[FIXED] Django Help! Form with method post is not callin the action correctly with django url tag need help understanding why this doesn not work?

Issue

While trying to create a simple search form using method="POST" and action linking to a url that should trigger a view to render a different template I have come across it not working all it does is tag on the csrf to my index url and acts like I am using GET not POST any thoughts on why?

HTML URL:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/bugtracker/?csrfmiddlewaretoken=jdGcvGb8pioQutLhDOL8y6zbK7DW6XSErTYQ8zHOI8W1fAXf8V6NFoFmzXRIvC3d&searched=

View:

    @login_required(login_url='login_register')
    def search_site(request):
    if request.method == "POST":
        searched = request.POST['searched']
        context = {
            'searched': searched
        }
        return render(request, 'bugs/search_site.html', context)
    else:
        return render(request, 'bugs/search_site.html')

URL:

    path('search_site/', views.search_site, name='search_site'),

Search bar template:

    <div class="input-group">
    <form method="POST" action="{% url 'search_site' %}">
    {% csrf_token %}
    <input class="form-control" type="search" placeholder="Search for..." aria-label="Search for..." name="searched">
    <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></button>
    </form>
    </div>

Search result template:

{% extends 'bugs/base.html' %}
{% block content %}
    <div class="container-fluid px-4">
        {% if searched %}
        <h4 class="mt-4">results for {{ searched }}</h4>
        {% endif %}

    </div>
{% endblock %}

I have tried changing method to get, I have tried to change my url and my view to no avail. and removing crf just makes the url tag a ? into the index it seems like it is not calling anything at all.

Solution

I can provide two suggestions, first to render outside the else condition, and the second to see searched has any value or not by printing it.

@login_required(login_url='login_register')
def search_site(request):
    if request.method == "POST":
        searched = request.POST['searched']
        print(f"searched value --> {searched}")
        context = {
            'searched': searched
        }
        return render(request, 'bugs/search_site.html', context)
    return render(request, 'bugs/search_site.html')

Search result template:

{% extends 'bugs/base.html' %}
{% block content %}
    <div class="container-fluid px-4">
        {% if searched %}
        <h4 class="mt-4">results for {{ searched }}</h4>
        {% else %}
        <p>No value has come.</p>
        {% endif %}

    </div>
{% endblock %}

I also think it should be another template in POST Method check it, you have provided search_site.html may be it is something like search_result.html.

Answered By - Sunderam Dubey