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django form view

class ContactView(FormView):
    form_class = ContactForm
    template_name = 'contact-us.html'
    success_url = reverse_lazy('<app_name>:contact-us')

    def get_initial(self):
        initial = super(ContactView, self).get_initial()
        if self.request.user.is_authenticated:
            initial.update({'name': self.request.user.get_full_name()})
        return initial

    def form_valid(self, form):
        self.send_mail(form.cleaned_data)
        return super(ContactView, self).form_valid(form)

    def send_mail(self, valid_data):
        # Send mail logic
        print(valid_data)

django forms views.py

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render

from .forms import NameForm

def get_name(request):
    # if this is a POST request we need to process the form data
    if request.method == 'POST':
        # create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
        form = NameForm(request.POST)
        # check whether it's valid:
        if form.is_valid():
            # process the data in form.cleaned_data as required
            # ...
            # redirect to a new URL:
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')

    # if a GET (or any other method) we'll create a blank form
    else:
        form = NameForm()

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

formview django

from myapp.forms import ContactForm
from django.views.generic.edit import FormView

class ContactView(FormView):
    template_name = 'contact.html'
    form_class = ContactForm
    success_url = '/thanks/'

    def form_valid(self, form):
        # This method is called when valid form data has been POSTed.
        # It should return an HttpResponse.
        form.send_email()
        return super().form_valid(form)

django edit model data in django view

emp = Employee.objects.get(pk = emp_id)
emp.name = 'Somename'
emp.save()

django updateview class

###### views.py #####
from .models import Article
from .forms import  UpdateArticleForm
from django.views.generic import UpdateView
class ArticleUpdateView(UpdateView):
    model = Article
    form_class = UpdateArticleForm
    template_name = 'articles/create_article.html'
    
###### urls.py  ######
from .views import ArticleUpdateView
urlpatterns =[ 
  path('articles/<int:pk>/update/', ArticleUpdateView.as_view()),]
# pk is default value (for primary key of id of an instance of object