Django doesn't validate on create?

Question

Is it the case that the create function doesn't validate according to the model specifications? Here's my model:

class Contact(models.Model):
    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)

    firstname = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=False, blank=False)
    lastname = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=False, blank=False)
    email = models.EmailField(max_length=150, blank=False, null=False)
    active = models.BooleanField(default=True)

And I use this function in my view:

new_contact = Contact.objects.create(firstname=a,
    lastname=b,
    email=c)
# where a, b, & c are empty strings in request.POST, which shouldn't validate

The call to create goes through without a problem. But, that shouldn't be the case. The model specifies those fields as required. In fact, if I go to the admin panel and view this object, I can't save it (without making any changes) because it yells at me that the fields are required.

Is it normal behavior for create to not validate?

How can I force it to validate?

Answer 1

From Django's doc, it says that you need to explicitly call model validation related methods i.e., full_clean, clean, for model validation to take effect.

You can follow the examples available in Django documentation to implement your own validation sequence in your model.