Django messages not displaying message
I'm trying to use django messages to notify user if form was submitted successfully or not. But nothing pops up when I submit the form no matter what. I've gone through the views.py code and template and I don't seem to anything wrong. I've even tried changing the default messages backend storage to session yet nothing.
MESSAGE_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.messages.storage.session.SessionStorage'
views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, redirect
from django.contrib import messages
from .forms import MyUserCreationForm
import bcrypt
def register(request):
if request.method == "POST":
# Populate form using submitted data
form = MyUserCreationForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
# Clone form model
user = form.save(commit=False)
password = user.password
# Validate password length
if len(password) > 25:
messages.error(
request, "PASSWORD MUST BE LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 25 CHARACTER LENGTH")
# Hash user password
bytes = password.encode('utf-8')
salt = bcrypt.gensalt()
hash = bcrypt.hashpw(bytes, salt)
# Save modified form to database
user.password = hash
user.save()
messages.success(request, "ACCOUNT CREATED SUCCESSFULLY!")
messages.add_message(request, messages.INFO,
'Thanks for reaching out! We will be in contact soon!',
extra_tags='ex-tag')
return redirect('register')
# Create empty form
form = MyUserCreationForm()
return render(request, 'register.html', {'form': form})
templates/register.html:
{% extends "layout.html" %}
{% block title %}
Testing Registration
{% endblock %}
{% load static %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block main %}
<div class="container p-2 px-4 p-md-3">
<div class="container-fluid p-0" style="height: 40px;"></div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="mx-auto ">
<form method="POST" action="/register/">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form | crispy }}
<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-3">
</form>
{% if messages %}
{% for message in messages %}
<div class="alert alert-danger d-flex align-items-center alert-dismissible fade show" role="alert">
<svg class="bi flex-shrink-0 me-2" role="img" aria-label="Danger:">
<use xlink:href="#exclamation-triangle-fill" />
</svg>
<div>
{{ message }}
</div>
<button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close"></button>
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}
settings.py:
"""
Django settings for setup project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 4.1.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/
"""
from pathlib import Path
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-)9-rgl0du=62az)siilt%1qgacbtmgxt!ew97t8$&nzd1v)x53'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'mysite.apps.MysiteConfig',
'crispy_forms',
"crispy_bootstrap5",
"phonenumber_field",
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'setup.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'setup.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'mydatabase',
'USER': 'emmanuel',
'PASSWORD': 'mypassword',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
]
# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
# Crispy-forms template pack
CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "bootstrap5"
CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap5'
PASSWORD_HASHERS = [
'django.contrib.auth.hashers.BCryptSHA256PasswordHasher',
'django.contrib.auth.hashers.PBKDF2PasswordHasher',
'django.contrib.auth.hashers.PBKDF2SHA1PasswordHasher',
'django.contrib.auth.hashers.Argon2PasswordHasher',
'django.contrib.auth.hashers.ScryptPasswordHasher',
]
MESSAGE_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.messages.storage.session.SessionStorage'
Documentations:
If you’re using the context processor, your template should be rendered with a RequestContext. Otherwise, ensure messages is available to the template context.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/contrib/messages/#displaying-messages
you don't send messages or RequestContext in your context:
return render(request, 'register.html', {'form': form})
Probably it should be something like that:
return render(request, 'register.html', {'form': form, 'messages':get_messages(request)})