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Django Form Error Handling Guide

This guide outlines the steps for error handling in Django forms, starting with defining a form with validation rules. It explains how to create a view to handle form submissions and display errors in a template. Additionally, it mentions the option to add custom field validation for specific cases.

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Django Form Error Handling Guide

This guide outlines the steps for error handling in Django forms, starting with defining a form with validation rules. It explains how to create a view to handle form submissions and display errors in a template. Additionally, it mentions the option to add custom field validation for specific cases.

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Step-by-Step Guide: Error Handling in Django Forms

Step 1: Define a Form with Validation Rules


In contactform/[Link]:

from django import forms

class ContactForm([Link]):

name = [Link](max_length=10) # Max 10 characters

email = [Link]()

age = [Link](min_value=18) # Must be 18 or older

Step 2: Create a View to Handle Form Submission


In contactform/[Link]:

from [Link] import render

from .forms import ContactForm

def contact_view(request):

if [Link] == 'POST':

form = ContactForm([Link])

if form.is_valid():

print(form.cleaned_data)

else:

print("Form errors:", [Link])

else:

form = ContactForm()
return render(request, 'contactform/[Link]', {'form': form})

Step 3: Create the Template to Display Errors


In contactform/templates/contactform/[Link]:

<form method="post">

{% csrf_token %}

<p>{{ [Link].label_tag }}<br>{{ [Link] }}<br>

{% for error in [Link] %}

<span style="color:red;">{{ error }}</span><br>

{% endfor %}</p>

<p>{{ [Link].label_tag }}<br>{{ [Link] }}<br>

{% for error in [Link] %}

<span style="color:red;">{{ error }}</span><br>

{% endfor %}</p>

<p>{{ [Link].label_tag }}<br>{{ [Link] }}<br>

{% for error in [Link] %}

<span style="color:red;">{{ error }}</span><br>

{% endfor %}</p>

<button type="submit">Submit</button>

</form>

Step 4: Test the Form


Submit invalid values:

- Name > 10 characters → Error


- Invalid email format → Error

- Age < 18 → Error

Django will automatically show error messages.

Step 5: Add Custom Field Validation (Optional)


In [Link]:

def clean_name(self):

name = self.cleaned_data.get('name')

if [Link]() == 'admin':

raise [Link]("Name 'admin' is not allowed.")

return name

Summary
1. Define field rules (e.g., max_length, min_value).

2. Django validates automatically on form submission.

3. If errors exist, they appear in [Link].

4. Display errors in HTML using template logic.

5. You can add custom validation using clean_<field>() or clean().

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