Code Challenge: Updating Django Template to Include Delete Form

Question

On Step 2, I'm getting an error "Didn't find the form" from the challenge. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...

In the code below, everything below {{ article.body|linebreaks }} is code I added for this challenge.

articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html

<h1>{{ article.title }}</h1>
<p>By: {{ article.author }}</p>

{{ article.body|linebreaks }}

<hr>

<form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
    <input type="submit" value="Delete Article" />
</form>

Here's the code you need to pass the first challenge:

articles/views.py

from django.views import generic

from . import models


class ArticleList(generic.ListView):
    model = models.Article


class ArticleDetail(generic.DeleteView, generic.DetailView):
    model = models.Article
    template_name = "articles/article_detail.html"


class ArticleCreate(generic.CreateView):
    fields = ('title', 'body', 'author', 'published')
    model = models.Article


class ArticleUpdate(generic.UpdateView):
    fields = ('title', 'body', 'author', 'published')
    model = models.Article


class ArticleDelete(generic.DeleteView):
    model = models.Article


class ArticleSearch(generic.ListView):
    model = models.Article

    def get_queryset(self):
        qs = super().get_queryset()
        term = self.kwargs.get('term')
        if term:
            return qs.filter(body__icontains=term)
        return qs.none()

Answer 1 · 2017-08-23T18:38:38Z

August 23, 2017 6:38pm

Hi Greg,

There are basically 2 reasons why your code isn't passing. The first is that you will need to include the actual form after the csrf token.

The second has to do with the challenge being really picky on the template code. It is expecting a really basic form element but you've added in a couple extra things like the action attribute and a submit button, which the challenge doesn't seem to like.

The following code is a trimmed down version of yours, with the addition of the form itself, and it should pass.

<form method="post">
  {% csrf_token %} 
  {{ form }}
</form>

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