CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondjango
Lucian
Lucian

Reputation: 894

Template form does not render in Django

I have a form that I want to display.
It looks like this:

# The template to be filled with the form:
# base.html
{% load staticfiles %}
<html>
    <head><title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title></head>
    <body>{% block content %}{% endblock %}</body>
</html>

The concrete template

# home.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block title %}Main{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
  <h2>Home page</h2>
  <form method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}
    <button type="submit">Login</button>
  </form>
{% endblock %}

views.py

def home(request):
    context = locals()
    template = 'home.html'
    return render(request, template, context)

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url
from .views import home as home_view

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^home/$', home_view, name='home'),
]

This does not draw the {{ form.as_p }}. It only draws the submit button.
Any ideas why?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 67

Answers (1)

ndmeiri
ndmeiri

Reputation: 5029

Your issue stems from the fact that the template has no idea what you are referencing when you use {{ form }} or {{ form.as_p }}. The template sees no value associated with the key 'form' in the context.

To fix this, create a Form object in your view and then include it in the context when you call render. Make sure that the key associated with the form in the context dictionary is 'form'.

Upvotes: 1

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