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djangopostdjango-class-based-views
Reventlow
Reventlow

Reputation: 167

Django self.request.POST.get() returning None

I am trying to create a search button for my database. But my self.request.POST.get('searched') is returning None

the form:

<form class="d-flex" action="{% url 'asset_app_search' %}">{% csrf_token %}
        <input class="form-control me-2" type="search" placeholder="Søg" aria-label="Search" name="searched">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="submit">Søg</button> -
      </form>

my views.py

class SearchView(generic.TemplateView):
    template_name = "asset_app/search.html"

    def post(self):
        searched = self.request.POST.get('searched')

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        searched = self.post()
        context['searched'] = searched
        context_entry_today = datetime.date.today()
        context_entry_overdue = datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=90)
        context_entry_inspection_time = datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=76)
        context['assets'] = models.Asset.objects.order_by('name')
        context['rooms'] = models.Room.objects.order_by('last_inspected', 'location', 'name')
        context['bundelReservations'] = models.Bundle_reservation.objects.order_by('return_date')
        context['loan_assets'] = models.Loan_asset.objects.order_by('return_date')
        context['to_dos'] = to_do_list_app.models.Jobs.objects.all()
        context['today'] = context_entry_today
        context['overdue'] = context_entry_overdue
        context['inspection_time'] = context_entry_inspection_time
        return context

and what is beeing posted

[11/Jun/2021 22:55:23] "GET /asset/search/?csrfmiddlewaretoken=fqb8jppygSbZ10ET8AXw6dd5B77z5OYudNJU0uyjp8jFNYDG57nkNvrcx5lHFsPo&searched=sdfdsff HTTP/1.1" 200 10418

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1349

Answers (1)

willeM_ Van Onsem
willeM_ Van Onsem

Reputation: 476699

You should let the form make a POST request, with:

<form method="post" class="d-flex" action="{% url 'asset_app_search' %}">{% csrf_token %}
    …
</form>

You thus specify method="post" in the <form> tag.

In your view, your post method will eventually have to return a HttpResponse object:

class SearchView(generic.TemplateView):
    template_name = "asset_app/search.html"

    def post(self):
        searched = self.request.POST.get('searched')
        # …
        return HttpResponse('some message')

Upvotes: 1

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