Show a successful message with Class Based Views

Question

I, want show a successful message when a row is saved, using Django's messaging framework with Class Based Views, with code shown below, but don't show the message.

Any help would be very much appreciated

#views.py

from django.views.generic import ListView, CreateView, UpdateView, TemplateView
from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin

class CreateEmployee(SuccessMessageMixin, CreateView):
    model = Employee
    template_name = 'employees/create.html'
    form_class = frmCreate

    def get_success_url(self):
       return reverse('Employees:Create')

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        contexto = super(CreateEmployee, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        contexto['action'] = reverse('Employees:Create')
        return contexto

    success_message = 'Employee successful created'



#template
#create.html

<form action="{{ action }}" method="POST" role="form">
    {% csrf_token %}

    {{ form.as_p }}

    <input type="submit" value="Save" class="btn btn-success">
<form>

{% if messages %}
    <div class="col-lg-3 color03">
        <ul class="messages">
            {% for message in messages %}
                <li{% if message.tags %} class="{{ message.tags }}"{% endif %}>{{ message }}</li>
            {% endfor %}
        </ul>
    </div>
{% endif %}

Answer 1

Just use self.request like this:

from django.contrib import messages
messages.add_message(self.request, messages.INFO, 'Hello world.')

Answer 2

#Using django 3.2

#In views.py  

from django.contrib import messages
from .models import CreateEmployer
from django.views.generic import CreateView

class SignUpView(CreateView):
    model = CreateEmployer
    template_name = ‘employee/register_employee.html’
    fields = '__all__'

    # this method will enable your message to display
    # you can also use it to overwrite form data.
    def form_valid(self, form):
        messages.success(self.request, f”Account created successfully”)
        return super().form_valid(form)


#in your urls.py
from .views import SingUpView
from django.urls import path


urlpatterns = [
    path(‘register/‘, SignUpView.as_view(), name=“user-register"),
]


#in your template

 {% if messages %}
   {% for message in messages %}
     <div class="alert alert-{{message.tags}}">
       {{message}}
     </div>
   {% endfor %}
{% endif %}


#I hope this helps anyone facing same problem in the future.