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Python Django Forms Forms Clean a Field

Hamid Salehi
Hamid Salehi
5,721 Points
Posted by Hamid Salehi
Hamid Salehi
5,721 Points

ValidationError problem, Can't get the right clean_honeypot function to work

what is wrong with this code? I can't figure it out

from django import forms

class LeadShareForm(forms.Form): email = forms.EmailField() link = forms.URLField()
honeypot = forms.CharField(required=False, widget=forms.HiddenInput, label="Leave Empty") 

def clean_honeypot(self):
    honeypot = self.cleaned_data['honeypot']
    if len(honeypot):
        raise forms.ValidationError("Bad bot!")

    return honeypot
myproject/forms.py 
from django import forms


class LeadShareForm(forms.Form):
    email = forms.EmailField()
    link = forms.URLField()   
    honeypot = forms.CharField(required=False, widget=forms.HiddenInput, label="Leave Empty")   

    def clean_honeypot(self):
        honeypot = self.cleaned_data['honeypot']
        if len(honeypot):
            raise forms.ValidationError("Bad bot!")

        return honeypot
Modou Sawo
Modou Sawo
13,141 Points
Modou Sawo
Modou Sawo
13,141 Points

I'm having the same problem. The suggestion message still goes through

from django import forms


class SuggestionForm(forms.Form):
    name = forms.CharField()
    email = forms.EmailField()
    suggestion = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
    honeypot = forms.CharField(required=False,
                                widget=forms.HiddenInput,
                                label="Leave empty")

    def clean_honeypot(self):
        honeypot = self.cleaned_data['honeypot']
        if len(honeypot):
            raise forms.ValidationError(
                "honeypot should be left empty. Bad bot!")
        return honeypot

1 Answer

Paul Blouin
Paul Blouin
6,502 Points
Paul Blouin
Paul Blouin
6,502 Points

Same for me :) Cannot make it work...