Django - How to add multiple submit button in single form?

Last Updated : 21 May, 2025

We will create a simple Django-based newsletter app that allows users to subscribe and unsubscribe using a single form with multiple submit buttons. By leveraging Django's form handling and CSRF protection, we will capture email inputs and store or remove them from the database based on user interaction.

To create the simple newsletter Django app, follow the below steps:

1. Create a new Django project

Prerequisites:
Django Introduction and Installation
Creating a Project

Run the following command to create a new Django project:

django-admin startproject newsletter

Navigate to the project directory:

cd newsletter

Next, create a new Django app inside your project. The app will handle the logic and templates for the newsletter functionality.

Run the following command to create the app:

django-admin startapp appnewslatter

Create a new urls.py file inside the "appnewslatter" folder. Now, your project directory should look like the below image.

After creating the app, you need to add it to the INSTALLED_APPS list in your settings.py file, which can be found in newsletter/settings.py. Open the settings.py file and add 'appnewsletter' to INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
# Other apps
'appnewsletter',
]

3. Configure the URLs for the App

Now, set up the URLs for the app by editing the urls.py files.

Edit the urls.py in the Project Directory

In newsletter/urls.py, include the URLs of the appnewsletter app:

Python

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
  
    #including URLS of appnewslatter app
    path("", include('appnewslatter.urls')),
]

Create urls.py Inside the appnewsletter Folder

Next, create a urls.py file inside the appnewsletter directory and add the URL for the homepage.

Python

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
   
    # URL to open home page 
    path("", views.home, name='home'),
]

4. Create the Template for the Form

Inside the appnewsletter app, create a templates folder to store your HTML files. Inside the templates folder, create a news.html file.

Path: appnewsletter/templates/news.html

Add the following code to create a form with two submit buttons, one for subscribing and one for unsubscribing. Both buttons will perform different actions based on the button clicked.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
  <head>
    <title>NewsLatter</title>
  </head>
  
  <body>
  
  <!--showing success message-->
  {% if messages %}
    <ul class="messages">
        {% for message in messages %}
            <li{% if message.tags %} class="{{ message.tags }}"{% endif %}>
              {{ message }}</li>
        {% endfor %}
    </ul>
   {% endif %}
    
   <!--Form with multiple submit buttons-->
   <form action="" method="POST">
      {% csrf_token %}
     <label for="email">Enter your email:</label>
     <input type="email" id="email" name="email" />
      <br> <br>
     <button type="submit" name="subscribe">Subscribe</button>
     <button type="submit" name="unsubscribe">Unsubscribe</button>
   </form>
  
  </body>
</html>

Here:

The form has two submit buttons with different names: subscribe and unsubscribe.
When a user clicks a button, it sends the corresponding button's name with the form data.

5. Create the Database Model

In the models.py file, define a model to store the email addresses of the subscribers.

Path: appnewsletter/models.py

Python

from django.db import models

# creating database model to store email
class newslatteremail(models.Model):
    userEmail = models.EmailField(max_length=254)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.userEmail

This model has a single field userEmail that stores the email addresses of the users who subscribe to the newsletter.

6. Register the Model in Django Admin

To manage the subscriber emails from the Django admin interface, you need to register the model.

Path: appnewsletter/admin.py

Python

from django.contrib import admin
from .models import newslatteremail

# registering the model
admin.site.register(newslatteremail)

6. Create the View to Handle the Form Submission

In the views.py file, define the logic to handle form submissions. The home view will check which submit button was clicked using the request.POST dictionary.

Path: appnewsletter/views.py

Python

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib import messages
from .models import newslatteremail

def home(request):
    
    # if post request comes from the subscribe button
    # then saving user email in our database
    if 'subscribe' in request.POST:
        email = newslatteremail()
        email.userEmail = request.POST.get("email")
        email.save()
        messages.info(
            request, 'You have successfully subscribed to our newslatter.')
    
    # if post request comes from the unsubscribe button
    # then deleting the user email from our database
    if 'unsubscribe' in request.POST:
        newslatteremail.objects.get(
            userEmail=request.POST.get("email")).delete()
        messages.info(request, 'sorry to see you!!!')
        
    return render(request, 'news.html')

7. Apply Database Migrations

Now that the model is defined, you need to apply the database migrations to create the table in the database.

Run the following commands:

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

8. Run the Django Development Server

Once you've implemented all the steps, it's time to run the project. Run the Django development server using the following command:

Python manage.py runserver

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