So basically I want to make a simple form I can enter text and the after I hit submit, see the text.
Here is my forms.py:
class Search(forms.Form):
search = forms.CharField()
Here is my views.py:
def search(request):
context = RequestContext(request)
if request.method == 'POST':
search = Search(data=request.POST)
if search.is_valid():
ticker = search.save()
ticker.save()
success = True
else:
print search.errors
else:
search = Search()
return render_to_response('ui/search.html', {"search":search}, context)
Here is the html form that you use to type in (I'm using bootstrap for styling purposes):
<form class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="search" action="/search/" method="post" name="tick">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter stock symbol">
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>
And finally, I want the text entered in the form to be displayed on "search.html" which looks like this currently:
{% extends 'ui/base.html' %}
{% block title %} search {% endblock %}
{% block body_block %}
<br>
<p>test</p>
{{ form.search.data }} <!--I'm pretty sure this is not correct -->
{% endblock %}
Anyone know how I can do this? Thanks.
Your form name is search.
To render the value with modern django, you need to call the value method of the field, therefore your template should look like the following:
{{ search.search.value }}
Your template is wrong, as you suspect.
It is looking for a context variable named "form", but you have given it a context dictionary with a key named "search".
Also, "data" is the argument that you use to build up your Search object (correctly), but when you want to extract the user's input from it, you should use the field names instead, and you need to call value() on them in order to get the bound value. So, to get the contents of the text field called search, you should use search.search.value.
Try changing the line
{{ form.search.data }}
to
{{ search.search.value }}
Related
I think I'm almost there, but the last part just doesn't want to work :(. I hope you can help as I'm not seeing it anymore after 2 days.
Within my FormWizard I'm trying to (1) show a Formset based on a Slider Input in a previous set (setting the Extra value) and (2) in each Form within the Formset I want to show a ChoiceField (forms.Select) based on a Text-input in a previous step.
With a lot of searching on stackoverflow I am able to do step 1. Step 2 is almost working, except for the fact that the ChoiceField doesn't update with the new values from the Text-input. This is my code in views.py:
class FormWizardView(LoginRequiredMixin, SessionWizardView):
template_name = 'test/test.html'
def get_form_initial(self, step):
if step == 'formset_step':
form_class = self.form_list[step]
data = self.get_cleaned_data_for_step('slider_step')
if data is not None:
# To set the extra value in formset based on slider input
extra = data['number_slider']
form_class.extra = extra
# To set the ChoiceField value in formset based on text-input
form1_cleaned_data = self.get_cleaned_data_for_step('text_input_step')
formset = form_class().forms
for form in formset:
if form1_cleaned_data:
form.fields['text_input'].choices = [item for item in form1_cleaned_data.items()]
# Print form to test if the form updates
print(form)
return formset
return super(FormWizardView, self).get_form_initial(step)
def done(self, form_list, **kwargs):
do something
return something
I'm trying to return the formset, but I get the error 'TestForm' object has no attribute 'get'. I am probably returning the wrong thing here, but whatever I try to return, it doesn't work. Returning super(FormWizardView, self).get_form_initial(step) just gives me the empty ChoiceField and returning the form gives me the error object of type 'TestForm' has no len().
I also printed out the form in my console, and that seems to work properly. Does anyone know what I should return in order to get the populated ChoiceField?
Many thanks!
EDIT:
Thanks for your answer! When I modify my get_form:
def get_form(self, step=None, data=None, files=None):
if step == 'formset_step':
form_class = self.form_list[step]
data = self.get_cleaned_data_for_step('slider_step')
if data is not None:
# To set the extra value in formset based on slider input
extra = data['number_slider']
form_class.extra = extra
# To set the ChoiceField value in formset based on text-input
form1_cleaned_data = self.get_cleaned_data_for_step('text_input_step')
formset = form_class().forms
for form in formset:
if form1_cleaned_data:
form.fields['text_input'].choices = [item for item in form1_cleaned_data.items()]
# Print form to test if the form updates
print(form)
return super(FormWizardView, self).get_form(step, data, files)
I get the error ['ManagementForm data is missing or has been tampered with']. When browsing through StackOverflow it seems a template problem (and specifically not setting {{ wizard.management_form }}, but I took the plain code from the Django FormTools doc which should normally work. In my template I have this:
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load i18n %}
{% block head %}
{{ wizard.form.media }}
{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<p>Step {{ wizard.steps.step1 }} of {{ wizard.steps.count }}</p>
<form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
<table>
{{ wizard.management_form }}
{% if wizard.form.forms %}
{{ wizard.form.management_form }}
{% for form in wizard.form.forms %}
{{ form }}
{% endfor %}
{% else %}
{{ wizard.form }}
{% endif %}
</table>
{% if wizard.steps.prev %}
<button name="wizard_goto_step" type="submit" value="{{ wizard.steps.first }}">{%
˓→trans "first step" %}</button>
<button name="wizard_goto_step" type="submit" value="{{ wizard.steps.prev }}">{%
˓→trans "prev step" %}</button>
{% endif %}
<input type="submit" value="{% trans "submit" %}"/>
</form>
{% endblock %}
Am I not seeing something in the template or my get_form function not correct? Many thanks for looking at my problem :)
Method get_form_initial from form wizard should return a dictionary with initial data for the form that will be created, not the form itself. If you want to modify whole form, try modifying get_form method instead.
