I'm quite new for the web development using Python.
I am using the following example (given in some of the questions in this website) python and HTML files in order to create a django form with Python 3.5.2:
urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
import views
urlpatterns = patterns(
'',
url(r'^email/$',
views.email,
name='email'
),
url(r'^thanks/$',
views.thanks,
name='thanks'
),)
forms.py
from django import forms
class ContactForm(forms.Form):
from_email = forms.EmailField(required=True)
subject = forms.CharField(required=True)
message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
views.py
from django.core.mail import send_mail, BadHeaderError
from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from yourapp.forms import ContactForm
def email(request):
if request.method == 'GET':
form = ContactForm()
else:
form = ContactForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
subject = form.cleaned_data['subject']
from_email = form.cleaned_data['from_email']
message = form.cleaned_data['message']
try:
send_mail(subject, message, from_email, ['[email protected]'])
except BadHeaderError:
return HttpResponse('Invalid header found.')
return redirect('thanks')
return render(request, "yourapp/email.html", {'form': form})
def thanks(request):
return HttpResponse('Thank you for your message.')
email.html
<form method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form }}
<div class="form-actions">
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</div>
</form>
However, everytime I run the html file I can't get the form on the page. Instead I get the following screenshot:
Screenshot
What can be the problem?
Thanks for the help!
Matthew Daly :
You can't run the HTML file on its own. You need to run the Django development server using this command:\n\npython manage.py runserver\n\n\nYou should then be able to see the form at http://localhost:8000/email/",
2016-11-27T12:08:12