I have a form where user just uploads an image,but problem is when I choose an image and press button to submit. It says This field is required.on the page although I have already pointed the image. And that's all it does.I checked if it was actually submitted but no, it was not.What could be the problem ?
Models.py
class pic(models.Model):
username = "anonymous"
picpost = models.ImageField(upload_to='anon_pics')
creation_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
forms.py
from django import forms
from .models import pic
class PicForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = pic
fields = [
"picpost"
]
view.py
def pic_create(request):
form = PicForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.save()
context = {
"form" : form,
}
return render(request, "create_pic.html", context)
create_pic.html
<body>
<form method='POST' action=''>{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<input type='submit' value='Upload Picture' />
</form>
</body>
Any help is highly appreciated.Thank you very much!
There are two issues here.
Firstly, your view needs to pass request.FILES as well as request.POST to the form.
Secondly, your form element in the template needs to include enctype="multipart/form-data".