Django FormPreview: Save form data to database

[jthewriter]

Probably a simple question but having trouble implementing a form preview page using django-formtools. I've configured everything per the docs. I'm stuck on what to add to the done() method to save the data to db.

forms.py

class JobForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Job
        fields = ('title', 'category', 'company', 'website',    'description',)

class JobFormPreview(FormPreview):
    def done(self, request, cleaned_data):
        # add what here to save form data as object?
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/success')

urls.py

...
url(r'^jobs/new/$',
    JobFormPreview(JobForm),
    name='job_form'),
...

Using the default templates. The form and preview both render fine, but obviously data doesn't save on submit. Tried self.form.save() but get an error save() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self'.

I appreciate any guidance.

[ludovic coues]

If you want to create a Job object and save it to database, I highly
recommend the CreateView

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/class-based-views/generic-editing/#django.views.generic.edit.CreateView

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[jthewriter]

Yeah, that's actually what I was doing before, but as far as I can tell formtools prevents that possibility. Do you know of some way to create the desired 'preview page' behavior while using CreateView?

[ludovic coues]

Oh, sorry, I didn't notice the form preview functionality.

CreateView simply call form.save() but it have access to a ModelForm.
I assume you want to create the object and save it in the done function.

I would try that:

def done(self, request, cleaned_data):
job = Job(**cleaned_data)
job.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect(url_for("job:success")

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[jthewriter]

Thanks. That's essentially what I ended up doing just with job = Job.objects.create(**cleaned_data)

Appreciate your help!