I'm fairly new to coding in general, so please forgive my ignorance.
I have a ModelForm (Django 1.10 -just in case-) for a 'post' on a social network website:
models.py:
class Post(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
text = models.TextField()
image = models.ImageField(blank=True)
draft = models.BooleanField(default=False)
submission_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.text
forms.py:
class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Post
fields = ['text', 'image', 'draft']
To update a post, this is its function: views.py:
def edit_post(request, post_id):
post = get_object_or_404(Post, pk=post_id)
if not request.user.is_superuser and\
not request.user == post.user:
raise PermissionDenied
if request.method == 'POST':
form = PostForm(request.POST, instance=post)
if form.is_valid():
post = form.save(commit=False)
post.user = request.user
post.save()
context = {'post': post,'form': form}
return HttpResponse(render(request, 'accounts/view_post.html', context))
elif request.method == 'GET':
form = PostForm(request.GET, instance=post)
context = {'post': post,'form': form}
return HttpResponse(render(request, 'accounts/edit_post.html', context))
in the template:
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{% include 'accounts/form_template.html' %}
<input class="btn btn-btn-success" type="submit" value="Save Post">
</form>
My question is: when trying to update, why does the original field input not show up? The fields turn up empty as if I were creating a new post.
The more detailed answer, the more I would appreciate it. Thank you in advance.
Turns out all I needed to do was remove 'request.GET': in views.py:
def edit_post(request, post_id):
post = get_object_or_404(Post, pk=post_id)
...
...
elif request.method == 'GET':
form = PostForm(instance=post)
context = {'post': post,
'form': form}
return HttpResponse(render(request, 'accounts/edit_post.html', context))
Thank you to everyone who tried to help, especially @Zagorodniy Olexiy.