How To Use Toggle Switch With Django Boolean Field?

I have a work_experience model which contains 'is_working' field which is true when a user is still working at a company. On front end I'm using a toggle switch and I want to chang

Solution 1:

It is a bad idea to give null=True parameter for CharField.

If you want to change the boolean field value is_working on click, you need to use Jquery.

I created an app named toggle, so you need to replace it with your app's name.

here is the full code

urls.py::

from django.urls import path
from toggle.views import home, toggle

urlpatterns = [
    path('', home),
    path('toggle/', toggle),
]

views.py:

from django.shortcuts import render
def home(request):
    w, created = Work_Experience.objects.get_or_create(id=1)
    return render(request,'home.html', {'workexperiance': w})

from django.http import HttpResponse
from toggle.models import Work_Experience
def toggle(request):
    w = Work_Experience.objects.get(id=request.POST['id'])
    w.is_working = request.POST['isworking'] == 'true'
    w.save()
    return HttpResponse('success')

home.html:

<div style="display:inline-block">
    <label>Currently working here?</label>
    <label class="switch">
        <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox" value="{{workexperiance.is_working}}">
        <span class="slider round"></span>
    </label>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.js"></script> <!-- Import Jquery Here-->
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#checkbox').change(function() {
        $.post("/toggle/", {
            id: '{{workexperiance.id}}', 
            isworking: this.checked, 
            csrfmiddlewaretoken: '{{ csrf_token }}' 
        });
    });
}); 
</script>

run: ./manage.py runserver and visit: http://localhost:8000

when you click the Currently working here? check box, will instantly change the boolean field value "is_working".