django forms views.py code example

Example 1: 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)

Example 2: 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/')

Example 3: 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)