apps.dashboard.views refactored to handle new item POST requests; add_item() FBV eliminated for newfound redundancy

src/apps/dashboard/tests/test_views.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class DashViewTest(TestCase):
         response = self.client.get(f'/apps/dashboard/{mylist.id}/')
         parsed = lxml.html.fromstring(response.content)
         [form] = parsed.cssselect('form[method=POST]')
-        self.assertEqual(form.get('action'), f"/apps/dashboard/{mylist.id}/add-item")
+        self.assertEqual(form.get('action'), f"/apps/dashboard/{mylist.id}/")
         inputs = form.cssselect('input')
         self.assertIn('item_text', [input.get('name') for input in inputs])
 
@@ -45,6 +45,31 @@ class DashViewTest(TestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, 'itemey 2')
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'other list item')
 
+    def test_can_save_a_POST_request_to_an_existing_list(self):
+        other_list = List.objects.create()
+        correct_list = List.objects.create()
+
+        self.client.post(
+            f'/apps/dashboard/{correct_list.id}/',
+            data={'item_text': 'A new item for an existing list'},
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(Item.objects.count(), 1)
+        new_item = Item.objects.get()
+        self.assertEqual(new_item.text, 'A new item for an existing list')
+        self.assertEqual(new_item.list, correct_list)
+
+    def test_POST_redirects_to_list_view(self):
+        other_list = List.objects.create()
+        correct_list = List.objects.create()
+
+        response = self.client.post(
+            f'/apps/dashboard/{correct_list.id}/',
+            data={'item_text': 'A new item for an existing list'},
+        )
+
+        self.assertRedirects(response, f'/apps/dashboard/{correct_list.id}/')
+
 class NewListTest(TestCase):
     def test_can_save_a_POST_request(self):
         self. client.post('/apps/dashboard/newlist', data={'item_text': 'A new list item'})
@@ -68,29 +93,3 @@ class NewListTest(TestCase):
         self.client.post("/apps/dashboard/newlist", data={"item_text": ""})
         self.assertEqual(List.objects.count(), 0)
         self.assertEqual(Item.objects.count(), 0)
-
-class NewItemTest(TestCase):
-    def test_can_save_a_POST_request_to_an_existing_list(self):
-        other_list = List.objects.create()
-        correct_list = List.objects.create()
-
-        self.client.post(
-            f'/apps/dashboard/{correct_list.id}/add-item',
-            data={'item_text': 'A new item for an existing list'},
-        )
-
-        self.assertEqual(Item.objects.count(), 1)
-        new_item = Item.objects.get()
-        self.assertEqual(new_item.text, 'A new item for an existing list')
-        self.assertEqual(new_item.list, correct_list)
-
-    def test_redirects_to_list_view(self):
-        other_list = List.objects.create()
-        correct_list = List.objects.create()
-
-        response = self.client.post(
-            f'/apps/dashboard/{correct_list.id}/add-item',
-            data={'item_text': 'A new item for an existing list'},
-        )
-
-        self.assertRedirects(response, f'/apps/dashboard/{correct_list.id}/')

src/apps/dashboard/urls.py

@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ from . import views
 urlpatterns = [
     path('newlist', views.new_list, name='new_list'),
     path('<int:list_id>/', views.view_list, name='view_list'),
-    path('<int:list_id>/add-item', views.add_item, name='add_item'),
 ]

src/apps/dashboard/views.py

@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ def new_list(request):
 
 def view_list(request, list_id):
     our_list = List.objects.get(id=list_id)
-    return render(request, 'apps/dashboard/list.html', {'list': our_list})
+    if request.method == "POST":
-
-def add_item(request, list_id):
-    our_list = List.objects.get(id=list_id)
         Item.objects.create(text=request.POST['item_text'], list=our_list)
         return redirect(f'/apps/dashboard/{our_list.id}/')
-    
+    return render(request, 'apps/dashboard/list.html', {'list': our_list})    

src/functional_tests/test_simple_list_creation.py

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ class NewVisitorTest(FunctionalTest):
     def test_can_start_a_todo_list(self):
         self.browser.get(self.live_server_url)
 
-        self.assertIn('Dashboard | ', self.browser.title)
+        self.assertIn('Dashboard', self.browser.title)
         header_text = self.browser.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'h1').text
-        self.assertIn('Dashboard | ', header_text)
+        self.assertIn('Dashboard', header_text)
 
         inputbox = self.browser.find_element(By.ID, 'id-new-item')
         self.assertEqual(inputbox.get_attribute('placeholder'), 'Enter a to-do item')

src/templates/apps/dashboard/list.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {% block title_text %}Your to-do list{% endblock title_text %}
 {% block header_text %}Your to-do list{% endblock header_text %}
 
-{% block form_action %}/apps/dashboard/{{ list.id }}/add-item{% endblock form_action %}
+{% block form_action %}/apps/dashboard/{{ list.id }}/{% endblock form_action %}
 
 {% block table %}
     <table id="id-list-table" class="table">