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crispy_forms.exceptions.CrispyError: |as_crispy_field got passed an invalid or inexistent field - models.ForeignKey

I'm trying to create a frontend data entry page for an existing model. However, when clicking the link, I get an error:
crispy_forms.exceptions.CrispyError: |as_crispy_field got passed an invalid or inexistent field
Just to be clear, adding the data from Django Admin works with no issues at all.
Having looked through a number of answered questions here, one did highlight what I believe could be problem, but it was out of context and did not provide much of an explanation.
I am trying to create a frontend entry form for users that corresponds with a foreign key.
models.py
class NewHandoff(models.Model):
handoff_pk = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
handoff_date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True,verbose_name="Handoff Date")
shift1_pri = models.ForeignKey(Engineer,on_delete=models.CASCADE,verbose_name="Shift 1 Primary")
shift1_sec = models.ForeignKey(Engineer,on_delete=models.CASCADE,verbose_name="Shift 1 Secondary")
def __str__(self):
return f"{self.handoff_date}"
class Meta:
verbose_name_plural = 'Handoffs'
# New Handoff Form
class NewHandoffForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = NewHandoff
fields = ['shift1_pri','shift1_sec']
views.py
from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
from django.views import View
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from django.http.response import HttpResponse
from django.contrib import messages
from .models import AttentionForm, NewHandoffForm
# Handoff View Page
class NewHandoffView(LoginRequiredMixin,View):
def get(self, request):
greeting = {}
greeting['heading'] = "New Handoff"
greeting['pageview'] = "Handoff"
return render (request,'handoff/handoff-new.html')
def post(self, request):
if request.method == "POST":
if "add-new-handoff-button" in request.POST:
create_new_handoff_form = NewHandoffForm(request.POST)
create_new_handoff_form.save()
return redirect("/handoff/handoff-create")
handoff-new.html
{% extends 'partials/base.html' %}
{% load static %}
{% load humanize %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block extra_css %}
<link href="{% static 'libs/bootstrap-datepicker/dist/css/bootstrap-datepicker.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet">
{% endblock %}
{% block contents %}
<div class="row">
<div class="col-12">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<!-- New Form -->
<form method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="row">
<div class="row-fluid pb-1">
<!-- Field 1 -->
<div class="mb-3">
{{ form.shift1_pri|as_crispy_field }}
</div>
<!-- End of Field 1 -->
</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-2">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary waves-effect waves-light" name="add-new-handoff-button">Create New Handoff</button>
</div>
</form>
<!-- End of New Form -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}
{% block extra_javascript %}
{% endblock %}
Someone mentioned in another post that forms should correlate with the declared form name {{ form.shift1_mod|as_crispy_field }} so it should actually be {{ create_new_handoff_form.shift1_mod|as_crispy_field }} but I have tried changing this and still get the same problem, plus, another model form works fine with just form despite the name of the form being attention_form.
Does anyone have any idea or can point me in the right direction? :)

You are not passing the form through the context in the template. As you are inheriting View, Add the following line in the get() and afterwards in the post() method appropriately:
form = NewHandoffForm()
# and then change return
return render(request,'handoff/handoff-new.html', {'form': form })
Also, you have a space after render in the get function. I hope this is a typo here, but not in your code.

URL Displaying Wrong Form and View in Django

I am attempting to render a form where the only field is a dropdown. I have the form, view, .html, url all set up. But when I access this url, it shows a different form and view and I suppose also a different .html. I am so confused on why this is happening as it had been working fine for quite some time so I obviously changed something.
forms.py
#this is the form for the dropdown
class ManifestDropDown(forms.Form):
References = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=Orders.objects.values_list('reference', flat=True).distinct(),
empty_label=None)
manifest_references.html
<!--html for dropdown-->
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block body %}
<div class="container">
<form method="POST" action="manifest">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ reference_list }}
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" name="button">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>
{% endblock %}
views.py
#view for dropdown
def manifest_references(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
if form.is_valid():
reference_id = form.cleaned_data.get('References')
form.save()
query_results = Orders.objects.all()
reference_list = ManifestDropDown()
context = {
'query_results': query_results,
'reference_list': reference_list,
}
return render(request, 'manifest_references.html', context)
urls.py
url(r'^manifest_references', manifest_references, name='manifest_references'),
base.html
<!--showing the link to this url-->
...
<a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'manifest_references' %}">Edit Manifests</a>
When I access the url above - instead of showing the manifest_references view with the dropdown, it immediately jumps to a different view manifest which is referenced as the action in the manifest_references.html. Please someone help me determine why this is happening.

