Can I have a Django form without Model
Yes. This is very much possible. You can read up on Form objects. It would be the same way you would treat a ModelForm
, except that you are not bound by the model, and you have to explicitly declare all the form attributes.
def form_handle(request):
form = MyForm()
if request.method=='POST':
form = MyForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
cd = form.cleaned_data
#now in the object cd, you have the form as a dictionary.
a = cd.get('a')
#blah blah encode parameters for a url blah blah
#and make another post request
#edit : added ": " after if request.method=='POST'
and
class MyForm(forms.Form): #Note that it is not inheriting from forms.ModelForm
a = forms.CharField(max_length=20)
#All my attributes here
In the template:
<form action="{% url form_handle %}" method="POST">{% csrf_token %}
{{form.as_p}}
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>