How to retrieve current Django user and feed it into a db entry
Question Closed: Please see response posted by Alasdair for solution.
I am adding instances of Pets to a table:
class Pet(models.Model):
petName = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='My Pet')
petImage = models.ImageField(default='default.png', blank=True)
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None)
The code above is fine, however "User" on the last line gives me all the Users ever signed up on my app in a dropdown menu (when viewed as a form). I want the author (i.e. the User that is logged in) to be automatically associated with this new pet object.
I dont know the ins and outs of the inbuilt auth_user database, so I dont know how to reference this specific instance of user, meaning the one who is logged in. I know that request.user on the other pages returns the user logged in, I just dont know how to feed that variable into this model. Any ideas?
* UPDATE: Included views.py *
@login_required(login_url="/accounts/login/")
def add_pet(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
else:
form = forms.AddPet()
return render(request, 'records/pet_create.html', {'form': form},)
django sqlite django-models django-forms django-database
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
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Question Closed: Please see response posted by Alasdair for solution.
I am adding instances of Pets to a table:
class Pet(models.Model):
petName = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='My Pet')
petImage = models.ImageField(default='default.png', blank=True)
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None)
The code above is fine, however "User" on the last line gives me all the Users ever signed up on my app in a dropdown menu (when viewed as a form). I want the author (i.e. the User that is logged in) to be automatically associated with this new pet object.
I dont know the ins and outs of the inbuilt auth_user database, so I dont know how to reference this specific instance of user, meaning the one who is logged in. I know that request.user on the other pages returns the user logged in, I just dont know how to feed that variable into this model. Any ideas?
* UPDATE: Included views.py *
@login_required(login_url="/accounts/login/")
def add_pet(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
else:
form = forms.AddPet()
return render(request, 'records/pet_create.html', {'form': form},)
django sqlite django-models django-forms django-database
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
33
Hey Ålasa, this is a very common pattern. Usually you exclude the user field from the form and assign this automatically when saving based on the currently logged in user. The form is in the admin or in a view you wrote? Check books.agiliq.com/projects/django-admin-cookbook/en/latest/…
– Paulo Scardine
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
Please show your view/form, or if you are using the Django admin, your model admin class.
– Alasdair
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
1
You don't do this in the model, you do it in the view, which you have not shown.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 22 '18 at 11:52
add a comment |
Question Closed: Please see response posted by Alasdair for solution.
I am adding instances of Pets to a table:
class Pet(models.Model):
petName = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='My Pet')
petImage = models.ImageField(default='default.png', blank=True)
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None)
The code above is fine, however "User" on the last line gives me all the Users ever signed up on my app in a dropdown menu (when viewed as a form). I want the author (i.e. the User that is logged in) to be automatically associated with this new pet object.
I dont know the ins and outs of the inbuilt auth_user database, so I dont know how to reference this specific instance of user, meaning the one who is logged in. I know that request.user on the other pages returns the user logged in, I just dont know how to feed that variable into this model. Any ideas?
* UPDATE: Included views.py *
@login_required(login_url="/accounts/login/")
def add_pet(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
else:
form = forms.AddPet()
return render(request, 'records/pet_create.html', {'form': form},)
django sqlite django-models django-forms django-database
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
33
Question Closed: Please see response posted by Alasdair for solution.
I am adding instances of Pets to a table:
class Pet(models.Model):
petName = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='My Pet')
petImage = models.ImageField(default='default.png', blank=True)
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None)
The code above is fine, however "User" on the last line gives me all the Users ever signed up on my app in a dropdown menu (when viewed as a form). I want the author (i.e. the User that is logged in) to be automatically associated with this new pet object.
I dont know the ins and outs of the inbuilt auth_user database, so I dont know how to reference this specific instance of user, meaning the one who is logged in. I know that request.user on the other pages returns the user logged in, I just dont know how to feed that variable into this model. Any ideas?
* UPDATE: Included views.py *
@login_required(login_url="/accounts/login/")
def add_pet(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
else:
form = forms.AddPet()
return render(request, 'records/pet_create.html', {'form': form},)
django sqlite django-models django-forms django-database
django sqlite django-models django-forms django-database
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
33
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
33
edited Nov 22 '18 at 13:26
Ålasa Fidler
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
33
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
33
asked Nov 22 '18 at 11:42
Ålasa FidlerÅlasa Fidler
33
33
Hey Ålasa, this is a very common pattern. Usually you exclude the user field from the form and assign this automatically when saving based on the currently logged in user. The form is in the admin or in a view you wrote? Check books.agiliq.com/projects/django-admin-cookbook/en/latest/…
– Paulo Scardine
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
Please show your view/form, or if you are using the Django admin, your model admin class.
