def showItem(request, item_id=1): if request.POST: form = NotificationForm(request.POST) if form.is_valid(): # do not save yet, and add in default owners_id obj = form.save(commit=False) # add in the creator's id obj.requestedFrom = request.user obj.requestedTo = Items.objects.get(id=item_id).owners obj.item = Items.objects.get(id=item_id) obj.state = "Pending" # save data obj.save() return HttpResponseRedirect("/web/main/") else: form = NotificationForm() args = {} args.update(csrf(request)) args["form"] = form args["item"] = Items.objects.get(id=item_id) args["notifications"] = Notifications.objects.filter(requestedTo=request.user, state="Pending") args["notifications_count"] = args["notifications"].count() args["transactions"] = Notifications.objects.filter(requestedFrom=request.user).order_by("item", "-bid") args["transactions_count"] = args["transactions"].count() args["online_user"] = request.user return render_to_response("showItem.html", args)