Edit functionality for profile

users/forms.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, UserChangeForm
+from django.forms import ModelForm
 
 from .models import CustomUser
 
@@ -13,3 +14,9 @@ class CustomUserChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
     class Meta:
         model = CustomUser
         fields = ('username', 'student_number', 'real_name',)
+
+
+class UserMetaForm(ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = CustomUser
+        fields = ['student_number', 'real_name']

users/templates/profile.html

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 {% block content %}
 	<h1>Profile</h1>
 	{% if user.is_authenticated %}
-		<p>Username: {{ username }}</p>
-		<label>Student number</label>
-		<input type="text" placeholder="1234567" value="{{ user.student_number }}"/>
-		<label>Real name</label>
-		<input type="text" value="{{ user.real_name }}">
-		<input type="submit" value="Save"/>
+		<p>Username: {{ user.username }}</p>
+
+		<form action="/user/profile" method="post">
+			{% csrf_token %}
+			{{ form }}
+			<input type="submit" value="Submit">
+		</form>
 	{% else %}
 		<p>Not logged in</p>
 	{% endif %}

users/views.py

@@ -1,10 +1,31 @@
+from pprint import pprint
+
 from django.contrib.auth import logout
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 
+from users.forms import UserMetaForm
+from users.models import CustomUser
+
 
 def profile(request):
-    return render(request, "profile.html", {"username": request.user.username})
+    # if this is a POST request we need to process the form data
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        # create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
+        form = UserMetaForm(request.POST, instance=request.user)
+        # check whether it's valid:
+        if form.is_valid():
+            # process the data in form.cleaned_data as required
+            form.save()
+            # redirect to a new URL:
 
+            return HttpResponseRedirect('/user/profile')
+
+    # if a GET (or any other method) we'll create a blank form
+    else:
+        form = UserMetaForm(instance=request.user)
+
+    return render(request, 'profile.html', {'form': form})
 
 def logout_view(request):
     logout(request)