I’m trying to create a dashboard for the staff users to fill in and edit some information regarding their users. The form works and saves successfully, but when I submit it for a second time, it creates a new object. It won’t replace the previous:
This is my views.py file:
class ScientificInfoView(FormMixin, DetailView):
model = ScientificInfo
template_name = 'reg/scientific-info.html'
form_class = ScientificInfoForm
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('scientific-info', kwargs={'pk': self.object.pk})
def get_context_date(self, **kwargs):
context = super(ScientificInfoView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['form'] = ScientificInfoForm()
return context
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
self.object = self.get_object()
form = self.get_form()
if form.is_valid():
return self.form_valid(form)
else:
return self.form_invalid(form)
def form_valid(self, form):
form.save()
return super(ScientificInfoView, self).form_valid(form)
And my template:
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="{% url 'scientific-info' pk=object.id %}">
{% csrf_token %}
{{form}}
<button type="submit">submit</button>
</form>
File urls.py:
path('surveys/scientific/<pk>', login_required(views.ScientificInfoView.as_view()), name='scientific-info')
I’m pretty sure that the action part in my form is causing the issue, but how can I solve it?
Use this:
def get_success_url(self):
pk = self.kwargs["pk"]
return reverse("scientific-info", kwargs={"pk": pk})
Or
class ScientificInfoView(FormMixin, DetailView):
model = ScientificInfo
template_name = 'reg/scientific-info.html'
form_class = ScientificInfoForm
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse("scientific-info", args=[pk]) # You can replace pk