Django Model Form
Contents:
Step 1: Setup
Step 2: Create Form
Step 3: Edit Form
Step 4: Delete Form
Step 1: Setup
Run these commands to setup a base project:
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install django
django-admin startproject mysite .
python manage.py startapp blog
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py runserver
Edit the mysite/settings.py file and add the following line:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'blog.apps.BlogConfig',', # HERE
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
# ...
]
Edit the blog app models.py file and add a new class called
Post to it:
from django.db import models
class Post(models.Model):
title = models.TextField(default='',
(default='',
blank=True)
Run the following commands:
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
Edit the blog app admin.py file and add these lines to it:
from django.contrib import admin
from blog.models import Post
admin.site.register(Post)
Step 2: Create form
Create a file called forms.py in the blog app directory and
add these lines to it:
from django.forms import ModelForm
from blog.models import Post
class PostForm(ModelForm):
):
class Meta:
model = Post
fields = ['title']
Edit the blog/views.py file and add a new view function called create to it:
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from blog.models import Post
from blog.forms import PostForm
def create(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = PostForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return redirect('blog_create')
else:
form = PostForm()
return render(request,
'blog/create.html',
{
'form': form
})
Edit the main urls.py file and add these lines to it:
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
import blog.views
urlpatterns = [
path('create/', blog.views.create,
blog.views.create name='blog_create'),
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
),
]
Create a file called create.html in the blog/templates/blog
directory and add these lines to it:
<h1>Add new post</h1>
<form action="{% url 'blog_create
blog_create' %}"
method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button class="button" type="submit">Create</button>
</form>
Visit /create/ to create items:
Step 3: Edit form
Edit the blog/views.py file and add a new view function called edit to it:
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect, get_object_or_404
def edit(request, pk=None):
post = get_object_or_404(Post, pk=pk)
if request.method == "POST":
form = PostForm(request.POST,
instance=post)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return redirect('blog_create')
else:
form = PostForm(instance=post)
return render(request,
'blog/edit.html',
{
'form': form,
'post': post
})
Create a file called edit.html in the blog/templates/blog
directory and add these lines to it:
<h1>Edit post</h1>
<form action="{% url 'blog_edit
blog_edit' post.pk %}"
method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button class="button" type="submit">Update</button>
</form>
Edit the main urls.py file and add this line to it:
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
import blog.views
urlpatterns = [
path('create/', blog.views.create,
blog.views.create name='blog_create'),
# START
path('edit/<int:pk>/', blog.views.edit,
blog.views.edit name='blog_edit'),
# END
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]
Visit /edit/<id>/ to edit an item:
ep 4: Delete form
it forms.py file in the blog app directory and add these lines to it:
from django.forms import ModelForm
from blog.models import Post
class PostForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Post
fields = ['title']
# START
class PostDeleteForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Post
fields = []
# END
it the blog/views.py file and add a new view function called delete to it:
from blog.forms import PostForm, PostDeleteForm
def delete(request, pk=None):
post = get_object_or_404(Post, pk=pk)
if request.method == "POST":
form = PostDeleteForm(request.POST,
instance=post)
if form.is_valid():
post.delete()
return redirect('blog_create')
else:
form = PostDeleteForm(instance=post)
return render(request, 'blog/delete.html',
{
'form': form,
'post': post,
})
ate a file called delete.html in the blog/templates/blog directory and add these lines to
<h1>Delete post</h1>
<form action="{% url 'blog_delete'' post.pk %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form }}
Are you sure you want to delete post:
<br><br>
{{ post.title }}?
<br><br>
<button class="button" type="submit">Delete</button>
<a href="{% url 'blog_create'' %}">Cancel</a>
</form>
dit the main urls.py file and add this line to it:
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
import blog.views
urlpatterns = [
path('create/', blog.views.create,, name='blog_create'),
name='
path('edit/<int:pk>/', blog.views.edit,
blog.views.edit name='blog_edit'),
# START
path('delete/<int:pk>/', blog.views.delete,
blog.views.delete name='blog_delete'),
# END
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]
Visit delete/<id>/ to delete an item:
