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djangovalidationdjango-viewsdjango-formsdjango-validation
coderDcoder
coderDcoder

Reputation: 605

Validating Form for Class-based view

I hope you guys could tell me how to use validation methods in my forms.py for a single field. My view is a generic.FormView and my form is forms.Form. Here is my view:

class ClassSetupView(OrganisorAndLoginRequiredMixin, generic.FormView):
    template_name = "leads/class_setup.html"
    form_class = ClassSetupForm

    def get_success_url(self):
        return reverse("class-setup-sucess-page")
    def form_valid(self, form):
        # Some Other Code
        return super(ClassSetupView, self).form_valid(form)

Here is my form:

class ClassSetupForm(forms.Form):
    date = forms.DateField(help_text="Year-01-01",)
    
    clean_date(self):
        date = self.cleaned_data['date']

        if date < datetime.date.today():
            raise ValidationError(_('Invalid date - renewal in past'))

        return date

I hope you guys could tell me if it is okay to use the clean_date(self) for the form as a way to validate the field date. I saw several examples online, but I am not sure if clean_date(self) will work for my case. Thank you.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 784

Answers (1)

KutayAslan
KutayAslan

Reputation: 494

It's ok to use clean methods for validation. Check out the official django docs: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/forms/validation/#cleaning-a-specific-field-attribute

Upvotes: 1

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