Identify which submit button was clicked in Django form submit

Question

In Django I would like to have a form with 2 submit button options. "save & home" and "save & next".

Any thoughts how I can identify which submit button was clicked in my view?

I'm fairly new to programming/working with forms and appreciate the feedback.

Form

<form action="{% url 'price_assessment_section_1' component.id %}" method="post"> {% csrf_token %}   {{ form.s1_q5_resin_type }}   <!-- FORM SUBMIT BUTTONS-->   <button type="submit" >&nbsp;Save&Home</button>   <button type="submit" >&nbsp;Save&Next</button>  </form> <!-- end form--> 

View

@login_required def price_assessment_section_1(request, component_id):      component = Component.objects.get(id=component_id)      if request.method == 'POST':         form = PriceAssessmentSection1(request.POST)                  # if "save & home" go to: return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('portal_home'))                  # if "save & next" go to: return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('portal_sec2'))      form = PriceAssessmentSection1()     return render(request, 'portal/price_assessment_section_1.html', {'form': form, 'component':component}) 

Answer 1

You can give them names. Only clicked buttons send their data with submit. In your template give them appropriate names:

<button type="submit" name="save_home" value="Save&Home">&nbsp;Save&Home</button> <button type="submit" name="save_next" value="Save&Next">&nbsp;Save&Next</button> 

And in your view in the related section, you can check which button is clicked by checkng its name.

if request.method == 'POST':     form = PriceAssessmentSection1(request.POST)     if request.POST.get("save_home"):         return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('portal_home'))     elif request.POST.get("save_next"):  # You can use else in here too if there is only 2 submit types.         return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('portal_sec2'))