I'm trying to create a form where users can add a new topic within a category. Then the users will be able to comment on each topic. Everything was working up until I tried adding the form page for new_topic
The error I receive:
ValueError at /new_topic/ The view speak_space.views.new_topic didn't return an HttpResponse object. It returned None instead.
Heres the code for my view.py and urls.py files:
view.py
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from .models import Category
from .models import Topic
from .forms import TopicForm
def index(request):
"""The home page for speak_space"""
return render(request, 'speak_space/index.html')
def categories(request):
"""Show all categories."""
categories = Category.objects.order_by('date_added')
context = {'categories': categories}
return render(request, 'speak_space/categories.html', context)
def category(request, category_id):
"""Show a single category(tribe) and all of its topics(convos)."""
category = Category.objects.get(id=category_id)
topics = category.topic_set.order_by('-date_added')
context = {'category': category, 'topics': topics}
return render(request, 'speak_space/category.html', context)
def topics(request):
"""Show all topics within a category(tribe)."""
topics = Topic.objects.order_by('date_added')
context = {'topics': topics}
return render(request, 'speak_space/topics.html', context)
def topic(request, topic_id):
"""Show a single topic(convo/post) and all of it's replies."""
topic = Topic.objects.get(id=topic_id)
entries = topic.entry_set.order_by('-date_added')
context = {'topic': topic, 'entries': entries}
return render(request, 'speak_space/topic.html', context)
def new_topic(request):
"""Add a new conversation topic."""
if request.method != 'POST':
# No data submitted; create a blank form.
form = TopicForm()
else:
# POST data submitted; process data.
form = TopicForm(data=request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return redirect('speak_space:topics')
# Display a blank or invalid form.
context = {'form': form}
return render(request, 'speak_space/new_topic.html', context)
and heres my url file:
from django.urls import path
from . import views
app_name = 'speak_space'
urlpatterns = [
# Home page
path('', views.index, name='index'),
# Page that shows all categories
path('categories/', views.categories, name='categories'),
# Profile page for a category
path('categories/<int:category_id>/', views.category, name='category'),
# Page that shows all topics.
path('topics/', views.topics, name='topics'),
# Detail page for a single topic(conversation)
# Where you go after you click on someones post
path('topics/<int:topic_id>/', views.topic, name='topic'),
# Page for adding a new conversation topic
path('new_topic/', views.new_topic, name='new_topic'),
]
and my forms page:
from django import forms
from .models import Topic
class TopicForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Topic
fields = ['text']
labels = {'text': ''}
Your new_topic view doesn't return anything in case of GET request. You shoud make return statement common:
def new_topic(request):
"""Add a new conversation topic."""
if request.method != 'POST':
# No data submitted; create a blank form.
form = TopicForm()
else:
# POST data submitted; process data.
form = TopicForm(data=request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return redirect('speak_space:topics')
# The changes are here, now return will work for all requests types POST and GET
context = {'form': form}
return render(request, 'speak_space/new_topic.html', context)