Integrating normal HTML form with Django form

Asked Sep 24 '20 at 06:52

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What I am trying to do is have a form that has this HTML:

        <form method="post" action="">
            {% csrf_token %}
            <label>Pick a class:</label>
            <select id="schedClass" name="schedClass" >
                        <option>Select one</option>
                {% for i in classes %}
                    <option value="{{ i.id }}">{{ i.name }}</option>
                {% endfor %}
            </select>
            </select>
            {{ form }}
            <input type="submit" value="reload">
        </form>

The problem is that for some reason when I submit, the select schedClass doesn't appear in the link. I think it comes from the fact that it's integrated with a django form, but I have no idea.

For clarification, what I am trying to do is have a form that creates an instance of a specific model, and one of the categories is schedClass which is a ManyToManyField, but I can't use a ModelForm since I need the items in the selections to be only ones that are also linked to the user with another ManyToMany.

Is there anything to do?

asked Sep 24 '20 at 06:52

Shufi123

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It's a post action; form variables won't be visible in the URL. – Selcuk Sep 24 '20 at 06:53
then what do I do? – Shufi123 Sep 24 '20 at 06:54
You can still process the value in your view using `request.POST.get("schedClass")`. Post your view code so that we can comment on it. – Selcuk Sep 24 '20 at 06:54
I think you should also include your submit button inside the form tag. – gunsodo Sep 24 '20 at 15:28

Integrating normal HTML form with Django form

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