django forms

1from django import forms
2
3# creating a form
4class SampleForm(forms.Form):
5	name = forms.CharField()
6	description = forms.CharField()

1if form.is_valid():
2    post = form.save(commit=False)
3    post.author = request.user
4    post.published_date = timezone.now()
5    post.save()
6

1# application/forms.py
2
3from django import forms
4
5class ContactForm(forms.Form):
6    name = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
7    email = forms.EmailField()
8    message = forms.CharField(max_length=1000)
9

1class YourForm(ModelForm):
2	class Meta:
3    	model = YourModel
4    	fields = ['pub_date', 'headline', 'content', 'reporter']

1{% extends 'base.html' %}
2
3{% block content %}
4  <h2>Sign up</h2>
5  <form method="post">
6    {% csrf_token %}
7    {% for field in form %}
8      <p>
9        {{ field.label_tag }}<br>
10        {{ field }}
11        {% if field.help_text %}
12          <small style="color: grey">{{ field.help_text }}</small>
13        {% endif %}
14        {% for error in field.errors %}
15          <p style="color: red">{{ error }}</p>
16        {% endfor %}
17      </p>
18    {% endfor %}
19    <button type="submit">Sign up</button>
20  </form>
21{% endblock %}

1from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
2from django.shortcuts import render
3
4from .forms import NameForm
5
6def get_name(request):
7    # if this is a POST request we need to process the form data
8    if request.method == 'POST':
9        # create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
10        form = NameForm(request.POST)
11        # check whether it's valid:
12        if form.is_valid():
13            # process the data in form.cleaned_data as required
14            # ...
15            # redirect to a new URL:
16            return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')
17
18    # if a GET (or any other method) we'll create a blank form
19    else:
20        form = NameForm()
21
22    return render(request, 'name.html', {'form': form})
23