django MultiValueDictKeyError error, how do I deal with it

Question

I\'m trying to save a object to my database, but it\'s throwing a MultiValueDictKeyError error.

The problems lies within the form, the is_private<

Answer 1

Another thing to remember is that request.POST['keyword'] refers to the element identified by the specified html name attribute keyword.

So, if your form is:

then, request.POST['keyword'] and request.POST['results'] will contain the value of the input elements keyword and results, respectively.