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Python

Posted by Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

invalid syntax Django

when I saved my view.py it threw an error of "invalid syntax" I'm not seeing an issue.

messages.add_message(request, message.SUCCESS, "Message sent!")
Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

whole view:

from django.contrib import messages
from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render

from . import forms



def clock_in_view(request):
    form = forms.ClockInForm()
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = forms.ClockInForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            print('continue')       
    return render(request, 'clockinform.html', {'form': form})  



def contact_form(request):
    form = forms.ContactForm()
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = form.ContactForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            send_mail(
                'Email from {}'.format(form.cleaned_data['name'],
                form.cleaned_data['message'],
                '{name} <{email}>'.format(**form.cleaned_data),
                ['Gerald@example.com']
            )
            messages.add_message(request, messages.SUCCESS, "Message sent!")
        return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('contact'))
    return render(request, 'contactform.html', {'form': form})
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points

When you say "it threw an error" was there a more specific message? Or did python simply say "invalid syntax" and crash?

The stack trace would come in handy here, if you could post it.

3 Answers

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points 
def contact_form(request):
    form = forms.ContactForm()
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = form.ContactForm(request.POST)

The second asignment is assigning form.ContactForm() instead of forms.ContactForm()

So I'm guessing the syntax error is there because there is no new_message method on that item.

Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points
Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

It simply said "invalid syntax" crashed it said the invalid syntax can from line 30 the '^' was at the 'e' of messages.

Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points 
messages.add_message(request, messages.SUCCESS, "Message sent!")
           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points
Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

It was there and a closing ) after ['name']