10.4. Forms Model

10.4.1. Model

File myproject/shop/models.py:

from django.db import models


class Customer(models.Model):
    firstname = models.CharField(verbose_name=_('First Name'), max_length=30)
    lastname = models.CharField(verbose_name=_('Last Name'), max_length=30, db_index=True)
    birthdate = models.DateField(verbose_name=_('Birthdate'), null=True, blank=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return f'{self.firstname} {self.lastname}'

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = _('Customer')
        verbose_name_plural = _('Customers')

10.4.2. Form

File myproject/shop/forms.py:

from django import forms
from shop.models import Customer


class CustomerForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Customer
        fields = ['firstname', 'lastname']

    def clean_firstname(self):
        firstname = self.cleaned_data['firstname']
        if '@' in firstname:
            raise forms.ValidationError("Character @ is not allowed in first name")
        else:
            return firstname

10.4.3. View

File myproject/shop/views.py:

from .forms import CustomerForm
from django.views.generic import FormView


class CustomerCreate(FormView):
    template_name = 'shop/customer-create.html'
    form_class = CustomerForm
    success_url = '/customer/create/success/'

    def form_valid(self, form):
        Customer.objects.create(
            firstname=form.cleaned_data['firstname'],
            lastname=form.cleaned_data['lastname'])
        return super().form_valid(form)

10.4.4. Template

File myproject/shop/templates/shop/.py:

<form method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}

    <table>
        {{ form.as_table }}
    </table>

    <input type="submit" value="Send message">
</form>