Some simple views for updating Django models

gistfile1.py

# views.py
from models import Recipe

# create a new recipe
def create_recipe(request, template='successful_recipe_add.html"):
    recipe_title = request.POST['title'] # request.POST is a dict that comes from your form; the keys of request.POST will come from the name attribute of your HTML <input> element
    recipe_description = request.POST['description']
    recipe_content = reqeust.POST['content']
    # etc, etc
    
    new_recipe = Recipe(title=recipe_title, description=recipe_description, content=recipe_content)
    new_recipe.save() # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#creating-objects
    
    return render(request, template)

# deleting a recipe
def delete_recipe(request, template="successful_recipe_delete.html"):
    this_recipe = Recipe.objects.get(id=request.POST['recipe_id']) # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#retrieving-objects
    this_recipe.delete() # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#deleting-objects

    return render(request, template)

# updating a recipe
def update_recipe(request, template="successful_update.html"):
    this_recipe = Recipe.objects.get(name=request.POST['recipe_name'] # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#retrieving-a-single-object-with-get
    this_recipe.content = request.POST['content']
    this_recipe.save()

    return render(request, template)

# display recipes that match some keyword | https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#retrieving-specific-objects-with-filters
# this is probably similar to 'show' in Rails
def get_similar_recipes(request, template="similar_recipes.html"):
    similar_recipes = Recipe.objects.filter(title__startwith=request.POST['title_search_criteria']

    return render(request, template, {'similar_recipes': similar_recipes})
    
#### for more options about how you can interact with your models, check out the Queryset API reference: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/querysets/