class django.views.generic.edit.FormView
A view that displays a form. On error, redisplays the form with validation errors; on success, redirects to a new URL.
Ancestors (MRO)
This view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixindjango.views.generic.edit.BaseFormViewdjango.views.generic.edit.FormMixindjango.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormViewdjango.views.generic.base.View
Example myapp/forms.py:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | from django import formsclass ContactForm(forms.Form): name = forms.CharField() message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea) def send_email(self): # send email using the self.cleaned_data dictionary pass |
Example myapp/views.py:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | from myapp.forms import ContactFormfrom django.views.generic.edit import FormViewclass ContactView(FormView): template_name = 'contact.html' form_class = ContactForm success_url = '/thanks/' def form_valid(self, form): # This method is called when valid form data has been POSTed. # It should return an HttpResponse. form.send_email() return super(ContactView, self).form_valid(form) |
Example myapp/contact.html:
1 2 3 4 | <form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %} {{ form.as_p }} <input type="submit" value="Send message" /></form> |
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