I created a form which will take input and save input values in database(mysql). My forms.py
class postcreation(forms.Form):
post_title = forms.CharField(max_length=200, widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'name':'post_title'}))
post_name = forms.CharField(max_length=200, widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'name':'post_name'}))
post_post = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'name':'post_post'}))
My models.py
class postdata(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
name = models.ForeignKey(userdata, on_delete='CASECADE')
post = models.TextField()
def __str__(self):
return self.title
At first I had not used the 'attr' value. It didn't work. I saw a stackoverflow answer which says that I should. Still no luck.
My views.py
def postinput(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = postcreation(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
inputpost = postdata(title=request.POST['post_title'], name=request.POST['post_name'], post=request.POST['post_post'])
inputpost.save()
return redirect('index')
else:
form = postcreation()
context = { 'form': form }
return render(request, 'firstapp/postinput.html', context)
html template
<form method="POST" action="{% url 'index' %}">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form }}
<button type="submit">Post</button>
</form>
I was trying to get input through form and save it to database. But I was not being able to do so. I cannot understand why. I was going through some of the tutorials and some stackoverflow questions. It still doesn't work. Thanks for your help.
You can get the values from the validated form instead of the request directly, like this:
# . . .
if form.is_valid()
inputpost = postdata(title=form.cleaned_data.get('title'),
name=form.cleaned_data.get('name'),
post=form.cleaned_data.get('post'))
# . . .
Since postdata.name is a userdata object, you need to point it to one. For example, doing something like this
if form.is_valid()
inputpost = postdata(title=form.cleaned_data.get('title'),
post=form.cleaned_data.get('post'))
name=form.cleaned_data.get('name')
inputpost.name = userdata.objects.get(name=name) # or something similar,
# depending on what exactly
#`userdata` is and how
# to get the relevant instance.
inputpost.save()
I am not sure exactly how to fetch the userdata post, since that depends on the rest of your code, but it's something like that.
It might also be the case that you want to create a new userdata object instead. That would be something like:
# . . .
name=form.cleaned_data.get('name')
ud = userdata(name=name)
ud.save()
inputpost.name = ud,
inputpost.save()
# . . .
Again, depends on what userdata is.
Related
I have 2 Django forms: one, where the user uploads an article, and the second, where the user can edit a list of article words into one of three buckets (change the column value: bucket 1-3).
forms.py
class UploadForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Upload
fields = ('name','last_name','docfile',)
class Doc_wordsForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model= Doc_words
fields= ('id','word','word_type','upload',) #upload is foreign key value
After the user uploads the article, I have a function in views.py that breaks down the uploaded article into a list of words.
I want these words to be looped through and added to a database table(where each row is a word), then have the second form reference these words.
Views.py
# upload_id = (request.GET.get("id"))
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UploadForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
data = request.FILES['docfile']#.read().decode('UTF-8')
words=get_keywords(data)
results=list(find_skills(words))
for word in results:
form2 = Resume_words(word = word, word_type='exclude', upload = upload_id)
form2.save()
return render(request, 'word_list.html',{
"results":results
})
else:
form = UploadForm()
return render(request, 'upload.html', {
'form':form
})
I having trouble pulling these pieces together and I'm desperate for help of any kind! I having trouble with the following steps:
I don't know how to capture the current users instance when saving to the table. I get an error in the above Views.py code.
I don't know how to have the second form reference the current user from the first form.
Please let me know if I can provide more information or clarity on anything above. Also, feel free to answer one question, or simply point me to where there is an example similar to this, any light shed is greatly appreciated.
