i am learning django from official django tutorial. and i am getting this error when vote something from form. this caused from – probably – vote function under views.py
here is my views.py / vote function :
def vote(request,poll_id):
p=get_object_or_404(Poll, pk=poll_id)
try:
selected_choice = p.choice_set.get(pk=request.POST['choice'])
except (KeyError, Choice.DoesNotExist):
return render_to_response('polls/detail.html', {'poll':p,
'error_message' : "didint select anything ",}, context_instance= RequestContext(request))
else:
selected_choice.votes += 1
selected_choice.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('polls.views.results', args=(p.id,)))
and this is error message screen :
**ValueError at /polls/2/vote/
invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'on'**
Request Method: POST Request URL: 127.0.0.1:8000/polls/2/vote/
Django Version: 1.4 Exception Type: ValueError Exception Value:
invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'on' Exception
Location: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/fields/init.py
in get_prep_value, line 537
and here is my polls/urls.py :
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
urlpatterns = patterns('polls.views',
url(r'^$', 'index'),
url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$','detail'),
url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/results/$','results'),
url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$','vote'),
)
and here is project/urls.py :
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
urlpatterns = patterns('polls.views',
url(r'^$', 'index'),
url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$','detail'),
url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/results/$','results'),
url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$','vote'),
)
Best Answer
You'll receive this error when you're trying to cast a string to an integer, but the string doesn't really contain any digits:
i.e.
From your code, there are three places where I see the use and probable cast of an integer. When
p=get_object_or_404(Poll, pk=poll_id)
we're making an assumption that you've correctly passed in an integer as poll_id. Could you post the urlpattern you're using associated with this view and an example URL?You also are making an assumption that
request.POST['choice']
will be an integer and can be cast as such. You aren't catching an exception related to this, so you'll want to check what the value of this entry is. I would add in a few other checks for this part:These two stand out the most.
Please post your urlpattern and more of the error message you were getting (such as which specific line is throwing your exception).