Use populate obj instead of manually populatiing obj in creation forms

Author: chaosagent

templates/events/list.html

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                                         </button>
                                     {% endif %}
                                     {% if 'manage' in enabled_actions %}
-                                        <button id="approve_{{ event.id }}"
+                                        <button id="approve_{{ event.id }}" type="submit"
                                                 formaction="{{ url_for('events.events_manage', event_id=event.id) }}"
                                                 formmethod="get">Manage
                                         </button>

views/events.py

@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@
 def events_create():
     event_create_form = EventForm()
     if event_create_form.validate_on_submit():
-        new_event = Event(owner=current_user,
-                          title=event_create_form.title.data,
-                          start_time=event_create_form.start_time.data,
-                          duration=event_create_form.duration.data,
-                          description=event_create_form.description.data,
-                          link=event_create_form.link.data)
+        new_event = Event(owner=current_user)
+        event_create_form.populate_obj(new_event)
         db.session.add(new_event)
         db.session.commit()
         return redirect(url_for('.events_owned'))

views/users.py

@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ def login():
 def register():
     register_form = RegisterForm()
     if register_form.validate_on_submit():
-        new_user = User(email=register_form.email.data,
-                        username=register_form.username.data,
-                        password=register_form.password.data)
+        new_user = User()
+        register_form.populate_obj(new_user)
         db.session.add(new_user)
         db.session.commit()
         login_user(new_user)