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anderish
anderish

Reputation: 1759

Django ValidationError

I have a form which the user can input and I want to test for validation. The user will input a field called Project Name and I want to check if this value already exists in the database. If it does, then raise a warning. Here is my code:

views.py

if form.is_valid():
    team_profile = get_object_or_None(Team, Team_ID=profile.team_id)
    return render(request,'teams/my_team.html', {'team_profile': team_profile})
else:
    return render(request,"teams/team_form.html", {'form':CreateTeamForm()})

models.py

def validate_id_exists(value):
    incident = Team.objects.filter(Project_name=value)
    if incident: # check if any object exists
        raise ValidationError('This already exists not exist.')

class Team(models.Model):
    Project_name = models.CharField(max_length=250, validators=[validate_id_exists])

So currently, if the user inputs an already existing project_name it will cause the form to be invalid. However, I do not know, how to show the error message on the screen. Currently, if I submit with an already existing project_name it will just return to the original form which makes sense according to what I wrote. However, I want to display the error message while staying on the form page. Any ideas?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1129

Answers (2)

alfredo138923
alfredo138923

Reputation: 1559

You have to return the invalid form:

//views.py
form = CreateTeamForm(request.POST or None)

if request.method == 'POST':
    if form.is_valid():
        team_profile = get_object_or_None(Team, Team_ID=profile.team_id)
    else:
        print form.errors
return render(request,"teams/team_form.html", {'form': form})

forms.py

def validate_project_name(value):
    incident = Team.objects.filter(Project_name=value)
    if incident: # check if any object exists
        raise ValidationError('This already exists not exist.')
    return value

Upvotes: 1

Dave Plug
Dave Plug

Reputation: 1079

You have to print your non field errors in your template using:

{{ form.non_field_errors }}

Upvotes: 2

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