How to use Datepicker in django

Question

I want to implement a django form with datepicker. I made my forms.py

from django import forms

class DateRangeForm(forms.Form):
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Answer 1

The example below uses Django's generic.CreateView:

models.py file

class Task(models.Model):
    task_due_date = models.DateField()

views.py file

from bootstrap_datepicker_plus import DatePickerInput

class add_task(LoginRequiredMixin,generic.CreateView):
    model = Task
    fields = '__all__'
    def get_form(self):
        form = super().get_form()
        form.fields['task_due_date'].widget = DatePickerInput()
        return form
    template_name = 'team/add_task.html'

templates/add_task.html

{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% load bootstrap4 %}

{% block body %}

{% bootstrap_javascript jquery='full' %}
{{ form.media }}

<h1>Add a Task</h1>
<br>
<div class="container">
  <div class="row">
    <form method="POST" action="{% url 'team:add_task' %}" id="taskForm">
        {% csrf_token %}
        {% bootstrap_form form %}
        {% buttons %}
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-large">Add</button>
        {% endbuttons %}
    </form>
  </div>
</div>

{% endblock %}

With the end result being:

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Answer 2

You can use forms.DateInput() widget, instead of forms.TextInput():

from functools import partial
DateInput = partial(forms.DateInput, {'class': 'datepicker'})

class DateRangeForm(forms.Form):
    start_date = forms.DateField(widget=DateInput())
    end_date = forms.DateField(widget=DateInput())

To make JQuery Datepicker work, you have to initialise it:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.0/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css"> 
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.0/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.datepicker').datepicker();
});
</script>