Django Forms with get_or_create

Question

I am using Django ModelForms to create a form. I have my form set up and it is working ok.

form = MyForm(data=request.POST)

if form.is_valid():
    form.sav         


        

Answer 1

I would do this -

if request.method == 'POST':
    form = MyForm(request.POST)
    if form.is_valid():
        name   = form.cleaned_data['name']
        author = form.cleaned_data['author']
        price  = form.cleaned_data['prince']

        if name and author and price:
            book, created = Book.objects.get_or_create(name=name, \
              author=author, price=price)

            if created:
                # fresh entry in db.
            else:
                # already there, maybe update?

            book.save()