Hello everyone I have an HTML form as follows: and after clicking on post i am redirecting it to views.py. can any one tell me how to get the field values of all the fields of the form into views.py. here's the output i want the field value in key value pair like shown in above pic i.e. API=hello&Area=hello1 so on...
i know we can do that using this if html:
<div class="form-group col-md-2">
<label for="param">TAF Parameter</label>
<input type="text" name="inputdata_API" class="form-control" id="inputapi_param" value="API" readonly>
</div>
and view:
def register(request):
api = request.GET.get['inputdata_API']
But in that case i have to write each and every input name in my view
To get form input without individual access, Django provide ModelForm
For resume :
Define a model to store your form informations
class MyModel(models.Model): api = models.CharField() # ...
Define a model form linked to the previous model
from django import forms
class MyModelForm(forms.Form):
class Meta:
model = MyModel
fields = ['api', # all others fields you want to display]
In the views.py
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.shortcuts import redirect
def register(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
# Instanciate the form with posted data
form = MyModelFor(request.POST)
# Check if form is valid
if form.is_valid:
# Create a new MyModel object if the form is valid
form.save() # This is the most benefit line, save you from request.POST['field_name']
# You can eventually return to the same page
return redirect('.')
else: # The form is invalid return a json response
return JsonResponse({"Error": "Form is invalid"}, status=400)
At the end render the form fields in the template like this :
<form action="{% url 'url_to_register' %}" method="post" novalidate>
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Register</button>
</form>
But the downside of this approach is the style of the form on the frontend : You need to add some Bootstrap class for example in the right place to make it nice to look, it is a a counterpart...
Django form documentation.