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Python Django Forms Forms Clean Two Fields

Lewis Cowles
Lewis Cowles
74,902 Points
Posted by Lewis Cowles
Lewis Cowles
74,902 Points

:'( My form clean won't work

so I have no clue why this is not working... looks to be the same to me as the example in the video. Kenneth Love ideas?

from django import forms


def not_treehouse(value):
    if value.lower().endswith('@teamtreehouse.com'):
        raise forms.ValidationError('Just come talk to me')


class LeadShareForm(forms.Form):
    email = forms.EmailField(validators=[not_treehouse])
    email2 = forms.EmailField(label='Email again', validators=[not_treehouse])
    link = forms.URLField()
    honeypot = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput, required=False)

    def clean_honeypot(self):
        honey = self.cleaned_data['honeypot']
        if len(honey):
            raise forms.ValidationError('Bad robot!')
        return honey

    def clean(self):
        cleaned = super.clean();
        email = cleaned.get('email')
        verify = cleaned.get('email2')
        if email != verify:
            raise forms.ValidationError('Hey!')

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

I see two differences: super() needs parens, and a trailing semi-colon:

    def clean(self):
        cleaned = super().clean()  # <-- add parens, remove semi-colon
        email = cleaned.get('email')
        verify = cleaned.get('email2')
        if email != verify:
            raise forms.ValidationError('Hey!')
Lewis Cowles
Lewis Cowles
74,902 Points
Lewis Cowles
Lewis Cowles
74,902 Points

I must be blind, thx Chris