I'm trying to submit form data in beego and store it to database. And have some questions:
- how correct handle request and transform it to object?
- Should I validate request or transformed object?
My controller action:
func (c *ServicesController) Edit() {
var err error
var id, _ = c.GetUint64(":id")
var serviceModel = models.Service{}
var service models.Service
service, err = serviceModel.FindById(id)
c.Data["Service"] = service
if err == orm.ErrNoRows || err == orm.ErrMissPK {
c.Abort("404")
}
if c.Ctx.Input.IsPost() {
err = nil
if err := c.ParseForm(&service); err != nil {
c.Abort("500")
}
serviceModel.CreateOrUpdate(service)
}
c.TplName = "services/edit.html"
}
Model:
type Service struct {
Id uint64 `form:"-"`
Name string `orm:"size(100)" valid:"Required; MaxSize(100)" form:"name"`
}
func init() {
orm.RegisterModel(new(Service))
}
func (s *Service) FindById(id uint64) (Service, error) {
o := orm.NewOrm()
service := Service{Id: id}
err := o.Read(&service)
return service, err
}
func (s *Service) CreateOrUpdate(service Service) {
o := orm.NewOrm()
o.InsertOrUpdate(&service)
}
But when I'm trying to submit form (with InsertOrUpdate
) it anyway creates new object because I have no id field in the form (because I retrieving object from id param from route). Should I pass id to form anyway or how to hack it?