 'messenger/home.html', {'form': message_form})
return render(request, 'messenger/summary.html', {'ad_group':ad_group,
'ad_user': ad_user,
'subject':subject,
'message':message})
Template
{% extends "messenger/base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h2>Zusammenfassung</h2>
<div class="border-top pt-3">
<p><b>AD-Gruppe: </b>{{ ad_group }}</p>
<p><b>AD-User: </b>{{ ad_user }}</p>
<br>
<p><b>Betreff: </b>{{ subject }}</p>
<br>
<p><b>Nachricht: </b>{{ message }}</p>
<div class="buttoncontainer">
<form name="edit" action="" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<button class="btn edit_btn" formaction="{% url 'messenger-home' %}">Zurück</button>
</form>
<form name="senden" action="" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<button class="btn continue_btn" formaction="{% url 'send_messages' %}">Nachricht senden</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock content %}

Passing username (and viewing as uneditable in html) in form Django

I have a form where I would like to have a username and production line send along. The thing is that the username should be taken from current logged user (and viewed as uneditable field) but the production line should be selected via dorpdown.
It works by somehow since when I click on "User" dropdown it shows only the logged user.
views:
def order(request):
storage = PartNumber.objects.all()
username = request.user.username
if request.method == 'POST':
order_form = OrderForm(username=username, data=request.POST)
if order_form.is_valid():
order_form.save()
return redirect('order')
elif request.method == 'GET':
order_form = OrderForm(username=username)
return render(request, 'dashboard/order.html', {"form": order_form, "username": username})
forms:
class OrderForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Order
fields = ('end_user_id', 'production_line_id')
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
username = kwargs.pop('username', None)
super(OrderForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['end_user_id'].queryset = User.objects.filter(username=username)
models:
class Order(models.Model):
end_user_id = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
production_line_id = models.OneToOneField(ProductionLine, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
date_ordered = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True)
date_completed = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, null=True)
def __str__(self):
return str(self.status)
html:
{% extends 'dashboard/main.html' %}
{% load static %}
{% load bootstrap %}
{% block content %}
<h3>Zamowienie</h3>
<br>
<!--{{ form|bootstrap }}-->
<form role="form" action="" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="form-group">
<label>Uzytkownik </label>
<!--<input class="form-control" placeholder="{{user}}" readonly>-->
{{ form.end_user_id }}
</div>
<br>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Linia produkcyjna </label>
{{ form.production_line_id }}
</div>
<br>
<div class="text-center">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Przeslij</button>
</div>
</form>
{% endblock content %}
Now if you look at the html above, the commented line :
<!--<input class="form-control" placeholder="{{user}}" readonly>-->
actually gives me the look I want but doesn't send the username (doesn't work)
I was trying different solutions from different posts that I found here but nothing seems to work for me.
Any ideas ?

You are passing username to the template using the variable username.
In the template you are trying to get the username by using the variable user.
<input class="form-control" placeholder="{{user}}" readonly>
Should be :
<input class="form-control" placeholder="{{username}}" readonly>

how can i access a context of function view with a separate page in base page?

i created newsletters app with below code after that i have a URL : subscribe that perfectly work and save my email after that i want to add this ability in base page for example a user don't go to subscribe page and subscribed i want directly have access in base template and subscribe .
i want to know this because i want add login form to base page and have this problem with that .
this my code and this is my template
tnx for help.
views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
def Subscribe(request):
form = SiqnupNewslettersForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
if SignupNewsletters.objects.filter(email=instance.email).exists():
print("this email already taken ")
else :
instance.save()
context = {
'form':form
}
template_name = "subscribe.html"
return render(request,template_name,context)
def Unsubcribe(request):
form = SiqnupNewslettersForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
if SignupNewsletters.objects.filter(email= instance.email).exists():
SiqnupNewslettersForm.objects.filter(email = instance).delete()
else:
print("your email is not here")
context = {
'form' : form
}
template_name = "unsubscribe.html"
return render(request,template_name,context)
subscribe.html
{% block content %}
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<form method="POST" action="">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="form-group">
{{ form }}
</div>
<input type='submit' class="btn btn-primary"
value="submit">
</form>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}
urls.py
urlpatterns = [
path('subscribe/',views.Subscribe,name="subscribe"),
path('unsubscribe/',views.Unsubcribe,name= "unsubscribe"),
]
and finally what i have to do for add newsletter form in base page ?
base.html