Well, suppose we have a list of strings (objects with a toString() method respectively) and a jinja2 template that shall have selection forms (buttons or something alike) that agree in number and label to the list. This list may alter during the session. So far, I tried to work with submit buttons and radio buttons. Problems are: submit buttons vary in size because of different string length and I dislike that radio buttons force the user to first make a choice and then submit it.
The jinja2 markup looks like this:
<form method = 'post' action= "{{ url_for('add_dialogue_turn') }}">
{% if questions %}
{% for q in questions %}
<input type="radio" name="question" value={{q}}> {{q}} <br>
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
<input type="submit" /><br /><br />
</form>
The flask function looks like this:
#app.route("/turn", methods=['POST'])
def add_dialogue_turn():
label = request.form["question"]
print(label)
return render_template("sometemplate.html", questions=aListOfQuestions, answers = aListOfAnswers)
Can I make the radio buttons submit the value directly after ticking off the circle? Or can I define some field that returns the string when clicking on it?
Thank you for your help in advance!
This is a Front end problem. You would need either JavaScript to submit your form when a button/radio is ticked. And it also depends on how you submit your form but if you want just the data to be passed into the server without page reloading, I'd suggest Ajax. And if you just want to pass the input value into the server, you do not have to use post.
A simple example would be,
-HTML
<input type="radio" name="question" value={{q}} id="{{something_unique_for_each_iterable}}" onclick="submitFunction(this)">
-JavaScript
function submitFunction(event){
id_of_radio_ticked = '#' + event.id;
$.ajax({
url: "{{url_for('to_your_flask_view_function')}}",
type: 'GET',
data: {'radio_value':$(id_of_radio_ticked).val()},
success: function(resp){
alert('do something with returned data')
}
});
}
I found another solution within the jinja template:
<nav>
<ul>
<div class="sideMenuL">
<form method = 'post' action= "{{ url_for('add_dialogue_turn') }}">
{% if questions %}
{% for q in questions %}
{% autoescape false %}
<input type="submit" name="question" value="{{q}}"><br>
{% endautoescape %}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
</form>
</div>
</ul>
</nav>
I have been trying to figure out why my Flask form will not properly validate my select field choices even though the choices are coming from the select field options.
My assumption is that the select option when passed back from the server is unicode and is being compared to the choice which is a string, however, I thought coerce=str would fix that. I printed out the form data and request data which is the output below. Why isn't it working?
My code is attached below, removed csrf token key from the output dict. It seems like a very simple thing, but I can't figure it out.
forms.py
class PlatformForm(FlaskForm):
platform_options = [('test', 'Test'), ('test2','Test2')]
platforms = wtforms.SelectField('Platforms', choices=platform_options, coerce=str, validators=[DataRequired()])
views.py
#app.route('/', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def index():
form = forms.PlatformForm()
if form.is_submitted():
print form.data
print request.form
if form.errors:
print form.errors
return render_template('home.html', form=form)
index.html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h4>Select a Platform</h4>
<form method="POST">
{{ form.csrf_token }}
<select class="custom-select" name="platform">
{% for value, text in form.platforms.choices %}<br>
<option value="{{ value }}">{{ text }}</option>
{% endfor %}
</select>
<button id="submit_inputs" type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>
{% endblock %}
output
{'platforms': 'None'}
ImmutableMultiDict([('platform', u'test')])
{'platforms': [u'Not a valid choice']}
EDIT:
I figured out the problem. It's the way I'm creating the Select drop down through HTML and Jinja. Iterating through the choices and creating option tags doesn't seem to instantiate anything in the form data itself when passed back into Python. Changing that whole for loop to just
{{form.platforms}}
created a select drop down field that actually works.
You have a name mismatch. In the form, you named your select field platforms (plural). In the HTML, you use platform (singular).
I recommend that instead of manually rendering the fields in your template, you let WTForms generate the HTML for you. For the form label, you can use {{ form.platforms.label }}, and for the actual field {{ form.platforms() }}. You can pass any attributes you want to field to have as keyword arguments.
I think something might be going wrong because of the way you are rendering the form in your html file. If my hunch is right, try this:
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h4>Select a Platform</h4>
<form method="POST">
{{ form.hidden_tag() }}
Select: {{ form.plaforms}}
{{ form.submit(class="btn btn-default") }}
</form>
{% endblock %}
and then try if form.validate_on_submit() in your views.py file
taken from this stack overflow answer by pjcunningham:
"validate_on_submit() is a shortcut for is_submitted() and validate().
