Django Forms: if not valid, show form with error message
If you render the same view when the form is not valid then in template you can access the form errors using form.errors.
{% if form.errors %}
{% for field in form %}
{% for error in field.errors %}
<div class="alert alert-danger">
<strong>{{ error|escape }}</strong>
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
{% for error in form.non_field_errors %}
<div class="alert alert-danger">
<strong>{{ error|escape }}</strong>
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
An example:
def myView(request):
form = myForm(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None)
if request.method == 'POST':
if form.is_valid():
return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')
return render(request, 'my_template.html', {'form': form})
views.py
from django.contrib import messages
def view_name(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = form_class(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks'/)
else:
messages.error(request, "Error")
return render(request, 'page.html', {'form':form_class()})
If you want to show the errors of the form other than that not valid just put {{form.as_p}} like what I did below
page.html
<html>
<head>
<script>
{% if messages %}
{% for message in messages %}
alert('{{message}}')
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
</script>
</head>
<body>
{{form.as_p}}
</body>
</html>
UPDATE: Added a more detailed description of the formset errors.
Form.errors combines all field and non_field_errors. Therefore you can simplify the html to this:
template
{% load form_tags %}
{% if form.errors %}
<div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissible col-12 mx-1" role="alert">
<div id="form_errors">
{% for key, value in form.errors.items %}
<span class="fieldWrapper">
{{ key }}:{{ value }}
</span>
{% endfor %}
</div>
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close">
<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>
</button>
</div>
{% endif %}
If you want to generalise it you can create a list_errors.html which you include in every form template. It handles form and formset errors:
{% if form.errors %}
<div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissible col-12 mx-1" role="alert">
<div id="form_errors">
{% for key, value in form.errors.items %}
<span class="fieldWrapper">
{{ key }}:{{ value }}
</span>
{% endfor %}
</div>
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close">
<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>
</button>
</div>
{% elif formset.total_error_count %}
<div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissible col-12 mx-1" role="alert">
<div id="form_errors">
{% if formset.non_form_errors %}
{{ formset.non_form_errors }}
{% endif %}
{% for form in formset.forms %}
{% if form.errors %}
Form number {{ forloop.counter }}:
<ul class="errorlist">
{% for key, error in form.errors.items %}
<li>{{form.fields|get_label:key}}
<ul class="errorlist">
<li>{{error}}</li>
</ul>
</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
</div>
</div>
{% endif %}
form_tags.py
from django import template
register = template.Library()
def get_label(a_dict, key):
return getattr(a_dict.get(key), 'label', 'No label')
register.filter("get_label", get_label)
One caveat: In contrast to forms Formset.errors does not include non_field_errors.