I am creating a site using Django/Python. I have only just begun the registration page where a user will input their info and the data should flow into the sqlite3 DB which comes with Django. I have since yesterday evening (been just under 24 hours now) trying to figure out why my forms aren't showing up. I tried attaching what I'm getting vs what I'm aiming for but don't have enough reputation points so please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfjhLKL-_5Q 9.09mins for what I'm aiming for. Please note: The word 'welcome' on the youtube vid has been replaced with 'Thank you' by me. This code is in my views.py.
The issue is that the small boxes which a user would type in their fullname and email in the video (which I have replaced with Profession, first_name, last_name etc) are not appearing at all... instead I am getting just 'Thank you' appearing along with my 'username' (jmitchel3 equivalent) and registration button but no request for text boxes. My code is below.
I initially thought that my forms were setup incorrectly so I compared my code to the page that's successful and no luck. I did the same for models but couldn't see anything there either ...
models.py:
from django.db import models
# Create your models here.
class Register(models.Model):
Profession = models.CharField(max_length=120)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
email = models.EmailField(max_length = 120, unique = True)
phone_number = models.CharField(max_length=120)
instgram_ID = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True, null=True)
facebook_ID = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True, null=True)
twitter_ID = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True, null=True)
timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, auto_now=False)
updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=False, auto_now=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.email
forms.py
from django import forms
from .models import Register
class RegisterForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Register
fields = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'phone_number', 'instgram_ID', 'facebook_ID', 'twitter_ID']
def clean_email(self):
email = self.cleaned_data.get('email')
email_base, provider = email.split("@")
domain, extension = provider.split('.')
#if not domain = 'USC':
# raise forms.ValidationError("Please make sure you use your USC email.")
#if not extension == "edu":
# raise forms.ValidationError("Please use a valid .EDU email address")
#return email
def clean_full_name(self):
full_name = self.cleaned_data.get('full_name')
#write validation code.
return full_name
admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
# Register your models here.
from .forms import RegisterForm
from .models import Register
class RegisterAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ["__unicode__", "timestamp", "updated"]
form = RegisterForm
#class Meta:
# model = Register
)
admin.site.register(Register, RegisterAdmin
views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from .forms import RegisterForm
# Create your views here.
def home(request):
title = 'Welcome'
form = RegisterForm(request.POST or None)
context = {
"title": title,
"form": form
}
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
if not instance.full_name:
instance.full_name = "Justin"
instance.save
context = {
"title": "Thank you"
}
return render(request, "home.html", context)
home.html:
<h1>{{title}}</h1>
{{ user }}
{{ request.user }}
<form method ='POST' action=''>{% csrf_token %}
{{ form }}
<input type='submit' value = 'Register'>
<!-- <input> type='text'> -->
<!-- <input> -->
</form>
It's been a while since I have been on here so if I need to add anything else, let me know..
You have an indentation error. The part where context is replaced iwth just {"title": "Thank you"} should be indented within the is_valid() block. Where it is now, it is replacing the earlier definition of context, which has the result that you're not sending the form to the template.