We have already created the AddMovieForm, now we need to createAddActorForm. AddActorForm also creates the relationship between Stars and Movies.
Import Actor model to forms.py
forms.py
class AddActorForm(forms.ModelForm):
actorname = forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'class':'form-control'}))
#theform data is fetched from db and the SelectMultiple field is defined as 20
movies = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(queryset=Movie.objects.all(), widget=SelectMultiple(attrs={'size':20}))
class Meta:
model = Actor
fields = ('actorname', 'movies')
urls.py
path('addactor/', views.addactor, name='addactor'),
views.py
Import AddActorForm to views.py first, then create the view function
def addactor(request):
if request.method=='POST':
form = AddActorForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
messages.success(request, "Actor is Added", extra_tags='green')
return redirect('addactor')
else:
form = AddActorForm()
context = {'form':form}
return render(request, 'addactor.html', context)
create a template named addactor.html
addactor.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block title %}
<title>Add Movie</title>
{% endblock title%}
{% block content %}
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-10">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="col-md-10 offset-md-2">
<h2 class="text-center">Add An Actor</h2>
<!--enctype="multipart/form-data" is needed here,
because we have multiple filefields in a single form.-->
<form method="POST" action="{% url 'addactor' %}">
{% csrf_token %}
{% if form.errors %}
<div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissible fade show" role="alert">
<strong>Your Form has errors</strong>
<button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close"></button>
</div>
{% endif %}
<div class="row d-flex justify-content-center">
<div class="col-sm-4">
{{ form.actorname | as_crispy_field }}
{{ form.movies | as_crispy_field }}
<input type="submit" value="Add" class="btn btn-secondary mb-2">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock content%}
Add a link for this url on your nav-bar (base.html) just like we did for the addmovie url.
base.html
{% if user.is_authenticated %}
<ul class="navbar-nav" >
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle text-white" href="#" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
{{user.username}}'s Profile
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" style="background-color: #86aac4;">
<li><a class="dropdown-item text-white" href="#">My List</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item text-white" href="/{% url 'editprofile' %}">My Account</a></li>
{% if user.is_authenticated and user.is_superuser%}
<li><a class="dropdown-item text-white" href="/{% url 'addmovie' %}">Add Movie</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item text-white" href="/{% url 'addactor' %}">Add Actor</a></li>
{% endif %}
<li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item text-white" href="/{% url 'logoutuser' %}">Log Out</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
If I go and check these movies, I can see this actor is added for each of them.
