Django Class based views One View, Multiple Forms
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Example
Here is a quick example of using multiple forms in one Django view.
from django.contrib import messages
from django.views.generic import TemplateView
from .forms import AddPostForm, AddCommentForm
from .models import Comment
class AddCommentView(TemplateView):
post_form_class = AddPostForm
comment_form_class = AddCommentForm
template_name = 'blog/post.html'
def post(self, request):
post_data = request.POST or None
post_form = self.post_form_class(post_data, prefix='post')
comment_form = self.comment_form_class(post_data, prefix='comment')
context = self.get_context_data(post_form=post_form,
comment_form=comment_form)
if post_form.is_valid():
self.form_save(post_form)
if comment_form.is_valid():
self.form_save(comment_form)
return self.render_to_response(context)
def form_save(self, form):
obj = form.save()
messages.success(self.request, "{} saved successfully".format(obj))
return obj
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
return self.post(request, *args, **kwargs)
