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Python Django Forms Forms Instantiate a Form in a View

Tom Pegler
Tom Pegler
11,441 Points
Posted by Tom Pegler
Tom Pegler
11,441 Points

Can't find 'form' in 'lead_form'

I'm not entirely sure why this isn't running. It's definitely in there and if some other syntax was at fault it should have another error but I'm probably just missing something really basic.

myproject/views.py 
from django.shortcuts import render
from . import forms

def lead_form(request):
    form = LeadShareForm()
    return render(request, 'lead_form.html')

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Since LeadShareForm is in the forms module. it needs to be referenced with the forms. prefix:

    form = forms.LeadShareForm()