I needed help for this small project that I am doing. I tried getting the output from a form in base.html through a function in Views.py. The value I am getting has an extra blank element in the QueryDict I have put the code below:
views.py
def addToDo(request):
contents = request.POST['content']
print(contents)
added_Time = timezone.now()
print(added_Time)
print(contents)
return render(request,'index.html')
models.py
class ToDoList(models.Model):
ToDoText = models.TextField()
ToDoDate = models.DateField()
base.html
<body>
<nav>
<div class="container">
<div class="nav-wrapper">
<a href="#" class="brand-logo">To Do App</a>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col">
<h1>Good Day!</h1>
<form class="form-inline" action="addToDo/" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="content" placeholder='What are you planning today?'>
<button class='btn waves-effect waves-light btn-small' type="submit" name="content">Submit</button>
</form>
{% block body_block %}
{% endblock %}
</div>
</div>
</div>
The error is <QueryDict: {'content': ['Hello', '']}> instead of <QueryDict: {'content': ['Hello']}>
when print(contents) is given, the value is a blank instead of 'Hello
Found the answer, the name in the tag in html to be removed to avoid extra "" in the output. Thanks!