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Django Validation
Built-in methods are provided by Django for automatic validation of data of the form.
Forms in Django are submitted only if it has a CSRF token. An easy approach is used by it for
the form validation in Django. The is_valid() method is defined in the form class of Django and it
is for the validation of the data of every field that the form has. If the data in the field is valid then
true is returned by it and then it places data into an attribute cleaned_data
When you enter data, the browser and/or the web server will check to see that the data
is in the correct format and within the constraints set by the application. Validation done in the
browser is called client-side validation(JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.), while validation done on
the server is called server-side validation(PHP, Python, Node.js). client-side validation.
We can implement validation logic by using the following 2 ways.
1. Explicitly by the programmer by using clean methods
2. By using Django inbuilt validators
Note: All validations should be implemented in the forms.py file

Build_in Validators
Django's form (and model) fields support use of utility functions and classes known as
validators. A validator is a callable object or function that takes a value and returns nothing if the
value is valid or raises a ValidationError if not.

Built-in field validations in Django models are predefined in Django. They are default
validations. Every field in Django has validations that are unique to it. The module
django.core.validators contain variables that can be called. We can use the callable variables for
the model and field. These callable variables are for internal use but can also be used for our
field.
PROJNAME-->APPNAME-->forms.py

from django import forms

from django.core import validators

class NAMEForm(forms.Form):

field1 = forms.DATATYPE(validators = [validators.ANYValidator, validators.ANYValidator2])

field2 = forms.DATATYPE()

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Built-in Field Description Syntax

Validations
If the regex is not assigned
as None, it allows regex
overrides. This can be a
pre-compiled regular
expression.

If the message is not set as

none, it will override the
message. If the code is not
assigned as none, it will
enable overriding code.
RegexValidator If regex is not a regular Class
expression string, a RegexValidator(regex=None,message=None)
TypeError is raised.
The RegexValidator
searches the provided value
with re.search(). The
RegexValidator, by default,
gives a ValidationError with
message ad code. This is
done when the match is not
found. If the inverse_match
is set to True, we can obtain
an opposite result.
When not set to None, the
message allows overriding Class
EmailValidator of the message. Similarly, EmailValidator(code=None, message=None,
when code and allowlist are allowlist= None)
not set to None, it will
enable overriding code and
allowlist.
A ValidationError is set with
MaxValueValidator “max_value” when the class MaxValueValidator(limit_value,
limit_value is greater than message=None)
the value.
A ValidationError is set with
MinValueValidator “min_value” when the class MinValueValidator(limit_value,
limit_value is less than the message=None)
value.
MaxLengthValidator A ValidationError is set with class MaxLengthValidator(limit_value,
“max_length” when the message=None)

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limit_value is greater than

the value.
A ValidationError is set with class MinLengthValidator(limit_value,
MinLengthValidator “min_length” when the message=None)
limit_value is lesser than the
value.

Some of the built-in field validations in Django models that be used to make changes
are:-
Fields Options Description
Null Default is False. Django will store the values as Null in the database if set True.

Blank Default is False. If True, the field is allowed to be blank.

Db_column Django will use the field's name if no values are given.

Default Every time a new object is created, this will be called.

Help text Used to display text with the form widget.

Primary key If set to True, then the field is the model's primary key.

Editable If set to false, Django will not display the field.

Error message Lets us override the default message of the field.

Verbose name Name for the field that humans can read.

Unique If set to true, then the field must be unique.

Form Validation
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In Django, form validation can be extended using validators, which are functions that
perform specific validation checks on form fields. These validators can be applied to form fields
in the form class definition to ensure data integrity and enforce specific constraints.

 EmailValidator is applied to the mail field to ensure it follows the correct email format.
 MinValueValidator is used with the IntegerField for the sid field to ensure the entered
value is at least 20.
 MaxLengthValidator is applied to the Sname field to ensure the entered character is
greater than 10.
 RegexValidator is applied to the scontact field to ensure the entered number should
contain 10 digit.

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Custom Validators:
You can also create custom validators for more complex validation requirements. These
are functions that take the field's value as input and raise a ValidationError if the validation fails.
In Django, both clean() and clean_<field_name>() methods are used for form validation within
Django forms or model forms.

Clean() Method:

1. This method is used for general validation across multiple fields in a form
2. This method returns the clean data, which is then inserted into the cleaned_data
dictionary of the form.

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3. When you override the clean() method in a Django form or model form, you're able to
perform validation that involves multiple fields. This method is called after all the
individual field validations (clean_<field_name>() methods) have been executed
successfully.
4. You might use this method for cross-field validation, where the validity of one field
depends on the value of another field.
Syntax:
def clean(self):
all_data = super().clean()
entered_data1 = all_data['field1']
entered_data2 = all_data['field2']#validation logic NO RETURN STATEMENT
SHOULD BE USED

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Clean_<fieldname>( ) Method:
1. This method is used for field-specific validation.
2. Django allows you to define methods named clean_<field_name>() for individual fields.
These methods perform validation specific to that field.
3. These methods are automatically called by Django during form validation.
4. In the FormClass for any field if we define clean method then at the time of submit the
form, Django will call this method automatically to perform validations. If the clean
method won't raise any error then only form will be submitted.
5. This method has no parameters.
Syntax:
def clean_field1(self):
entered_data= self.cleaned_data['field1']
return value
#validation logic with entered_data MANDATORILY RETURN VALUE

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ModeForm Validation

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1. Similarly we can apply validations on modelform by defining clean,

clean_<fieldname> or using validators.
2. We also can apply validators on model class fields , see below.
Build_in Validators:

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Custom Validators

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