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reZach
reZach

Reputation: 9479

Creating custom error message labels in html with Django framework

I am trying to display a list of fields within a form, with any field that is not properly validated or filled out (if required) to display at the top of the page. I have the following code in my html body:

{% if form.errors %}
    <b>Incorrect fields to correct:</b>
    <ul>
{% for error in form.errors %}
    <li>{{ error }}</li>
{% endfor %}
    </ul>
{% endif %}

and this loops through all of my fields that have errors in it. However, the data that is displayed from 

{{ error }}

are my variable names. Can I change my output so that I can display different output replacing my variables names?

My variables are within this class:

from django import forms
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
from django.core import validators

class InformationForm(forms.Form):
    #...
    full_name = forms.CharField(max_length=130)
    #rest of fields follow...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 299

Answers (1)

Daniel Rosenthal
Daniel Rosenthal

Reputation: 1386

In your form you can define custom error messages.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/fields/#error-messages

Something along the lines of:

class MyForm(ModelForm):
    my_field=forms.CharField(... error_messages={'required': 'My Field',})

EDIT: Try the following: 

{% for field in form%}
    {% for error in field.errors %}
        <li>{{ error }}</li>
    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

Upvotes: 2

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