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Django Takeoff: Developing Modern Applications

Edit Listing View and Template

Explore how to implement the edit functionality for listings in Django by setting up the URL, updating the view to handle forms for editing existing entries, and creating the corresponding template. Learn to manage form requests to retrieve and overwrite listing data, preparing you to add dynamic editing features to your web application.

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We’ve learned how to create and view new listings, so let’s learn to edit and delete listings as well.

Edit Listing URL

First we need to add the URL of the Edit Listing page into listings/urls.py.

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path('edit_listing/<edit_id>/', views.edit_listing, name='edit_listing')

Similar to the detail view, we need to include the ID of the listing in the URL, so that we can edit the correct listing.

Edit Listing view

Since we are changing a form, the edit listing ...