Once a user has sent you the information, you need to be able to use it. In this video, see how to use and safely access the submitted form data.
- [Instructor] So something that's wrong with our form … right now is we can have all this great information, but … when we hit order pizza, there's no place for us to capture … the information that it has been sent via the form. … So let's talk about how we can do that. … Well because we've submitted this via a post request, … let's go ahead and move back to our views.py, … and inside of our order function, let's do a distinction … to say if we're in a post request or a get request, … we want to handle it a certain way. … So we'll do that with an if request.method is equal to, … make sure you have the two equal signs there, … in all caps POST, then we'll want to handle it … one type of way, and then in an else situation, … we'll want to return what we've just been doing before. … So I'll go ahead and do the tab over on that for those two. … But let's talk about what happens if it's a post request, … and we've been sent some information. … Well what we want to do is create a new form, but …
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Released
3/8/2019- Creating form fields
- Using submitted data
- Adding models
- Using the ModelForms class
- Working with widgets
- Accepting files and multiple forms on a page
- Customizing formsets
- Using local validation
- Delivering errors responsibly
- Customizing forms
- Styling with CSS
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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What you should know1m 5s
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Project walkthrough1m 51s
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1. Getting Started with Forms
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Starting a new project2m 26s
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Making forms from scratch5m 24s
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Form fields5m 22s
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Submitting forms4m 47s
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Django form class5m 15s
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Using submitted data5m 32s
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2. Working with Advanced Form Features
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Adding models5m 59s
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Model forms4m 1s
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Working with widgets5m 37s
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Advanced widgets4m 23s
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Forms and files4m 4s
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Formset views6m 34s
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Editing objects4m 40s
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Input confirmation4m 7s
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3. Customizing and Styling Form Appearance
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Server-based errors5m 10s
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Form rendering3m 49s
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Customizing forms4m 59s
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Spicing up forms with CSS6m 40s
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Homepage styling4m 7s
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Form styling6m 24s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 19s
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