Django retrieving postdata -


i'm having trouble getting ahold of postdata. reason postdata in following function returns empty dict. have shopping cart, i'd users pass shipping preference , calculate total based on field passed.

my form:

class productaddtocartform(forms.form): """ form class add items shopping cart """   quantity = forms.integerfield(widget=forms.textinput(attrs={'size':'2', 'value':'1', 'style':'width: 40px;'}),                               error_messages={'invalid':'please enter valid quantity.'},                               min_value=1)   product_slug = forms.charfield(widget=forms.hiddeninput())   shipping = forms.booleanfield(initial=true, required=false)     def __init__(self, request=none, *args, **kwargs):       """ override default can set request """       self.request = request       super(productaddtocartform, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)    def clean(self):       """ custom validation check presence of cookies in customer's browser """       if self.request:           if not self.request.session.test_cookie_worked():               raise forms.validationerror("cookies must enabled.")       return self.cleaned_data 

my view:

def show_cart(request, template_name="cart/cart.html"):   if request.method == 'post':       postdata = request.post.copy()       if postdata['submit'] == 'remove':           cart.remove_from_cart(request)       if postdata['submit'] == 'update':           cart.update_cart(request)       if postdata['submit'] == 'checkout':           checkout_url = checkout.get_checkout_url(request)           return httpresponseredirect(checkout_url)   cart_items = cart.get_cart_items(request)   page_title = 'shopping cart'   cart_subtotal = cart.cart_subtotal(request)   return render_to_response(template_name, locals(), context_instance=requestcontext(request)) 

function requiring postdata:

def cart_subtotal(request):   cart_total = decimal.decimal('0.00')   cart_products = get_cart_items(request)   cart_item in cart_products:       cart_total += cart_item.product.price * cart_item.quantity   return cart_total 


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