{"id":5885,"date":"2022-11-28T06:22:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T06:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/?page_id=5885"},"modified":"2023-08-17T09:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T09:27:09","slug":"django-delete-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/django-tutorial\/django-delete-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Django Delete Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a Django delete form to delete a post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This tutorial begins where creating Django edit form<\/a> tutorial left off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll create a form that deletes a post by its id.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating an URL pattern #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Add an URL pattern to the pattern list in the urls.py<\/code> of the blog<\/code> application:<\/p>\n\n\n

from<\/span> django.urls import<\/span> path\n<\/span><\/span>from<\/span> . import<\/span> views\n<\/span><\/span>\n<\/span><\/span>urlpatterns = [\n<\/span><\/span>    path(''<\/span>, views.home, name='posts'<\/span>),\n<\/span><\/span>    path('post\/create'<\/span>, views.create_post, name='post-create'<\/span>),\n<\/span><\/span>    path('post\/edit\/<int:id>\/'<\/span>, views.edit_post, name='post-edit'<\/span>),\n<\/span><\/span>    path('post\/delete\/<int:id>\/'<\/span>, views.delete_post, name='post-delete'<\/span>),\n<\/span><\/mark>    path('about\/'<\/span>, views.about, name='about'<\/span>),\n<\/span><\/span>]\n<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> Python<\/span> (<\/span>python<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
The delete URL accepts an id as an integer that specifies the id of the post to be deleted. When you open the URL:<\/p>\n\n\n
http:\/\/127.0<\/span>.0<\/span>.1<\/span>\/post\/delete\/1<\/span>\/<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> Python<\/span> (<\/span>python<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Django will execute the delete_post()<\/code> function in the views.py<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defining a view function #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Define a delete_post()<\/code> function in the views.py<\/code> of the blog<\/code> application:<\/p>\n\n\n
from<\/span> django.shortcuts import<\/span> render,redirect, get_object_or_404\nfrom<\/span> django.contrib import<\/span> messages\nfrom<\/span> .models import<\/span> Post\nfrom<\/span> .forms import<\/span> PostForm\n\n\ndef<\/span> delete_post<\/span>(request, id)<\/span>:<\/span>\n    post = get_object_or_404(Post, pk=id)\n    context = {'post'<\/span>: post}    \n    \n    if<\/span> request.method == 'GET'<\/span>:\n        return<\/span> render(request, 'blog\/post_confirm_delete.html'<\/span>,context)\n    elif<\/span> request.method == 'POST'<\/span>:\n        post.delete()\n        messages.success(request,  'The post has been deleted successfully.'<\/span>)\n        return<\/span> redirect('posts'<\/span>)\n\n# ...<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> Python<\/span> (<\/span>python<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
How it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n