There are many ways to get user's info in view. the most basic way (not recommended, AT ALL!) is to pass user's id to every view from every view. for example in login view you pass user's id in context:
return render(request, 'main_page.html',{
"user_id":user.id
})
and make every view get this id whether in url or query parameter.
using url:
urls.py
path('any/pk/', AnyView.as_view(), name='carrot'),
view.py
class AnyView(Views):
def get(request, pk):
user=User.objects.get(pk=pk)
def post(request, pk):
user=User.objects.get(pk=pk)
your_template.html
<!-- post request -->
<form action="{% url 'carrot' user_id %}" method="post">...</form>
<!-- get request -->
<a href={% url 'carrot' user_id %}></a>
using query parameters:
urls.py
path('any/', AnyView.as_view(), name='carrot'),
view.py
class AnyView(Views):
def get(request):
user=request.GET.get('pk', False)
if user:
user=User.objects.get(pk=pk)
def post(request):
user=request.POST.get('pk', False)
if user:
user=User.objects.get(pk=pk)
your_template.html
<!-- post request -->
<form action="{% url 'carrot' %}?pk={{ user_id }}" method="post">...</form>
<!-- get request -->
a much much better way is using django default authentication for log in, log out, permission handling and finally getting user information from request without all this unnecessary code.
view.py
class AnyView(Views):
def get(request):
user=request.user
def post(request):
user=request.user
to implement django authentication check this link:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django/Authentication
I'm trying to get all attributes of a single object. I keep getting a "Devices matching query does not exist." I just cannot figure out my issue.
Models.py
`class Devices(models.Model):
category_id = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
device_description = models.CharField(max_length=100)
device_status = models.CharField(max_length=50)
device_date = models.DateTimeField()
device_user = models.CharField(max_length=50)`
Views.py
def view_status(request, pk=None):
device = Devices.objects.get(pk=pk)
return render(request, 'homesite/device_status.html', device)
urls.py
url(r'^viewstatus/$', views.view_status, name='ViewStatus'),
here is the url I use to call http://localhost:8000/homesite/viewstatus/?pk=1
device_satus.html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block head %}
<title>Device Status</title>
{% endblock%}
{% block body %}
<h3>Device Status Detail</h3>
{{ devices.device_description }}
{{ devices.device_status }}
{{devices.device_date|date:"Y-m-d H:m:s"}}
{% endblock %}
There are 4 records in my able so I know there is a match for PK=1.
Note, that this is not the usual way to build an URL for accessing a specific object. Below I present first the approach that integrates pk in the URI and second the one passing pk as a parameter.
1. Approach
Here you put the pk in the URI and request something like http://localhost:8000/homesite/viewstatus/1/. If you do so, you need to adapt your urls.py by specifying what part of the URI is the pk you want:
# urls.py
url(r'^viewstatus/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.view_status, name='ViewStatus'),
The way you wrote the view is fine:
def view_status(request, pk=None):
if pk is not None:
device = Devices.objects.get(pk=pk)
else:
device = None
return render(request, 'homesite/device_status.html', {'device' : device})
Now, views.view_status will be called with both the request object and the pk as arguments and objects.get will behave as you expected, if the pk you put in the URI exists in you database.
Note that this is the preferred way to get an object.
2. Approach
In this case you pass the pk as a parameter, so call http://localhost:8000/homesite/viewstatus/?pk=1, for example. Now pk is a parameter of a GET request. In this case:
# urls.py
url(r'^viewstatus/$', views.view_status, name='ViewStatus'),
And the view only takes the request object as argument. Within the view you can get the pk as follows:
def view_status(request):
pk = request.GET.get('pk', None)
if pk is not None:
device = Devices.objects.get(pk=int(pk))
else:
device = None
return render(request, 'homesite/device_status.html', {'device' : device})
So in this case your view does not take any arguments other than the request object.
Another issue is in your view function: Django's shortcut render takes a dict object for the optional argument context. Currently you directly pass a Devices object. You need to update your return statement in view_status:
return render(request, 'homesite/device_status.html', {'device' : device})
Hope that helps!
I get an error 'Devices' object is not iterable
urls.py
this is how the url is set up.
url(r'^viewstatus/$', views.view_status, name='ViewStatus'),
but is should be like this
url(r'^viewstatus/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.view_status, name='ViewStatus'),
so that I can call like this correct? http://localhost:8000/homesite/viewstatus/1/
views.py
def view_status(request):
pk = request.GET['pk']
device = Devices.objects.get(pk=pk)
return render(request, 'homesite/device_status.html', device
so i need the corresponding views.py code to work with
http://localhost:8000/homesite/viewstatus/1/
I've stared at this for hours so I know I'm missing something simple.
