added views for forum posts and replies

forum/migrations/0003_reply_post.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-04-03 13:42
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0002_post_author_reply'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='post',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='forum.post'),
+        ),
+    ]

forum/models.py

@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ class Reply(models.Model):
     reply_body = models.TextField()
     pub_date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)
     author = models.ForeignKey(WidgetUser, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
+    post = models.ForeignKey(Post, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
     
     
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forum/views.py

 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from .models import Post, Reply
 
 # View for forum page
 
 def index(request):
-  return HttpResponse("Welcome to Widget's Forum!")
+    return HttpResponse(display_forumposts(Post.objects.all(), Reply.objects.all()))
+
+def display_forumposts(post_data, reply_data):
+    display_output = "FORUM POSTS: <br>"
+    for object in post_data:
+        post_title = object.post_title
+        post_first_name = object.author.first_name
+        post_last_name = object.author.last_name
+        post_pub_date = str(object.pub_date)
+        post_body = object.post_body
+
+        reply_objects = Reply.objects.filter(post_id=object.id).all()
+
+        display_output += f'''
+        {post_title} by {post_first_name} {post_last_name} dated {post_pub_date}:<br>
+        {post_body}<br>
+        '''
+        for objects in reply_objects:
+          display_output += f'''
+          Reply by {objects.author.first_name} {objects.author.last_name} dated {objects.pub_date}:<br>
+          {objects.reply_body}<br>
+          '''
+        display_output += "<br>"
+    return display_output
+