TypeError: 'in <string>' requires string as left operand, not QueryDict

Question

While updating the edited blog i am getting this error: in edit_article function Here is my function,

def edit_article(request, id):
    session_start(request)
    if Article.exists(id):
        article = Article.getByName(id)
    else:
        article = Article(id)
    if request.method == 'POST' and request.POST in "content":
        if has_article_access(request, article):
            article.body = request.POST['content']
            article.save()
            if 'counter_edit' in request.session:
                request.session['counter_edit'] += 1
            else:
                request.session['counter_edit'] = 1
            delete_article_locked(request, article)
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/myblog/?edited')
        else:
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/myblog/?locked')
    else:
        if has_article_access(request, article):
            start_article_locked(request, article)
        else:
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/myblog/?locked')
        return render_to_response("edit.html",
                                  {
                                   'name': article.title,
                                   'content': article.body,
                                   'id':article.id
                                  },
                                  context_instance=RequestContext(request)
        )

The error shows in 7th line.

request.POST in "content". You're trying to check if the POST dictionary is in the string "content". — Morgan Thrapp
– Morgan Thrapp, Commented Oct 12, 2016 at 13:16

xbello · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-12 13:21:13Z

1

If you want to check if request.POST has the key "content":

if request.method == 'POST' and "content" in request.POST:

answered Oct 12, 2016 at 13:21

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user3782831 Over a year ago

Thanks for the feedback! Votes cast by those with less than 15 reputation are recorded, but do not change the publicly displayed post score. This is what it said when i tried to vote. And this is the reason.

xbello Over a year ago

It's not a vote, you have to accept the answer if it solved your question.

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