django form class code example

Example 1: passing user instance django form submission

if form.is_valid():
    post = form.save(commit=False)
    post.author = request.user
    post.published_date = timezone.now()
    post.save()

Example 2: django form field class

subject = forms.CharField(label='subject', max_length=100 , widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': "form-control"}))

Example 3: 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 4: initial form

form = MyForm(initial={'name': 'Peter'})