I am trying to add a comment section to add a comment section to my blog detail using django but when i run my server i get no error in the development server and the comments are not being displayed. I added the comments from my admin site. The snippet of my code is below.
views.py
from .models import Post
from django.utils import timezone
from .forms import PostForm, CommentsForm
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import user_passes_test
# Create your views here.
def home(request):
return render (request, 'blogapp/home.html')
def blog_list(request):
post = Post.objects.order_by('-published_date')
context = {
'posts':post
}
return render(request, 'blogapp/blog_list.html', context)
def blog_detail(request, pk=None):
detail = Post.objects.get(pk=pk)
context = {
'detail': detail
}
return render(request, 'blogapp/blog_detail.html', context)
def add_post(request, pk=None):
if request.method == "POST":
form = PostForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid:
body = form.save(commit=False)
body.published_date = timezone.now()
body.save()
return redirect('blog_list')
form = PostForm()
else:
form = PostForm()
context = {
'form': form
}
return render(request, 'blogapp/add_post.html', context)
def add_comments(request, pk=None):
if request.method == "POST":
form = CommentsForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid:
comment = form.save(commit=False)
comment.date_added = timezone.now()
comment.save()
return redirect('blog_detail')
form = CommentsForm()
else:
form = CommentsForm()
context = {
'form': form
}
return render(request, 'blogapp/add_comments.html', context)
urls.py
from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
path('', views.home, name="homepage"),
path('blog/', views.blog_list, name="blog_list"),
path('blog/post/<int:pk>/', views.blog_detail, name="blog_detail"),
path('blog/add_post/', views.add_post, name="add_post"),
path('blog/add_comments/', views.add_comments, name="add_comments"),
]
forms.py
from django import forms
from .models import Post, Comments
class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Post
fields = ('author', 'title', 'post_description', 'image', 'image_description', 'body',)
class CommentsForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Comments
fields = ('post', 'name', 'body',)
models.py
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone
# Create your models here.
class Post(models.Model):
author = models.ForeignKey('auth.user', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
title = models.CharField(max_length=300)
body = models.TextField()
post_description = models.CharField(max_length=500, blank=True, null=True)
image = models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to="image/")
image_description = models.CharField(max_length=500, blank=True, null=True)
published_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now, blank=True, null=True)
def publish(self):
self.published_date = timezone.now()
self.save()
def __str__(self):
return self.title
class Comments(models.Model):
post = models.ForeignKey('Post', related_name="comments", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
body = models.TextField()
name = models.CharField(max_length=300)
date_added = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now, blank=True, null=True)
def __str__(self):
return '%s - %s' % (self.post.title, self.name)
blog_detail.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% load static %}
{% block content %}
<article>
<strong>
<h1><b>{{ detail.title }}</b></h1>
</strong>
<h3>POST AUTHOR: {{ detail.author }}</h3>
<h4><i>{{ detail.post_description }}</i></h4>
<h4>PUBLISHED:{{ detail.published_date }}</h4>
<p>
<hr>
{% if detail.image %}
<center>
<br>
<img src="{{ detail.image.url }}" width="1000" height="700">
<br><br>
<i>IMAGE DESCRIPTION: {{ detail.image_description }}</i>
</center>
{% endif %}
<hr>
<br><br><br>
{{ detail.body|linebreaksbr }}
</p>
<hr class="solid">
<h2>COMMENTS ...</h2><a href="{% url 'add_comments' post.pk %}">Add One</a>
{% for comment in post.comments.all %}
<strong>
{{ comment.name }}-{{ comment.date_added }}
</strong>
{{ comment.body }}
{% endfor %}
</article>
{% endblock %}
add_comments.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block content %}
<article>
{% if user.is_authenticated %}
<h1>CREATE NEW BLOG POST.</h1>
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button type="submit">ADD COMMENT</button>
<input type="hidden" name="next" value="{% url 'blog_detail' pk=post.pk %}"/>
</form>
{% else %}
<h2>Login <a href="{% url 'login' %}">HERE</a> to add comments.</h2>
{% endif %}
</article>
{% endblock %}
in your template you use
{% for comment in post.comments.all %}
but in template context there is nopost
variable you should use{% for comment in detail.comments.all %}