if the form is not valid then form.errors should contain human-readable errors for each field, including the one you validate yourself (the string inside the raise ValidationError call), you can return that.
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Chris Kavanagh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I was wrong Vijay. For some odd reason I thought the ValidationError > would catch it BEFORE submitted. . . > > I re-read the docs and saw I was wrong. . > > In other words, I I try to submit the form with the input field empty, I > get a small pop up error saying "Please Enter An Email". > > Or, if I use an invalid email format, I get the same popup error saying > "Please Enter An Email Address." > > Is there a way to do this with this (with django)? > > On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 9:30:22 PM UTC-5, Vijay Khemlani wrote: >> >> I'm not following >> >> If you submit the form with incorrect information (non unique email) then >> your view does not return anything because form.is_valid() returns False >> >> Validation errors don't prevent the form from being submitted, they >> prevent the form from validation (making form.is_valid() return False and >> adding values to form.errors) >> >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Chris Kavanagh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a model form called *"ContactForm" *that has an email field. I >>> created a custom* forms.ValidationError* in *"clean_email"* method >>> >>> which checks to see if the email is already in the database , however >>> it's never raised on submit. >>> >>> >>> When submit is called, the view runs and I get the error *"The view >>> customer.views.send_email didn't return an HttpResponse object.* >>> >>> * It returned None instead"*, because it's not being passed an actual >>> email. . >>> >>> I don't understand why the *forms.ValidationError* isn't stopping it >>> from being submitted? The query in the *"clean_email"* works fine, so >>> that's not the problem. >>> >>> I've used this same code before with no problems. I'm sure it's >>> something easy I'm forgetting or missing, but any help is GREATLY >>> appreciated. . >>> >>> Note: I am using django crispy forms >>> >>> >>> *#Model:* >>> class Customer(models.Model): >>> email = models.EmailField(max_length=70,blank=False) >>> created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True) >>> >>> class Meta: >>> ordering = ('email',) >>> >>> def __unicode__(self): >>> return self.email >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *#Form:* >>> class ContactForm(forms.ModelForm): >>> >>> class Meta: >>> model = Customer >>> fields = ['email'] >>> >>> def clean_email(self): >>> email = self.cleaned_data['email'] >>> cust_email = Customer.objects.filter(email=email).count() >>> if cust_email: >>> raise forms.ValidationError('This email is already in use.') >>> return email >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *#View:* >>> def send_email(request): >>> if request.method == 'POST': >>> form = ContactForm(request.POST) >>> if form.is_valid(): >>> cd = form.cleaned_data >>> email = cd['email'] >>> new_email = form.save(commit=True) >>> to_email = form.cleaned_data['email'] # cd['email'] >>> subject = 'Newsletter' >>> from_email = settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER >>> message = 'You Are Now Signed Up For BenGui Newsletter!' >>> #send_mail(subject, message, from_email, [to_email,], >>> fail_silently=False) >>> return redirect('home') >>> else: >>> return render(request, 'home.html', context) >>> >>> >>> >>> *#customer.urls:* >>> >>> urlpatterns = [ >>> url(r'^send-email/$', views.send_email, name='send_email'), >>> ] >>> >>> >>> #Template: >>> >>> <form action="{% url 'customer:send_email' %}" method="post"> >>> {% csrf_token %} >>> {{ form|crispy }} >>> <input class='btn btn-success btn-lg btn-block' >>> type='submit' value='Submit'></input> >>> </form> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/django-users/8ff5313f-3783-4897-afa7-5edd4fe1b436%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/8ff5313f-3783-4897-afa7-5edd4fe1b436%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-users/39ec5818-92b6-4b2c-ad9a-58e09acd5427%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/39ec5818-92b6-4b2c-ad9a-58e09acd5427%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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