def new_actor(request):
# If the user is submitting the form
if request.method == "POST":
# Get the instance of the form filled with the submitted data
form = ActorForm(request.POST)
# Django will check the form's validity for you
if form.is_valid():
# Saving the form will create a new Genre object
if form.save():
# After saving, redirect the user back to the index page
return redirect("/actors")
# Else if the user is looking at the form page
else:
form = ActorForm()
data = {'form': form}
return render(request, "new_actor.html", data)
def edit_actor(request, actor_id):
# Similar to the the detail view, we have to find the existing genre we are editing
actor = Actor.objects.get(id=actor_id)
# We still check to see if we are submitting the form
if request.method == "POST":
# We prefill the form by passing 'instance', which is the specific
# object we are editing
form = ActorForm(request.POST, instance=actor)
if form.is_valid():
if form.save():
return redirect("/actors/{}".format(actor_id))
# Or just viewing the form
else:
# We prefill the form by passing 'instance', which is the specific
# object we are editing
form = ActorForm(instance=actor)
data = {"actor": actor, "form": form}
return render(request, "edit_actor.html", data)
def new_actor(request):
if request.method == "POST":
form = ActorForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
if form.save():
return redirect("/actors")
else:
form = ActorForm()
data = {'form': form}
return render(request, "actors/new_actor.html", data)
def edit_actor(request, actor_id):
actor = Actor.objects.get(id=actor_id)
if request.method == "POST":
form = ActorForm(request.POST, instance=actor)
if form.is_valid():
if form.save():
return redirect("/actors/{}".format(actor_id))
else:
form = ActorForm(instance=actor)
data = {"actor": actor, "form": form}
return render(request, "actors/edit_actor.html", data)
