Working with form data after validating

Question

I want to use a part of the data from the form to use in my HttpResponseRedirect method, but I can't seem to manipulate the data once I get it from the form.

view.py:

if request.method == 'POST':
    form = ReviewForm(request.POST)

    if form.is_valid():
        form.save(commit=True)

        joint = form.cleaned_data['place']
        //Gets me the name of the joint. 
        //I need to clean up the name so I can use it in a URL

        joint = joint.replace('_', ' ')
        joint = joint.replace('00', "'")
        joint_url = joint.replace('11', "/")

        return HttpResponseRedirect('/burgers/place/' + joint_url)

But when someone submits a name like "Hotdog House " The name of the place is returned, and all of my cleaning doesn't stick. I would expect to get Hotdog_House - but I get Hotdog House.

I think what you're asking is: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/837828/how-do-i-create-a-slug-in-django — Jon Clements, May 17 '14 at 16:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '14 at 16:26

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You're using the replace method wrong: if you want to convert from a space to an underscore, you should put them in the other way round:

joint = joint.replace(' ', '_')

Also note that this code should really be in the form's clean_place method, so that the data is converted by the form itself.

answered May 17 '14 at 16:26

Daniel Roseman

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Well, don't I feel like a fool. Overthinking at its finest. Thanks! – user1410712 May 18 '14 at 15:54

Working with form data after validating

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