feat: added new author functionality with url routing complete

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/forms.py

@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ class BookForm(forms.ModelForm):
             "isbn",
             "blurb",
         ]
+
+
+class AuthorForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Author
+        fields = "__all__"

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/add-author.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="/authors/add" method="post">
+    {% csrf_token %} 
+    {{form}}
+    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
+  </form>
+{% endblock %}

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/urls.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.urls import path
 from .views import (
     index,
     add_book,
+    add_author,
     BookListView,
     BookDetailView,
     AuthorListView,
@@ -14,5 +15,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     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"),
+    path("authors/add", add_author, name="add-author"),
+    path("authors/<int:pk>/details", AuthorDetailView.as_view(), name="author-detail"),
 ]

justinreyes_reading/bookshelf/views.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.views.generic.list import ListView
 from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
 from .models import Author, Books
-from .forms import BookForm
+from .forms import AuthorForm, BookForm
 
 
 def index(request):
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ def add_book(request):
     return render(request, "bookshelf/add-book.html", context)
 
 
+def add_author(request):
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        form = AuthorForm(request.POST)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            author = form.save()
+            pk = author.pk
+            return redirect(reverse("author-detail", args=[pk]))
+    else:
+        form = AuthorForm()
+    context = {"form": form}
+    return render(request, "bookshelf/add-author.html", context)
+
+
 class BookListView(ListView):
     model = Books
     template_name = "bookshelf/books.html"