Try changing your view function:
def view_status(request):
pk = request.GET['pk']
device = Devices.objects.get(pk=pk)
return render(request, 'homesite/device_status.html', device)
Let me know if it helps :)
I have edit_client view, Client model and a ClientForm. What I need is to edit an existing record from Client but display it as an editable form, and save the updated record. What should be seen in my views.py and my edit_client.html?
You can create a function named : edit_client into your view file.
As an example, you can use a link in your html like this :
<a href="{% "edit_client" client.pk %}> {{ client.name }} </a>
And your function can be :
def edit_client(request, client_id):
client = Client.objects.get(pk=client_id)
clients = Client.objects.all()
if request.method = "POST":
# what you want to edit (name, age etc ...)
client.save()
return render_to_response('index.html', {"clients":clients}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
else:
return render_to_response('edit_client.html', {"client":client}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
Note that it will be different if you want to use a form.
I have a little question regarding Forms / Views which don't use a Model object. I seem to have it set up almost the way it should, but I can't seem to figure out how to pass data around to initialise the fields in my edit form.
What I have to do is get data from a REST server which was developed using Delphi. So this django thingie won't be using the normal django ORM model thing. Currently I have it working so my app displays a list of departmets which it got using a REST call to the server. Each department has it's ID as a hyperlink.
My next step / thing I would like to do is display a form in which the user can edit some values for the selected department. Logically everything seems to be hooked up together the way it should (as far as I can see). Sadly ... for whatever reason ... I can't seem to pass along information about the clicked ID or even the selected object in my list to the detail view.
Would anyone be able to help me out ? This is what I have so far :
The urls.py :
# DelphiClient/urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns
from django.conf.urls import url
from . import views
urlpatterns = patterns("",
url(
regex=r"^Departments$",
view=views.DelphiDepartmentsListView.as_view(),
name="Departments"
),
url(
regex=r'^Department/(?P<pk>\d+)/$',
view=views.DepartmentFormView.as_view(),
name='department_update'
),
)
The views.py :
# DelphiClient/views.py
...
from .client import DelphiClient
from .forms import DepartmentForm
class DelphiDepartmentsListView(TemplateView):
template_name = 'DelphiDepartmentList.html'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
client = DelphiClient()
departments = client.get_department()
context = super(DelphiDepartmentsListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['departments'] = departments
#client.update_department(1, 'Update From Django')
return context
class DepartmentFormView(FormView):
template_name = 'DepartmentUpdate.html'
form_class = DepartmentForm
success_url = '/DelphiClient/Departments'
def get_initial(self, **kwargs):
"""
Returns the initial data to use for forms on this view.
"""
initial = super(DepartmentFormView, self).get_initial(**kwargs)
# How can I get the ID passed along from the list view
# so I can get the correct object from my REST server and
# pass it along in the Initial ???
return initial
def form_valid(self, form):
# This method is called when valid form data has been POSTed.
# It should return an HttpResponse.
print "form.data {0}".format(form.data)
client = DelphiClient()
client.update_department(form.data["flddepartmentId"],form.data["flddepartmenet"])
return super(DepartmentFormView, self).form_valid(form)
The forms.py :
# DelphiClient/forms.py
from django import forms
from .client import DelphiClient
class DepartmentForm(forms.Form):
# How can I fill in the values for these fields using an object passed in
# thhrough Initial or the context?
flddepartmentId = forms.IntegerField(label="Department ID") #, value=1)
flddepartmenet = forms.CharField(label="New Description", max_length=100)
def update_department(self, *args, **kwargs):
#print "update_department"
#print self.data
#print self.data["flddepartmenet"]
client = DelphiClient()
client.update_department(self.data["flddepartmentId"],self.data["flddepartmenet"])
And the template for the form :
<h1>Update Department</h1>
<p>Update Department? {{ department.flddepartmentid }}</p>
<p>Something : {{ something }}</p>
<form action="" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<p><label for="id_flddepartmentId">Department ID:</label> <input id="id_flddepartmentId" name="flddepartmentId" type="number" value="1"></p>
<p><label for="id_flddepartmenet">New Description:</label> <input id="id_flddepartmenet" maxlength="100" name="flddepartmenet" type="text"></p>
<input type="submit" value="OK">
</form>
As you can see ... I'm close ... but no cigar yet :-) Since I'm completely new to Python / Django and have been learning on the go, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong or where I should look.