Comment isn't getting deleted

I made a comment model for a blog and I wanted to give the user a way to delete the comment so I made a function based view for it but it didn't work so I decided to use a class based view but both of the views give the same error. the only thing that happens is that the url gets a ? after it and the page just refreshes as it is. The function based and class based views are both given below
func based
def comment_delete(request, pk):
comment_to_delete=get_object_or_404(comment,pk=pk)
if request.method=='POST':
post_url=comment_to_delete.content_object.get_absolute_url()
comment_to_delete.delete()
messages.success(request, 'Your comment has been deleted')
return HttpResponseRedirect(post_url)
context={
'comment':comment_to_delete
}
return render(request, 'blog/confirm_delete.html', context)
class based
class DeleteView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, DeleteView):
model = comment
success_url = '/'
def test_func(self):
comment= self.get_object()
if self.request.user == comment.user:
return True
return False
html of confirm page
{% extends 'blog/base.html' %}
{% block content %}
<form>
<p>are you sure you want to delete {{ comment }}</p>
<input type="submit" value="confirm" >
</form>
{% endblock %}
models.py
class comment(models.Model):
post=models.ForeignKey(Blog, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
user=models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
content=models.TextField(max_length=160)
timestamp=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
def __str__(self):
return '{}-{}'.format(self.post.title,str(self.user.username))
def get_absolute_url(self):
return reverse('comment', kwargs={"pk": self.pk})

You need to add a post request to your form. Post requests need tokens to protect from Cross Site Request Forgeries. Normally a token is passed with every post request.
<form method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
<p>are you sure you want to delete {{ comment }}</p>
<input type="submit" value="confirm" >
</form>

The problem is in your template, not your views. You need to add method="post" to the form to do a POST request, and add {% csrf_token %} to prevent a CSRF error.
<form method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<p>are you sure you want to delete {{ comment }}</p>
<input type="submit" value="confirm" >
</form>

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.

