Creating Forms in Django - English

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• How to populate a form from an instance in model when the form is using Form instead of ModelForm?

  I am making a Django project where users can sign up, sign in, view their profile and change it if they want to.I want to know how to implement the functionality of a user changing their profile?Here is my user form in forms.py```class CustomerForm(forms.Form):    username = forms.CharField(label='Desired Username', max_length=150, validators=[validate_username])    first_name  = forms.CharField(label='First Name', max_length=150)    last_name = forms.CharField(label='Last Name', max_length=150)    email = forms.EmailField(label='Your Email', validators=[validate_email])    password1 = forms.CharField(label='Enter Password', widget=forms.PasswordInput, min_length=8)    password2 = forms.CharField(label='Retype Password', widget=forms.PasswordInput, min_length=8)    def clean(self):        cleaned_data = super().clean()        password1 = cleaned_data.get("password1")        password2 = cleaned_data.get("password2")        if password1 != password2:            raise ValidationError(                "Passwords do not match"            )```Here is my sign-up method in views.py```"""Function for sign up."""def sign_up(request):    if request.method == 'POST':        form = CustomerForm(request. POST)        if form.is_valid():            try:                user = User.objects.create_user(                    request.POST['username'],                    request.POST['email'], request.POST['password1']                )                user.first_name = request.POST['first_name']                user.last_name = request.POST['last_name']                user.save()                request.session['normal_username'] = request.POST['username']                login(request, user)                return redirect('../book/')            except Exception:                return HttpResponse("Something went wrong. Please try again.")        else:            context = {'form': form}            return render(request, 'sign_up.html', context)    context = {'form': CustomerForm()}    return render(request, 'sign_up.html', context)```I cannot user UserCreationForm because it is depreciated.The main problem that I am facing is that I cannot populate the form using 'instance' parameter since I am using Form instead of ModelForm. Is there a way to populate the form?```"""Function for editing profile."""def edit_profile(request):    profile = User.objects.get(username=request.session['normal_username'])    if request.method == 'POST':        form = CustomerForm(request.POST, instance=profile)        if form.is_valid():            form.save()            return redirect('../book/')        else:            context = {'form': form}            return render(request, 'sign_up.html', context)    context = {'form': CustomerForm(instance=profile)}    return render(request, 'edit.html', context)

  11-12M 10-20S unanswered Anshul_Gupta
  
  
  Question posted on: Oct. 12, 2022, 1:06 a.m.

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