表单处理通常有3个途径:
初始 GET (空白或预填充表单)
带有合法数据的POST(通常是带有错误的重新显示的表单)
带有合法数据的POST(处理数据和通常重定向)
自己实现这个会导致很多重复的样板代码(查看 Using a form in a view )。为了避免这个问题,Django 提供了一组通用基于类的视图来处理表单。
提供联系表单:
forms.py¶from django import forms
class ContactForm(forms.Form):
    name = forms.CharField()
    message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
    def send_email(self):
        # send email using the self.cleaned_data dictionary
        pass
可以使用 FormView 构建视图:
views.py¶from myapp.forms import ContactForm
from django.views.generic.edit import FormView
class ContactFormView(FormView):
    template_name = "contact.html"
    form_class = ContactForm
    success_url = "/thanks/"
    def form_valid(self, form):
        # This method is called when valid form data has been POSTed.
        # It should return an HttpResponse.
        form.send_email()
        return super().form_valid(form)
注意:
FormView 继承了 TemplateResponseMixin ,因此可以在这里使用 template_name 。
默认实现了 form_valid()  简单重定向至 success_url 。
通用视图在模型一起工作时真的很赞。这些通用视图将自动创建 ModelForm ,只要他们能找出要使用的模型类:
如果已经给出了 model 属性,则使用这个模型类。
如果 get_object() 返回一个对象,则使用这个对象的类。
如果已经给出了 queryset  ,则使用这个查询集的模型。
模型表单视图提供一个 form_valid() 实现,来自动保存模型。如果你有特别的需求,你可以覆盖它。下面是例子。
你甚至不需要为 CreateView 或 UpdateView 提供 success_url 。如果可用,它们将在模型对象上使用 get_absolute_url() 。
如果你想使用一个自定义的  ModelForm (比如添加额外的验证),用来在视图上设置 form_class 。
Note
当指定一个自定义表单类时,必须也要指定模型,即使 form_class 可能是一个 ModelForm 。
首先我们需要添加 get_absolute_url() 到 Author 类:
models.py¶from django.db import models
from django.urls import reverse
class Author(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse("author-detail", kwargs={"pk": self.pk})
然后可以使用 CreateView 并友好的执行实际工作。注意这里我们如何配置通用基于类的视图。我们不用自己编写任何逻辑:
views.py¶from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, DeleteView, UpdateView
from myapp.models import Author
class AuthorCreateView(CreateView):
    model = Author
    fields = ["name"]
class AuthorUpdateView(UpdateView):
    model = Author
    fields = ["name"]
class AuthorDeleteView(DeleteView):
    model = Author
    success_url = reverse_lazy("author-list")
Note
我们必须在这里使用 reverse_lazy() 来代替 reverse() ,因为在文件导入时不加载  urls 。
fields 属性的工作方式同 ModelForm 中内部 Meta 类的 fields 属性一样。除非你使用其他方式定义表单类,该属性是必需的,如果属性不存在,视图将引发 ImproperlyConfigured 异常。
如果同时指定了 fields 和 form_class 属性,将会引发 ImproperlyConfigured 异常。
最后将这些新视图挂钩到URLconf中:
urls.py¶from django.urls import path
from myapp.views import AuthorCreateView, AuthorDeleteView, AuthorUpdateView
urlpatterns = [
    # ...
    path("author/add/", AuthorCreateView.as_view(), name="author-add"),
    path("author/<int:pk>/", AuthorUpdateView.as_view(), name="author-update"),
    path("author/<int:pk>/delete/", AuthorDeleteView.as_view(), name="author-delete"),
]
Note
这些视图继承 SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin ,它使用 template_name_suffix 来构建基于模型的 template_name 。
在这个例子里:
CreateView 和 UpdateView 使用 myapp/author_form.html 。
DeleteView 使用 myapp/author_confirm_delete.html 。
如果你想为 CreateView 和 UpdateView 制作单独的模板,你可以在视图类上设置 template_name 或 template_name_suffix 。
request.user¶若要跟踪使用 CreateView 创建的用户,你可以使用自定义的 ModelForm 来执行此操作。首先,在模型里添加外键关系:
models.py¶from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models
class Author(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    # ...
在这个视图中,确保你没有在要编辑的字段列表中包含 created_by 字段 ,并且要覆盖 form_valid() 来添加用户:
views.py¶from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView
from myapp.models import Author
class AuthorCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView):
    model = Author
    fields = ["name"]
    def form_valid(self, form):
        form.instance.created_by = self.request.user
        return super().form_valid(form)
LoginRequiredMixin 防止那些未登录的用户访问表单。如果忽略,那么你将需要在 form_valid() 里处理未授权的用户。
下面是一个展示了如何实现基于API的工作流以及普通POST表单一起使用的表单:
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView
from myapp.models import Author
class JsonableResponseMixin:
    """
    Mixin to add JSON support to a form.
    Must be used with an object-based FormView (e.g. CreateView)
    """
    def form_invalid(self, form):
        response = super().form_invalid(form)
        if self.request.accepts("text/html"):
            return response
        else:
            return JsonResponse(form.errors, status=400)
    def form_valid(self, form):
        # We make sure to call the parent's form_valid() method because
        # it might do some processing (in the case of CreateView, it will
        # call form.save() for example).
        response = super().form_valid(form)
        if self.request.accepts("text/html"):
            return response
        else:
            data = {
                "pk": self.object.pk,
            }
            return JsonResponse(data)
class AuthorCreateView(JsonableResponseMixin, CreateView):
    model = Author
    fields = ["name"]
The above example assumes that if the client supports text/html, that they
would prefer it. However, this may not always be true. When requesting a
.css file, many browsers will send the header
Accept: text/css,*/*;q=0.1, indicating that they would prefer CSS, but
anything else is fine. This means request.accepts("text/html") will be
True.
To determine the correct format, taking into consideration the client's
preference, use django.http.HttpRequest.get_preferred_type():
class JsonableResponseMixin:
    """
    Mixin to add JSON support to a form.
    Must be used with an object-based FormView (e.g. CreateView).
    """
    accepted_media_types = ["text/html", "application/json"]
    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        if request.get_preferred_type(self.accepted_media_types) is None:
            # No format in common.
            return HttpResponse(
                status_code=406, headers={"Accept": ",".join(self.accepted_media_types)}
            )
        return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
    def form_invalid(self, form):
        response = super().form_invalid(form)
        accepted_type = self.request.get_preferred_type(self.accepted_media_types)
        if accepted_type == "text/html":
            return response
        elif accepted_type == "application/json":
            return JsonResponse(form.errors, status=400)
    def form_valid(self, form):
        # We make sure to call the parent's form_valid() method because
        # it might do some processing (in the case of CreateView, it will
        # call form.save() for example).
        response = super().form_valid(form)
        accepted_type = self.request.get_preferred_type(self.accepted_media_types)
        if accepted_type == "text/html":
            return response
        elif accepted_type == "application/json":
            data = {
                "pk": self.object.pk,
            }
            return JsonResponse(data)
The HttpRequest.get_preferred_type() method was added.
8月 13, 2025