problem with django forms

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i have the following django form . which has a choice field. im trying to get the value selected in the radioSelect widget . im using (cleaned_data) method for this task. but it cant access the method cleaned_data for some reason.

Exception Value :'AnswersForm' object has no attribute 'cleaned_data'

forms.py:


class AnswersForm(forms.Form):

        CHOICES=[('sf','asdf')]
        answers = forms.ChoiceField(choices=CHOICES, widget=forms.RadioSelect())

and in views.py:


    form = forms.AnswersForm()
    form.cleaned_data['answers']

does anyone know what is going on ? or is there another way to perform this ?

thanks in advance

Henry · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-07 18:59:08Z

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You don't show any code where you pass data to the form or check if it is valid. Normal practice is something like:

if request.method == 'POST':
    form = Forms.AnswersForm(request.POST)
    if form.is_valid():
        do_something_with(form.cleaned_data['answers'])

You cannot access cleaned_data until you call is_valid()

edited May 7, 2011 at 18:59

answered May 7, 2011 at 0:43

Henry

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gruntled Over a year ago

+1 you can only access the cleaned_data after the form has been validated

Zulu · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-01 23:29:30Z

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Use Form.clean() It just returns self.cleaned_data

Note: Clean the data in the forms.py

def clean(self,):
  Here you can clean the form.

**For Reference ** Go Here (Django doc)

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answered May 7, 2011 at 1:09

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Henry Over a year ago

Form.clean() is there so you can augment the normal clean functionality, which is used internally when you call .valid(). The question doesn't seem to be about form validation but rather about just accessing the cleaned_data. calling clean() is not the way to do it.

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