error in database saving

Question

I am trying to create a form and save data to database when the submit button is clicked. But the data is not getting saved to database. i dont get any error. I am django 1.11. I referred to few stackoverflow question and that answers doesnt solve my issue. Could someone help in fixing it? Thanks in advance.

model.py

from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import models

class NameForm(models.Model):
    your_name = models.CharField(max_length=200)

views.py

from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
from django.views import generic
from django.template.response import TemplateResponse

from home.models import NameForm
from .forms import NameForm

class NameView(generic.View):
    model_class = NameForm
    initial = {'key': 'value'}
    template_name = 'home/name.html'

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        model = self.model_class()
        return render(request, self.template_name, {'model': NameForm})

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        if request.method == 'POST':
            form = NameForm(request.POST)
            if form.is_valid():
                return HttpResponseRedirect('thanks/')
                if form.is_valid():
                    form.save()
                else:
                    form = NameForm()

                    return render(request, 'name.html', {'form': form})

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

app_name = 'home'

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', views.NameView.as_view(), name='name'),
    url(r'^your-name/$', views.NameView.as_view(), name='name'),
    url(r'^your-name/thanks/$', views.NameView.as_view(), name='name'),
]

home/name.html

<form action="your-name/" method="post">
  {% csrf_token %}
    <label for="your_name">Your name: </label>
    <input id="your_name" type="text" name="your_name" value="{{ current_name }}">
    <input type="submit" value="OK">
</form>

forms.py

from .models import NameForm
from django import forms

class NameForm(forms.Form):
    your_name = forms.CharField(label='Your name', max_length=100)
    class Meta:
        model = NameForm
        fields = ['your_name']

Answer 1

You'll get by much easier if you use the batteries included in Django. Here's a list of the fixes in the version below...

• Don't reuse names. NameModel is a model, NameForm is a form. (However, you'd usually really elide Model from a model name – it's just that Name sounded like a silly name for a model...)
• Use ModelForms when you're managing models. They automatically validate input against your models, let you save the models easily, etc.
• Use the CreateView/UpdateView/FormView generic views to deal with model creation, updates, inputs, etc. No code needed, just configuration!
• Don't template forms yourself. form.as_p will get you a barebones form; form.your_name would render that field, etc.

Just a fair warning: this is dry-coded, so there might be typos or other small silliness.

models.py

from django.db import models

class NameModel(models.Model):
    your_name = models.CharField(max_length=200)

forms.py

from django import forms

class NameForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = NameModel
        fields = ['your_name']

views.py

from django.views.generic import CreateView
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from .models import NameModel
from .forms import NameForm

class NameView(CreateView):
    model_class = NameModel
    form_class = NameForm
    success_url = reverse_lazy('name-thanks')
    initial = {'your_name': 'value'}
    template_name = 'home/name.html'

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url
from django.views.generic import FormView

from .views import NameView

app_name = 'home'

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', NameView.as_view(), name='name'),
    url(r'^your-name/thanks/$', TemplateView.as_view({'template_name': 'home/thanks.html'}), name='name-thanks'),
]

home/name.html

<form action="your-name/" method="post">
  {% csrf_token %}
  {{ form.as_p }}
  <input type="submit" value="OK">
</form>

Answer 2

That's beacuse you've been redirected (return HttpResponseRedirect('thanks/')) before save

Your version:

if form.is_valid():
    return HttpResponseRedirect('thanks/')
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
        else:
            ...

And the version you seek, with redirect only after form saving and removed redundant second form.is_valid() check:

if form.is_valid():
    form.save()
    return HttpResponseRedirect('thanks/')
else:
    ...