Answers for "django forms views.py"

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})

in function how to get data from django form

from django.core.mail import send_mail

if form.is_valid():
    subject = form.cleaned_data['subject']
    message = form.cleaned_data['message']
    sender = form.cleaned_data['sender']
    cc_myself = form.cleaned_data['cc_myself']

    recipients = ['[email protected]']
    if cc_myself:
        recipients.append(sender)

    send_mail(subject, message, sender, recipients)
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')