How Can I allow user to post a video using this models: - django-models

Question

I want authenticated user to be able to post in this applications, How can I do that?
I tested that in sqlite admin in django and it's working fine, and now I want to allow user to post from the addvideo templates:
this is the models:
from django.db import models
from django.db.models.base import Model
from django.db.models.fields import CharField
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models
# Create your models here.
class Post(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
file = models.FileField(null=False, blank=False)
title = CharField(max_length=25, blank=False)
date_added = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
def __str__(self):
return self.title
this is my addvideo templates:
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-5">
<form action="" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="card">
<div class="form-group m-3">
<label>Upload Your Video</label><br><br>
<input required
name="video"
type="file"
accept="video/*"
class="form-control-file">
</div>
<div class="form-group m-3">
<label for="title">Your Topic</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="title" id="title">
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Add Post</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
And this is my views.py file:
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.contrib.auth.models import User, auth
from django.contrib import messages
from .models import Post
def addvideo(request):
posting = Post.objects.all()
if request.method == 'POST':
file = request.FILES.get('video')
posting = Post.objects.create(
file=file
)
return redirect('home')
return render(request, 'addvideo.html', {'posting': posting})
def dashboard(request):
posting = Post.objects.select_related('user')
return render(request, 'dashboard.html', {'posting': posting})
def home(request):
posting = Post.objects.select_related('user')
return render(request, 'home.html', {'posting': posting})
def viewVideo(request, pk):
posting = Post.objects.get(id=pk)
return render(request, 'video.html', {'posting': posting })

Answer 1

For me, the easiest way to solve this problem is by using CreateView.
views.py file:
from django.views.generic import CreateView
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from .models import Post # Will import Your `Post` model
class PostCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView):
model = Post
fields = ['title', 'file']
success_url = '/'
template_name = 'addvideo.html'
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.user = self.request.user
return super(PostCreateView, self).form_valid(form)
model is the name of your model (In your case Post).
fields are the list of fields you want to display in template.
template_name is the path to your template.
success_url is the path where the user will be redirected when the Post is created successfully.
form_valid will save the current logged-in user as the owner of the post.
addvideo.html file:
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
For using custom styles on your template, you can use django-widget-tweaks package, Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use this package link.