Updated search view to process post via class-based view

nummi/main/templates/main/base.html

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                        accesskey="s">
                         {% translate "Snapshot" %}
                     </a>
-                    <form id="search" action="{% url 'search_post' %}" method="post">
+                    <form id="search" action="{% url 'search' %}" method="post">
                         {% csrf_token %}
                         <input type="text"
                                name="search"

nummi/main/templates/main/transactions.html

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 {% endblock %}
 {% block body %}
     <h1>{% translate "Transactions" %}</h1>
+    {% if transactions %}
         {% transaction_table transactions %}
         {% if page_obj %}
             <div class="pagination">
@@ -29,4 +30,7 @@
                 </span>
             </div>
         {% endif %}
+    {% else %}
+        <p>{% translate "No transactions to show" %}</p>
+    {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}

nummi/main/urls.py

@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path(
         "snapshot/<pk>/delete", views.SnapshotDeleteView.as_view(), name="del_snapshot"
     ),
-    path("search", views.search, name="search_post"),
+    path("search", views.SearchView.as_view(), name="search"),
     path("search/<search>", views.SearchView.as_view(), name="search"),
 ]

nummi/main/views.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.views.generic import CreateView, DeleteView, ListView, UpdateView
+from django.views.generic.edit import ProcessFormView
 
 from .models import (
     Category,
@@ -144,18 +145,15 @@ class SnapshotDeleteView(LoginRequiredMixin, DeleteView):
     success_url = reverse_lazy("index")
 
 
-@login_required
+class SearchView(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView, ProcessFormView):
-def search(request):
-    _search = request.POST.get("search")
-    return redirect("search", search=_search)
-
-
-class SearchView(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
     paginate_by = 24
     model = Transaction
     template_name = "main/transactions.html"
     context_object_name = "transactions"
 
+    def post(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return redirect("search", search=self.request.POST.get("search"))
+
     def get_queryset(self):
         self.search = self.kwargs["search"]
         return (