Tango with Django - Chapter 8 - Exercise

I need some help getting the add_page function to work properly. I am very new to HTML and even newer to Django. The chapter I am working on can be found here: http://www.tangowithdjango.com/book17/chapters/forms.html. Currently my relevent files look like this:
Forms.py
from django import forms
from rango.models import Page, Category
class CategoryForm(forms.ModelForm):
name = forms.CharField(max_length=128, help_text="Please enter the category name.")
views = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.HiddenInput(), initial=0)
likes = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.HiddenInput(), initial=0)
slug = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput(), required=False)
# An inline class to provide additional information on the form.
class Meta:
# Provide an association between the ModelForm and a model
model = Category
fields = ('name',)
class PageForm(forms.ModelForm):
title = forms.CharField(max_length=128, help_text="Please enter the title of the page.")
url = forms.URLField(max_length=200, help_text="Please enter the URL of the page.")
views = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.HiddenInput(), initial=0)
class Meta:
# Provide an association between the ModelForm and a model
model = Page
# What fields do we want to include in our form?
# This way we don't need every field in the model present.
# Some fields may allow NULL values, so we may not want to include them...
# Here, we are hiding the foreign key.
# we can either exclude the category field from the form,
exclude = ('category',)
#or specify the fields to include (i.e. not include the category field)
#fields = ('title', 'url', 'views')
def clean(self):
cleaned_data = self.cleaned_data
url = cleaned_data.get('url')
# If url is not empty and doesn't start with 'http://', prepend 'http://'.
if url and not url.startswith('http://'):
url = 'http://' + url
cleaned_data['url'] = url
return cleaned_data
Views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
from rango.models import Category, Page
from rango.forms import CategoryForm, PageForm
def index(request):
# Query the database for a list of ALL categories currently stored.
# Order the categories by no. likes in descending order.
# Retrieve the top 5 only - or all if less than 5.
# Place the list in our context_dict dictionary which will be passed to the template engine.
category_list = Category.objects.order_by('-likes')[:5]
page_list = Page.objects.order_by('-view')[:5]
context_dict = {'categories': category_list,
'pages': page_list}
# Render the response and send it back!
return render(request, 'rango/index.html', context_dict)
def category(request, category_name_slug):
# Create a context dictionary which we can pass to the template rendering engine.
context_dict = {}
try:
# Can we find a category name slug with the given name?
# If we can't, the .get() method raises a DoesNotExist exception.
# So the .get() method returns one model instance or raises an exception.
category = Category.objects.get(slug=category_name_slug)
context_dict['category_name'] = category.name
context_dict['category_name_slug'] = category_name_slug
# Retrieve all of the associated pages.
# Note that filter returns >= 1 model instance.
pages = Page.objects.filter(category=category)
# Adds our results list to the template context under name pages.
context_dict['pages'] = pages
# We also add the category object from the database to the context dictionary.
# We'll use this in the template to verify that the category exists.
context_dict['category'] = category
except Category.DoesNotExist:
# We get here if we didn't find the specified category.
# Don't do anything - the template displays the "no category" message for us.
pass
# Go render the response and return it to the client.
print context_dict
return render(request, 'rango/category.html', context_dict)
def add_category(request):
# A HTTP POST?
if request.method == 'POST':
form = CategoryForm(request.POST)
# Have we been provided with a valid form?
if form.is_valid():
# Save the new category to the database.
form.save(commit=True)
# Now call the index() view.
# The user will be shown the homepage.
return index(request)
else:
# The supplied form contained errors - just print them to the terminal.
print form.errors
else:
# If the request was not a POST, display the form to enter details.
form = CategoryForm()
# Bad form (or form details), no form supplied...
# Render the form with error messages (if any).
return render(request, 'rango/add_category.html', {'form': form})
def add_page(request, category_name_slug):
try:
cat = Category.objects.get(slug=category_name_slug)
except Category.DoesNotExist:
cat = None
if request.method == 'POST':
form = PageForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
if cat:
page = form.save(commit=False)
page.category = cat
page.views = 0
page.save()
# probably better to use a redirect here.
return category(request, category_name_slug)
else:
print form.errors
else:
form = PageForm()
context_dict = {'form':form, 'category': cat}
return render(request, 'rango/add_page.html', context_dict)
urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
from rango import views
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
# url(r'^about/$', views.about, name='about'),
url(r'^add_category/$', views.add_category, name='add_category'),
url(r'^category/(?P<category_name_slug>[\w\-]+)/add_page/$', views.add_page, name='add_page'),
url(r'^category/(?P<category_name_slug>[\w\-]+)/$', views.category, name='category'),)
I think this ^ is where I am encountering the issue. I manage to get to the "add a page" screen, but when I try to submit something, I receive an error that states I am only supplying 1 argument and add_page() requires 2. I think I may need an additional url that is similar to the "add_category" URL, but that must mean by other URL is pointing to the wrong place?
category.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Rango</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{ category_name }}</h1>
{% if category %}
{% if pages %}
<ul>
{% for page in pages %}
<li>{{ page.title }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% else %}
<strong>No pages currently in category.</strong>
{% endif %}
<li>Add a New Page</li>
{% else %}
The specified category {{ category_name }} does not exist!
{% endif %}
</body>
</html>
add_page.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Rango</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Add a Page</h1>
<form id="page_form" method="post" action="/rango/add_page/">
{% csrf_token %}
{% for hidden in form.hidden_fields %}
{{ hidden }}
{% endfor %}
{% for field in form.visible_fields %}
{{ field.errors }}
{{ field.help_text }}
{{ field }}
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Create Page" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

I edited the add_page function to include category_name_slug:
def add_page(request, category_name_slug):
try:
cat = Category.objects.get(slug=category_name_slug)
except Category.DoesNotExist:
cat = None
if request.method == 'POST':
form = PageForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
if cat:
page = form.save(commit=False)
page.category = cat
page.views = 0
page.save()
# probably better to use a redirect here.
return category(request, category_name_slug)
else:
print form.errors
else:
form = PageForm()
# made the change here
context_dict = {'form':form, 'category': cat, 'category_name_slug': category_name_slug}
return render(request, 'rango/add_page.html', context_dict)
Then I edited the add_page.html to look like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Rango</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Add a Page</h1>
<form id="page_form" method="post" action="/rango/category/{{ category_name_slug }}/add_page/">
{% csrf_token %}
{% for hidden in form.hidden_fields %}
{{ hidden }}
{% endfor %}
{% for field in form.visible_fields %}
{{ field.errors }}
{{ field.help_text }}
{{ field }}
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Create Page" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

if you dont wanna edit your views.py
just doit
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Rango</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Add a Page</h1>
<form id="page_form" method="post" action="/rango/category/{{ category }}/add_page/">
{% csrf_token %}
{% for hidden in form.hidden_fields %}
{{ hidden }}
{% endfor %}
{% for field in form.visible_fields %}
{{ field.errors }}
{{ field.help_text }}
{{ field }}
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Create Page" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
but i have problem to it still cannot be save on database.