I am using classed based views with django 1.3 and am trying to figure out how to create an object without using the form. I do not need any user input to create the object but I am still getting an error message that the template is missing. Below is my current view where I have tried to subclass the form_valid method but its not working. Any help would be appreciated.
class ReviewerCreateView(CreateView):
model = Reviewer
def form_valid(self, form):
self.object = form.save(commit=False)
self.object.user = self.request.user
self.object.role = 2
self.object.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
A CreateView is a specialized view whose purpose is to display a form on GET and validate the form data and create a new object based on the form data on POST.
Since you don't need to display a form and process the form data, a CreateView is not the tool for your job.
You either need a plain old function-based view, or, if you prefer to use a class-based view, derive from View and override get()
or post()
. For example, adapting your sample code:
class ReviewerCreator(View):
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
Reviewer(user=request.user, role=2).save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/your_success_url/')
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