How To Show Forms.py File In Html

I've created the forms.py file from the Django tutorial here, But it doesn't show how to display this in HTML. I'm using Django 1.9 and would really appreciate the help. I'm trying

Solution 1:

In your views.py file write:

defvote_view(request):
    from .forms import QuestionForm
    question_form = QuestionForm()
    return render(request, 'path/to/your/template.html', locals())

Then in your HTML write:

<div>
    {{ question_form.as_p }}
    or
    {{ question_form.as_table }}
</div>

You can render the form in different formats. See here.

Also the locals() is a python convenient way to pass to the HTML template all the local variables of the current scope (i.e of the vote_view view function).

Do not forget, of course to link the view to your base urls.py file like this:

from your_app.views import vote_view

urlpatterns = [...]  # the previous urls (if any)
urlpatterns += [ url(r'^polls/$', vote_view, name='polls'), ]

[UPDATE]: The format of your Question_CHOICES is wrong for this type of form field. You should to define it this way:

Question_CHOICES = (
    ('1', '1'),
    ('2', '2'),
    ('3', '3'),
    ('4', '4'),
)

Then is will render to your HTML template either via {{ question_form }} or {{ question_form.as_p }} or {{ question_form.as_table }} or whatever!

Solution 2:

If you use FBV then you need to create a view_function and initialize the form with your custom form and pass the form to your template via context.

1. view.py

    from .forms import QuestionForm

    def custom_view_function(request):
        if request.method == 'POST':
            form = QuestionForm(request.POST)
            if form.is_valid():
                return HttpResponseRedirect('---success url---')
        else:
            form = QuestionForm()

        return render(request, 'template.html', {'form': form})

2. template.html

    <form action="." method="post">
        {% csrf_token %}
        {{ form }}
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>

check official django docs for more details link