If anyone would be able to help or point me in the right direction it would be really appreciated.
The positional and name-based arguments are stored in self.args and self.kwargs respectively (see the docs on name based filtering). Therefore you can access the pk with self.kwargs['pk'].
I'm not sure that you should include flddepartmentId as an editable field in the form. It means that users could go to /Department/1/, but then enter flddepartmentId=2 when they submit the form. It might be better to remove the field from the form, then use the value from the URL when calling update_department.
client.update_department(self.kwargs['pk'],self.data["flddepartmenet"])
If you are sure that you want to include flddepartmentId in your form, then your get_initial method should look as follows:
def get_initial(self, **kwargs):
"""
Returns the initial data to use for forms on this view.
"""
initial = super(DepartmentFormView, self).get_initial(**kwargs)
initial['flddepartmentId'] = self.kwargs['pk']
return initial
I am currently using models to have users enter data, using templates (not admin) that is then stored, at which point the users can then see all the data they entered. I would like to also give users the ability to delete specific entries, this would be done using object ids to identify and delete specific objects.
Here is my views.py:
#login_required(login_url='/login/')
def fav(request):
context = RequestContext(request)
#This returns all of the data the user has entered
favorites_list = StockTickerSymbol.objects.filter(user=request.user).order_by('-added_date')
`
#This is to try to get the ID of every object in favorites_list and append it to a list
for obj in favorites_list:
stock_id = []
stock_id.append(obj.id)
#Here is where the form is processed to save the data the user has entered
if request.method == 'POST':
form = FavoritesForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
stock = form.save(commit=False)
stock.user = request.user
stock.save()
return redirect(fav)
else:
print form.errors
else:
form = FavoritesForm()
context_dict = {'favorites': favorites_list, 'form':form, 'stock_id':stock_id}
return render_to_response('favorites/favorites.html', context_dict, context)
def delete(request, id):
stock_to_delete = get_object_or_404(StockTickerSymbol, pk=id).delete()
return redirect(fav)
Here is my urls.py:
url(r'^favorites/$', views.fav, name='favorites'),
url(r'^add_favorites/$', views.add_fav, name='add favorites'),
url(r'^delete/(?P<id>\d+)/$', views.delete, name='delete')
And this is the part of my template file responsible for deleting
{% for id in stock_id %}
<div align="right">Delete</div>
{% endfor %}
My problem with this code, is that the delete link in my template only gives the first object ID for all the links. For example if there are three submissions for the user, and there id's are 1,2,3. The delete link will read "/delete/1" for all the submissions, thus only allowing users to delete their first submission. Any idea on how I can solve this?
Your problem is here:
for obj in favorites_list:
stock_id = []
stock_id.append(obj.id)
You are reinitializing inside the loop.
Try this
stock_id = []
for obj in favorites_list:
stock_id.append(obj.id)
Note that you can also do:
favorites_list = StockTickerSymbol.objects.filter(user=request.user).order_by('-added_date')
stock_ids = list(facorites_list.values_list('id', flat=True)) #IMO - It is a good idea to name a list with plural for readability
Also, in your delete method - See if the user does have permission to delete the object. If not, anyone can hit this url with some random id and start deleting the objects in the database.
I would start off by adding the login_required decorator, followed by adding a created_by or attaching a group associated with the model, which need to be verified before allowing the user to delete the object.
EDIT
{% for fav in favorite_list %}
<div class="fav">
{{fav.name}}
</div>
Delete me
{% endfor %}
Now you can do away with the id list.