Instead of rendering the html page, I want to return Json data from the following blocks of code but I don't know how to implement it. I don't want to use the rest_framework. When I use render
the page renders but when I use JsonResponse
it throws back an error.
views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
from django.core.mail import send_mail
def contact_us(request):
if request.method == "POST":
name = request.POST.get("name")
email = request.POST.get("email")
title = request.POST.get("title")
message = request.POST.get("message")
data = {
"name": name,
"email": email,
"title": title,
"message": message
}
message = '''
New message: {}
From: {}
'''.format(data["message"], data['email'])
send_mail(data["title"], message, '', ['[email protected]'])
return JsonResponse(request, 'contact_us/contact_us.html', safe=False)
contact.html
<form action="" method="POST" class="contact_us">
{% csrf_token %}
<div>
<div>Name</div>
<input type="text" name="name">
</div>
<div>
<div>Email</div>
<input type="text" name="email">
</div>
<div>
<div>Title</div>
<input type="text" name="title">
</div>
<div>
<div>Message</div>
<textarea name="message" cols="30" rows='10'></textarea>
</div>
<div>
<input type="submit", value="submit">
</div>
</form>
If you are using React
than you have to get data from frontend you don't need to send a template you have to create a contact page in React
which contain your contact form
than you have to access all data in your view
def send_mail(request):
if request.method == "POST":
name = request.POST.get("name")
email = request.POST.get("email")
title = request.POST.get("title")
message = request.POST.get("message")
data = {
"name": name,
"email": email,
"title": title,
"message": message
}
current_site = get_current_site(request)
mail_subject = 'My Subject.'
message = get_template('contact_us/contact_us.html').render(data)
to_email = request.POST.get('email')
email = EmailMessage(
mail_subject, message, to=[to_email]
)
email.content_subtype = "html"
email.send()
return JsonResponse({"Success":'Check your email.'})
you have to import this two things from django.template.loader import get_template
from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
**NOTE : ** use try: except:
if you want except the exceptions and use email.send(fail_silently=False)
to avoid email error such as failed to send mail
etc.
check official doc. for more information https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/email/#emailmessage-objects