[Fixed]-How to manipulate user submitted text and display it with django?

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  1. Define a form; in forms.py under your app’s folder

    class MyForm(forms.Form):
    myinput = forms.forms.CharField(max_length=100)

  2. Define a function in your views.py

    import .forms
def handle_form(request):
    if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
        form = MyForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
        if form.is_valid(): # All validation rules pass
            # Process the data in form.cleaned_data
            # ...
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/') # Redirect after POST
    else:
        form = MyForm() # An unbound form

    return render(request, 'handle_form.html', {
        'form': form,
    })

  3. Add a template

        <form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>

Of course you need to add it to your urls.py
Most info was copy pasted from: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/forms/

👤acidjunk

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