[Fixed]-How to send input from template to a view in django

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You should create the form not in your template, but you have to create it in your view and pass it to the template.

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Example form in forms.py:

from django import forms

class ExampleForm(forms.Form):
    field = forms.CharField(label='Message', max_length=80)

Example view in views.py:

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .forms import ExampleForm

def example_view(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = ExampleForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            field1 = form.cleaned_data['field1']
            # Do what you gotta do.
            return HttpResponse("")
    else:
        form = ExampleForm()
        return render(request, 'template.html', {'form': form})

Example template file:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Your Example Form</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form class="ExampleForm" method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
👤Cagatay Barin

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