$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate
The makemigrations command creates a new migration file if any schema changes are detected. (These are found in quoteapp/migrations, but you won’t typically need to interact with them directly.) The migrate command applies the changes.
Constructing the view
Next up, let’s consider the view, which accepts a request and prepares the model (if necessary), and hands it off to be rendered as a response. We’ll only need one view, found at quoteapp/views.py:
// cat quoteapp/views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.template.loader import render_to_string
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import Quote
def index(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
text = request.POST.get('text')
author = request.POST.get('author')
if text and author:
new_quote = Quote.objects.create(text=text, author=author)
# Render the new quote HTML
html = render_to_string('quoteapp/quote_item.html', {'quote': new_quote})
return HttpResponse(html)
quotes = Quote.objects.all()
return render(request, 'quoteapp/index.html', {'quotes': quotes})
In this view, we import the Quote model and use it to craft a response in the index function. The request argument gives us access to all the information we need coming from the client. If the method is POST, we assemble a new Quote object and use Quote.objects.create() to insert it into the database. As a response, we send back just the markup for the new quote, because HTMX will insert it into the list on the front end.