– Alasdair
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
1
You don't do this in the model, you do it in the view, which you have not shown.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 22 '18 at 11:52
add a comment |
Hey Ålasa, this is a very common pattern. Usually you exclude the user field from the form and assign this automatically when saving based on the currently logged in user. The form is in the admin or in a view you wrote? Check books.agiliq.com/projects/django-admin-cookbook/en/latest/…
– Paulo Scardine
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
Please show your view/form, or if you are using the Django admin, your model admin class.
– Alasdair
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
1
You don't do this in the model, you do it in the view, which you have not shown.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 22 '18 at 11:52
Hey Ålasa, this is a very common pattern. Usually you exclude the user field from the form and assign this automatically when saving based on the currently logged in user. The form is in the admin or in a view you wrote? Check books.agiliq.com/projects/django-admin-cookbook/en/latest/…
– Paulo Scardine
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
Hey Ålasa, this is a very common pattern. Usually you exclude the user field from the form and assign this automatically when saving based on the currently logged in user. The form is in the admin or in a view you wrote? Check books.agiliq.com/projects/django-admin-cookbook/en/latest/…
– Paulo Scardine
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
Please show your view/form, or if you are using the Django admin, your model admin class.
– Alasdair
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
Please show your view/form, or if you are using the Django admin, your model admin class.
– Alasdair
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
1
1
You don't do this in the model, you do it in the view, which you have not shown.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 22 '18 at 11:52
You don't do this in the model, you do it in the view, which you have not shown.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 22 '18 at 11:52
add a comment |
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First, edit your model form to remove the author field.
class AddPet(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Pet
fields = ['petName', 'petImage'] # leave out author
Then in your view, you can set instance.author to request.user before you save the instance.
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.author = request.user
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
The last step is to consider the case when the user is not logged in, but you have already covered this by using the login_required decorator.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 13:16
AlasdairAlasdair
181k26306309
This worked like a charm, thank you so much :)
– Ålasa Fidler
Nov 22 '18 at 13:22
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First, edit your model form to remove the author field.
class AddPet(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Pet
fields = ['petName', 'petImage'] # leave out author
Then in your view, you can set instance.author to request.user before you save the instance.
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.author = request.user
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
The last step is to consider the case when the user is not logged in, but you have already covered this by using the login_required decorator.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 13:16
AlasdairAlasdair
181k26306309
This worked like a charm, thank you so much :)
– Ålasa Fidler
Nov 22 '18 at 13:22
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First, edit your model form to remove the author field.
class AddPet(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Pet
fields = ['petName', 'petImage'] # leave out author
Then in your view, you can set instance.author to request.user before you save the instance.
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.author = request.user
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
The last step is to consider the case when the user is not logged in, but you have already covered this by using the login_required decorator.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 13:16
AlasdairAlasdair
181k26306309
This worked like a charm, thank you so much :)
– Ålasa Fidler
Nov 22 '18 at 13:22
add a comment |
First, edit your model form to remove the author field.
class AddPet(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Pet
fields = ['petName', 'petImage'] # leave out author
Then in your view, you can set instance.author to request.user before you save the instance.
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.author = request.user
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
The last step is to consider the case when the user is not logged in, but you have already covered this by using the login_required decorator.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 13:16
AlasdairAlasdair
181k26306309
First, edit your model form to remove the author field.
class AddPet(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Pet
fields = ['petName', 'petImage'] # leave out author
Then in your view, you can set instance.author to request.user before you save the instance.
if request.method == 'POST':
form = forms.AddPet(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
instance = form.save(commit=False)
instance.author = request.user
instance.save()
return redirect('yourPet')
The last step is to consider the case when the user is not logged in, but you have already covered this by using the login_required decorator.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 13:16
AlasdairAlasdair
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answered Nov 22 '18 at 13:16
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answered Nov 22 '18 at 13:16
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This worked like a charm, thank you so much :)
– Ålasa Fidler
Nov 22 '18 at 13:22
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This worked like a charm, thank you so much :)
– Ålasa Fidler
Nov 22 '18 at 13:22
This worked like a charm, thank you so much :)
– Ålasa Fidler
Nov 22 '18 at 13:22
This worked like a charm, thank you so much :)
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Nov 22 '18 at 13:22
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Hey Ålasa, this is a very common pattern. Usually you exclude the user field from the form and assign this automatically when saving based on the currently logged in user. The form is in the admin or in a view you wrote? Check books.agiliq.com/projects/django-admin-cookbook/en/latest/…
– Paulo Scardine
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
Please show your view/form, or if you are using the Django admin, your model admin class.
– Alasdair
Nov 22 '18 at 11:46
1
You don't do this in the model, you do it in the view, which you have not shown.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 22 '18 at 11:52