Add messages in Django

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I am using messages in Django.

I've done exactly as told in the documentation and the messages are showing as they should when my site is in production. But in development at cloud9 they are not showing. What could be wrong?

In development it doesn't add the message if I use

def form_valid(self, form):
    self.object = form.save()
    messages.success(self.request, "Updated")
    return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())

but it does add the message if I use

def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    messages.success(request, 'Updated')
    return super(ItemUpdateView, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

I don't understand what could be wrong.

Zealous System · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-08 09:36:35Z

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Please make sure you have added middleware in your settings.py in production stage 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware' and make sure you have imported messages in your views.py. Also check for 'django.contrib.messages' in your installed apps

answered Apr 8, 2015 at 9:36

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Raja Simon · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-08 05:55:07Z

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If you want self.request you have to override __init__ method

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    self.request = kwargs.pop('request', None)
    super(YourForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

So after that your self.request will work..

answered Apr 8, 2015 at 5:55

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Jamgreen Over a year ago

I am adding the messages in my UpdateView and not in the form. It is working as it should in production - how does it make sense if I cannot use self.request without the code you suggested

Jamgreen Over a year ago

as described in docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/messages/…

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