Show error message if password and username incorrect in Django form_template

I am trying to show an error when the user enters wrong login credentials using form_template. So far I tried the below approach but it is not working.
Forms.py:
class UserForm(forms.Form):
username=forms.CharField(max_length=50)
password=forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput)
model=User
fields=['username', 'password']
Views.py:
class loginform(View):
template_name='essay/Login.html'
form_class=UserForm
def get(self,request): # if the request is get then only view the function
form=self.form_class(None)
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
def post(self,request):
form=self.form_class(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
#user = form.save(commit=False) # it doesnot save in database, it is used to et clean the values
# clean data
username = form.cleaned_data['username']
password = form.cleaned_data['password']
# authenticate user:
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
if(request.user.is_prof==True):
return redirect('essay:file', )
else:
return redirect('essay:stdprofile')
else:
return render(request,self.template_name, {
'error_message': ' Login Failed! Enter the username and password correctly', })
else:
msg = 'Errors: %s' % form.errors.as_text()
return HttpResponse(msg, status=400)
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
Form_template:
{% for field in form %}
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label col-sm-2">{{ field.label_tag }}</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">{{ field }}</div> <!-- inputs on the rigth -->
</div>
{% endfor %}
Login.html:
<body>
<div class="login-card">
<h1>Log-in</h1><br>
<form class="form-horizontal" action="" method="POST" enctype="multiport/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{% include 'essay/form_template.html' %}
<input type="submit" name="login" class="login login-submit" value="login">
</form>
{% error_message %}
</div>
</body>
The problem I got when I enter invalid credentials, username and password fields vanish and it also does not display the error message.

In your field in form page add,
{{field.errors}}
or under csrf tag add,
{{form.errors}}
This will show all your field errors, for non field errors add,
{{form.non_field_errors}}
Also, you can also use Django builtin messages to display your custom message.

The error is because you are using {% error_message %}in your template, when the correct is {{ error_message }}.
Plus,
why not use Django messages?
You also can easily include message on Class Based Views - see here

How can I get data from a form model into a database in Django

I am trying to get data from a model form and then put it into a database. I have figured out how to make the form, but when clicking the submit button it doesn't seem to be put anywhere in my database. Am I doing anything wrong or am I not looking in the correct place in the database.
forms.py
from django import forms
from sxsw.models import Account
class AccountForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Account
fields = ['firstName', 'lastName', 'email']
views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.shortcuts import redirect
from .forms import AccountForm
from .models import Account
def sxsw(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = AccountForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
else:
print form.errors
else:
form = AccountForm()
return render(request, 'sxsw/sxsw.html', {'form': form})
def formSubmitted(request):
return render(request, 'sxsw/formSubmitted.html',{})
models.py
from __future__ import unicode_literals
from django.db import models
# Create your models here.
class Account(models.Model):
firstName = models.CharField(max_length = 50)
lastName = models.CharField(max_length = 50)
email = models.EmailField()
def __unicode__(self):
return self.firstName
class Module(models.Model):
author = models.ForeignKey(Account, on_delete = models.CASCADE)
nameOfModule = models.CharField(max_length = 150) #arbitrary number
moduleFile = models.FileField(upload_to = 'uploads/')#Not exactly sure about the upload_to thing
public = models.BooleanField()
def __unicode__(self):
return self.nameOfModule
sxsw.html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="jumbotron text-center">
<h3>SXSW Form</h3>
</div>
</div>
<div align="center">
<h1>New Form</h1>
<form role='form' action="/sxsw/formSubmitted/" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}
formSubmitted.html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="jumbotron text-center">
<h3>Form Successfully submitted</h3>
</div>
</div>
<div align="center">
Submit Another Response
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}

Your form is posting to what I presume is the wrong url
<form role='form' action="/sxsw/formSubmitted/" method="post">
should use the url for the sxsw view
<form role='form' action="/sxsw/" method="post">
Once submitted, you'll likely want to redirect to the submitted view
return redirect('/sxsw/formSubmitted/') # Preferably use the url pattern name here

It looks like your form's action is set to /sxsw/formSubmitted/ that always simply return the submitted page, instead of the url that will call the sxsw view where the form's save method is called.