Updated announcements app for user input. Users can make their own announcements

widget_group_18/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json

+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Win32",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
+            ],
+            "defines": [
+                "_DEBUG",
+                "UNICODE",
+                "_UNICODE"
+            ],
+            "windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.18362.0",
+            "compilerPath": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.26.28801/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe",
+            "cStandard": "c17",
+            "cppStandard": "c++17",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "windows-msvc-x64"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
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widget_group_18/announcements/forms.py

+from django.forms import ModelForm
+
+from.models import Announcement
+
+class AnnouncementForm(ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Announcement
+        fields = ["announcement_title", "announcement_body", "author"]
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widget_group_18/announcements/templates/announcements/add.html

+{% extends "announcements/base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    <form method="POST" action="add">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+
+        {{ announcement_form.as_p }}
+        <button class="button" type="submit">Save Announcement</button>
+    </form>
+    <br>
+    <a href="/announcements">Back to announcement board</a>
+{% endblock %}

widget_group_18/announcements/templates/announcements/index.html

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     {% else %}
         <p>No announcements are available.</p>
     {% endif %}
+    <button type="button" onclick="location.href='add'">New Announcement</button>
 {% endblock %}
 
 

widget_group_18/announcements/urls.py

@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ from . import views
 
 app_name = "announcements"
 urlpatterns = [
+	# announcements/
 	path('', views.index, name='index'),
-	#announcements/1/details
+	# announcements/1/details
 	path("<int:announcement_id>/details", views.details, name="details"),
+	# announcements/add
+	path("add", views.add, name="add"),
 
 	#announcements/1/reactions
 	# path("<int:announcement_id>/reactions", views.reactions, name="reactions"),

widget_group_18/announcements/views.py

 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
+import datetime
 
 from .models import Announcement, Reaction
+from .forms import AnnouncementForm
 
 # Create your views here.
 def index(request):
@@ -23,8 +25,21 @@ def details(request, announcement_id):
 		raise Http404("Announcement does not exist!")
 	return render(request, "announcements/details.html", context)
 
+def add(request):
+	if request.method == "POST":
+		announcement_form = AnnouncementForm(request.POST)
+		if announcement_form.is_valid():
+			new_announcement = announcement_form.save()
+			return redirect("announcements:add")
+	else:
+		announcement_form = AnnouncementForm()
 
-
+	pub_date = datetime.datetime.now()
+	context = {
+		"announcement_form": announcement_form, 
+		"pub_date": pub_date
+	}
+	return render(request, "announcements/add.html", context)
 
 
 # def reactions(request, announcement_id):