Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. It’s free and open source.
In this article we will see form submission in django without reloading the page using Jquery and Ajax
For installing django open cmd or terminal and write below command
pip3 install django
Then create new project
django-admin startproject newproj
cd newproj
Then for creating new app
Windows
python manage.py startapp main
Ubuntu
python3 manage.py startapp main
Add your app name in settings.py
Create new directory inside app and name it as templates inside that create another directory and name it as main(Your app name)
Run this command to migrate
python manage.py migrate
Create new model inside models.py
models.py
from django.db import models
# Create your models here. class Todo(models.Model):
task = models.CharField(max_length=200)
def __str__(self):
return f"{self.task}"
|
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import *
# Register your models here. admin.site.register(Todo) |
Create new file inside templates directory and name it as form.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>Todo List</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" id="task-form">
{% csrf_token %}
<input type="text" placeholder="Enter Task" name="task" id="task" required>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</form>
integrity="sha256-QWo7LDvxbWT2tbbQ97B53yJnYU3WhH/C8ycbRAkjPDc=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).on('submit','#task-form',function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
url:'{% url "home" %}',
data:
{
task:$("#task").val(),
csrfmiddlewaretoken:$('input[name=csrfmiddlewaretoken]').val()
},
success:function(){
alert('Saved');
}
})
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
Create new view inside views.py to handle get and post request.
from django.shortcuts import render
from .models import Todo
# Create your views here. def home(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
task=request.POST.get('task')
print(task)
new = Todo(task=task)
new.save()
return render(request,"main/form.html")
|
Create new file inside your app and name it as urls.py
from django.urls import path
from .views import *
urlpatterns = [
path('',home,name="home"),
] |
Add main.urls in project urls
myproj/urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path,include
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('',include("main.urls"))
] |
To run the app write command
python manage.py runserver
Output
Admin Page