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Python Django Forms Inlines and Media Save a Valid Formset

Jay Norris
Jay Norris
14,824 Points
Posted by Jay Norris
Jay Norris
14,824 Points

Saving a valid formset

I'm not sure what I'm missing when I try to save this formset. I've run out of ideas. Any hints would be appreciated.

products/views.py 
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render

from . import forms


def product_form(request):
    form = forms.DigitalProductForm()
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = forms.DigitalProductForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('products:create'))
    return render(request, 'products/product_form.html', {'form': form})


def bulk_create_products(request):
    formset = forms.DigitalFormset()
    if request.method == 'POST'
        formset = forms.DigitalFormset(request.POST)

        if formset.is_valid()
            products = formset.save(commit=False)

            for product in products:
                product.save()

            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('products:bulk_create'))
    return render(request, 'products/bulk_create.html', {'formset': formset})
Jay Norris
Jay Norris
14,824 Points
Jay Norris
Jay Norris
14,824 Points

I've noticed some missing colons and now I'm sending out 'product'. I'm really not sure what's wrong now... It's telling me: "Bummer! Can't find the formset in the HTML. Did you remove it?"

Any hints would be greatly appreciated!

def bulk_create_products(request):
    formset = forms.DigitalFormset()

    if request.method == 'POST':
        formset = forms.DigitalFormset(request.POST)

        if formset.is_valid():
            products = formset.save(commit=False)

            for product in products:
                product.save()

            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("products:bulk_create"))
    return render(request, 'products/bulk_create.html', {'product': product, 'formset': formset})

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