hi I have been making a social media site with a like feature similar to Instagram where user does not need to view the individual post to like it but can like that post directly from the main page , how can i do that ?
my main template:
{% load static %}
{% if user.is_authenticated %}
{% if obj %}
<h1 style="background:skyblue;text-align:center;">Posts</h1>
{% for obj in obj %}
<div style="background:lightgrey;border-radius:5px;margin-bottom:20px;padding:1rem;">
<form method="get">
<input hidden value="{{obj.id}}" name="liked_post_id">
</form>
<p>{{obj.user}}</p>
<p>{{obj.name}}</p>
<img height="250px" width="100%" src="{{ obj.image.url }}" alt="Image ">
<p>{{obj.desription}}</p>
<!-- {% include "like_page.html" %}-->
<button id="btn_1" name="btn_1" type="submit" value="{{ obj.id }}">like </button>
<span id="like_count">{{obj.like_count}}</span>
<h4>add a comment</h4>
{% include "comments.html" %}
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% else %}
<h1 style="background:skyblue;text-align:center;">No Posts available</h1>
{% endif %}
{% endif %}
my urls :
from django.urls import path
from .views import index, show, LikeView, addComment\
# , likeviewNumber
urlpatterns = [
path("", index, name="home"),
path("show", show, name="show"),
path("like/", LikeView, name="post_like"),
path("comment/",addComment, name="comment" ),
# path('like_num',likeviewNumber )
]
the ajax I used:
<script src="{% static 'jquery-3.6.0.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
$(document).on('click','#btn_1',function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
url:'{% url "post_like" %}',
data:{
postid:$('post_id').val(), // idher mene abhi name=Post_id use kia ha <like_page.html> k ander /warna yahan par buton ki id use hoti ha #btn_1
csrfmiddlewaretoken:$('input[name=csrfmiddlewaretoken]').val(),
action:'post'
},
success:function(json){
document.getElementById("like_count").innerHTML=json['result']
console.log(json)
},
error:function(xhr,errmsg,err){
}
});
})
</script>
now my main problem is that I am showing all posts in a for loop and when the like button is clicked it contains the same id in each post but contains the individual unique post.id value but the ajax thinks I am clicking the very first button even when I like the last post I need a way to like each post from the main page like users post likes in Instagram without having to make a post details page please help .
sorry forgot to put the view i have been using ::
from django.shortcuts import render, HttpResponse, get_object_or_404
from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
from django.contrib.auth import login
from django.urls import reverse_lazy,reverse
from .models import Posts, Comments
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse
# Create your views here.
def LikeView(request):
if request.POST.get('action') == 'post':
# post_id = request.POST.get('post_id')
result = ''
id = request.POST.get('postid')
post = get_object_or_404(Posts, id=id)
if request.user in post.like.all():
post.like.remove(request.user)
post.like_count -= 1
result = post.like_count
post.save()
else:
post.like.add(request.user)
post.like_count += 1
result = post.like_count
post.save()
return JsonResponse({'result': result})
the model :
class Posts(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
post_name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
desription = models.CharField(max_length=200)
image = models.ImageField(upload_to="images/uploads")
like = models.ManyToManyField(User, related_name="liked", blank=True, default=None)
# like_count = models.BigIntegerField(default=0)
date_added = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)
@property
def like_count(self):
return self.like.count()
def __str__(self):
return self.desription
class Meta:
db_table = "Posts"
ordering = ["date_added"]
You should use a class to trigger the AJAX action and then you can provide the ID of your post in a data-
attribute like this :
<button class="likeBtn" data-post-id="{{ obj.id }}">like</button>
<span id="like_count{{ obj.id }}">{{obj.like_count}}</span>
And in your Javascript :
<script>
$('.likeBtn').on('click', function() {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: '{% url "post_like" %}',
data: {
postid: $(this).data('postId'),
csrfmiddlewaretoken: $('input[name=csrfmiddlewaretoken]').val(),
action:'post'
},
success: (json) => {
$('#like_count' + $(this).data('postId')).html(json['result'])
console.log(json)
},
error: (xhr, errmsg, err) => {
console.error(xhr, errmsg, err)
}
})
})
</script>