From the source code, line 89, is_submitted() returns True if the form
submitted is an active request and the method is POST, PUT, PATCH, or
DELETE.
Generally speaking, it is used when a route can accept both GET and
POST methods and you want to validate only on a POST request."
I'm using Django and I just did a big form Using HTML5 and bootstrap. Can I still send the form via the post method to django if I'm not using it to generate the form? Should I definitely redo my form using Django?
NOTE: There may be a better way of doing this, if there is I'd really like to know, this is just how I have done it in the past.
You will still need a forms.py file in your app.
In forms.py:
from django import forms
class MyForm(forms.Form):
# FORM FIELDS HERE
Then put the form in the context dictionary for your view:
def myView(request):
if request.method == "POST":
# FORM PROCESSING HERE
else:
myform = MyForm() #create empty form
return render(request, "template.html", {"myform": myForm}
Now in your template you can add:
<form id="myForm" name="myFormName" method="post" action=".">
{% csrf_token %}
{% for field in myform %}
{{ field.as_hidden }}
{% endfor %}
</form>
This will add your django form to the page without displaying it. All of your form inputs are given the id id_fieldName where fieldName is the field name you defined in the forms.py file.
Now when the user clicks your "submit" button (which I am assuming is a bootstrap button given the rest of your form is). You can use Jquery to input the bootstrap field values into those of the hidden form.
Something like:
$("#mySubmitButton").click(function() {
$("#id_djangoFormField").val($("#myBootstrapFormField").val());
$("#myForm").submit();
}
);
This will submit the django form with the inputs from bootstrap. This can be processed in the view as normal using cleaned_data["fieldName"].
A bit late I post the solution I found for including a form in a modal in a class based detail view. Dunno if it's really orthodox but it works.
I don't use any Form Class or Model. (Django 3.9)
Within the template, I send a field value of my object in a hidden div. If this value is missing for a special action (because for the most of actions on the object, it's not required), a modal pops asking for updating the given field. This modal is triggered with JS that check the presence (or not) of the required value.
In the modal, I display a list of radio choices buttons in an ordinary form inviting the user to update the field. The form's action leads to a view that will update the given field.
modal.html
<form action="{% url 'update-sku-column' object.pk %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{% if csv_headers %}
<div class="m-3 ps-3">
{% for header in csv_headers %}
{% for csv_sample in csv_samples %}
{% if forloop.counter0 == forloop.parentloop.counter0 %}
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="chosen-field" value="{{ forloop.counter0 }}">
<label class="form-check-label" for="{{ forloop.counter0 }}">
<span class="ms-3">{{ header }} </span>: <span class="ms-1 text-secondary">{{ csv_sample }}</span>
</label>
</div>
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
</div>
{% endif %}
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Enregistrer</button>
</div>
</form>
urls.py
[...]
path('flow/<int:pk>/update-sku-column',
set_sku_column, name='update-sku-column'),
[...]
views.py
#login_required
def set_sku_column(request, pk):
if request.method == 'POST':
column = request.POST['chosen-field']
flow = Flow.objects.get(pk=pk)
flow.fl_ref_index = column
flow.save()
return redirect('mappings-list', pk=pk)
[...]
Even if I can imagine it's not the best way, it works.
don't forget the {% csrf_token %}otherwise it won't
I have a form that in layman's terms, has a bunch of buttons (that act like checkboxes) with values. Users can select a handful of buttons.
The buttons push their values (via a JQuery function) into a hidden input which I'm using to gather the values.
I would like to make sure that the "values=" attribute of each hidden input isn't null or "" when the user presses the submit form.
Ex: Make sure that the input does NOT equal this:
<input autocomplete="off" id="id_valuePlatform" name="valuePlatform" type="hidden"> or
<input autocomplete="off" id="id_valuePlatform" name="valuePlatform" type="hidden" value="">
Here's the forms.py:
class getGames(forms.Form):
valuePlatform = forms.CharField(required=True, error_messages={'required': 'You need to tell us your platform(s)!'}, widget=forms.HiddenInput(attrs={'autocomplete': 'off'}))
Template:
<form method= "POST" autocomplete="off"> {% csrf_token %}
{{ form.non_field_errors }}
<div class="container">
{% if form.valuePlatform.errors %}
<ol>
{% for error in form.valuePlatform.errors %}
<li><strong>{{ error|escape }}</strong></li>
{% endfor %}
</ol>
{% endif %}
</div>
{{ form.valuePlatform }}
</div>
</div>
</form>
Views.py:
from .forms import getGames
def find(request):
form = getGames()
context = {"form": form}
if form.is_valid():
print form.cleaned_data['valuePlatform']
Is this even possible, or would I have to pass the data to Django via a Ajax POST?
Changed views.py to this, after looking at # Alasdair's examples in the documentation:
from .forms import getGames
def find(request):
form = getGames(request.POST or None)
context = {"form": form}
if request.method == 'POST':
if form.is_valid():
print form.cleaned_data['valuePlatform']