Sending a parameter to the render function of pdf-CodePudding

I'm trying in Django to render from html to pdf a monthly report that takes data from a database by month. I need to send the selected month on the html page to the class that creates the Pdf. How can I do that?

My view class :

class view_pdf_monthly_report(View):
    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        push = {'month':month}
        pdf = render_to_pdf('home/pdf_monthly_inquiries_report.html', push)
        return HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')

My html: how can I send the month from here?

<div >
<a  href="{% url 'view_pdf_monthly_report'%}"  target="_blank">View PDF</a>
</div>

Thanks !

CodePudding user response：

first create a simple form which will send month data to your view

<div >
 <form action="{% url 'view_pdf_monthly_report'%}" method="get">
  <input type="hidden" value="{{month}}" name="month">
  <button  type="sumbit">View PDF</button>
 </form>
</div>

and then inside your views

class view_pdf_monthly_report(View):
    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        month = request.GET.get('month')
        push = {'month':month}
        pdf = render_to_pdf('home/pdf_monthly_inquiries_report.html', push)
        return HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')