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imkost
imkost

Reputation: 8163

Search input on every page. Django

I have a web site on Django. I want to create a search input on every page. In some "base.html" I write new for this search input.

In views.py I add something like:

def main(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        search_string = request.POST['search_string']
        result = search(search_string)
        return direct_to_template(request, 'found_page.html', {'result': result})`

But I want it on EVERY page.

So, I create new function "search_function(request)" and add it to EVERY def in views.py. Or I can create a decorator and write it before EVERY def in views.py.

I don't want to do it EVERY time I add new def. But I don't know how. Need your help

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1455

Answers (2)

CppLearner
CppLearner

Reputation: 17040

So this is what I think you want to do: display a search input form on every page (whichever applicable), and use only one views to handle the search.

  1. create one view that handles search
  2. create a html page that has the <form> element of the search whose action goes to your views done in the previous step
  3. include or extend it in your base.html

What I don't get is, do you need the search happen to be the search on the local page? (for example, search within this forum)

To get the query you can just supply the query by request.GET['q'] or request.POST['q'] or similar.

def search(request):
  if 'q' in request.GET and request.GET['q']:
     // do something

Unless your search (query) changes the state of the query result in the database, you don't want to use POST. Use GET instead.

Upvotes: 3

tlunter
tlunter

Reputation: 724

Set the action of the form to go to a different search view and let that one function take care of the search processing. You can have a dedicated search page and do the exact same thing for checking if the form is 'POST' or 'GET'. 'POST' is a search already done from any other previous page.

Upvotes: 0

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