misc: updated forms.py to use ModelForm API, added url routing to /books/add

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/forms.py

 from django import forms
+from .models import Author, Books
 
 
-class BookForm(forms.Form):
-    title = forms.CharField(label="Title", max_length=255)
-    publisher = forms.CharField(label="Publisher", max_length=255)
-    year_published = forms.IntegerField(label="Year Published")
-    isbn = forms.IntegerField(label="ISBN")
-    blurb = forms.CharField(label="Blurb", widget=forms.Textarea)
+class BookForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    # title = forms.CharField(label="Title", max_length=255)
+    # publisher = forms.CharField(label="Publisher", max_length=255)
+    # year_published = forms.IntegerField(label="Year Published")
+    # isbn = forms.IntegerField(label="ISBN")
+    # blurb = forms.CharField(label="Blurb", widget=forms.Textarea)
+    class Meta:
+        model = Books
+        fields = [
+            "title",
+            "author",
+            "publisher",
+            "year_published",
+            "isbn",
+            "blurb",
+        ]

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/add-book.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %} 
+{% block content %}
+  {{ form.non_field_errors }}
+  {% for field in form %}
+    {% if field.errors %}
+      <p>{{field.label}} has errors:</p>
+      <ul>
+      {% for error in field.errors %} 
+        <li>{{ error }}</li>
+      {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+    {% endif %}
+  {% endfor %}
+  <form action="/books/add" method="post">
+    {% csrf_token %}
+    {{form}}
+    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
+  </form>
+{% endblock %}

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/urls.py

 from django.urls import path
 from .views import (
     index,
+    add_book,
     BookListView,
     BookDetailView,
     AuthorListView,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("home/", index, name="home"),
     path("books/", BookListView.as_view(), name="book-list"),
     path("books/<int:pk>/details", BookDetailView.as_view(), name="book-detail"),
+    path("books/add", add_book, name="add-book"),
     path("authors/", AuthorListView.as_view(), name="author-list"),
     path("author/<int:pk>/details", AuthorDetailView.as_view(), name="author-detail"),
 ]

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/views.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.views import View
 from django.views.generic.list import ListView
 from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
 from .models import Author, Books
+from .forms import BookForm
 
 
 def index(request):
@@ -12,6 +13,11 @@ def index(request):
     )
 
 
+def add_book(request):
+    form = BookForm()
+    return render(request, "bookshelf/add-book.html", {"form": form})
+
+
 class BookListView(ListView):
     model = Books
     template_name = "bookshelf/books.html"