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Python Django Class-based Views Classy Views CRUDs

i need help with delete

not working

articles/views.py
from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView
from django.views.generic import CreateView, UpdateView, DeleteView

from . import models


class ArticleList(ListView):
    model = models.Article


class ArticleDetail(DetailView):
    model = models.Article

class ArticleCreate(CreateView): 
    model = models.Article
    fields = ['title', 'body', 'author', 'published']

class ArticleUpdate(UpdateView): 
    model = models.Article
    fields = ['title', 'body', 'author', 'published']
class ArticleDelete(DeleteView):
    model = models.Article
articles/templates/articles/article_form.html
<form method='post' action>
      {% csrf_token %}
      {{ form.as_p }}
      <input type="submit" value="Add" />
</form>
articles/templates/articles/article_confirm_delete.html
<h1> {{ article.title }}</h1>
<form method='post' action=''>
  <p>Are you sure you want to delete this record</p>
  <input type='submit' value='Delete' />
  <a href="{% url 'articles:detail' pk %}">cancel</a>
</form>

1 Answer

Gregory Olsen
Gregory Olsen
8,515 Points

It looks like you have an issue with your article_confirm_delete.html. Check the docs for your cancel link. You provided the pk but did not set it equal to anything.

try pk=articles.pk