creating a team (django)

gistfile1.py

# teams/views.py
@login_required()
def create(request):
    form = CreateTeamForm(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None)
        
    if form.is_valid(): 
        team = form.save(commit=False)
        team.status = STATUS.ACTIVE
        team.creator = request.user
        team.save()
        form.save_m2m()

        return HttpResponseRedirect('/teams/' + team.slug)

    return render(request, 'teams/team_form.html', {'form': form})

It's a pretty common django paradigm. I only use it if I have similar code to yours. Where on a GET, it's just a form create. On a POST, I process the form. If I'm doing anything else that requires more than that in the 2 conditions, I'll expand it out and be explicit