In django, how can I link a model with a user. I'd like the user to add information about their company website and name

Question

I want the users, once they are logged in, to be able to add information about their company including website, name, logo, etc.

I already have this model

user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, default=1, unique=True)
comp_name = models.CharField(max_length=120,default='', blank=True)
comp_site = models.URLField(default='', blank=True)
comp_logo = models.ImageField(default='', blank=True, upload_to='img/logos/')

in my views.py I have this:

if form1.is_valid():
    saveInfo = form1.save(commit=False)
    comp_name = form1.cleaned_data.get("comp_name")
    comp_site = form1.cleaned_data.get("comp_site")
    comp_logo = form1.cleaned_data.get("comp_logo")
    saveInfo.user = form1.user
    saveInfo.save()
    return redirect('/profil/')

What I'd like is that the program would automatically detects which user is currently logged in, and set the user field to that user.

How could I do this?

See [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12615192/426790) for a similar question (how to get the currently logged in user). — Greg Sadetsky, Jul 02 '16 at 16:24
Thanks Jedi, That was exactly it. I had done that and forgot about it so thanks so much. — Ramsey Harrison, Jul 02 '16 at 16:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '16 at 16:33

if form1.is_valid():
    saveInfo = form1.save(commit=False)
    comp_name = form1.cleaned_data.get("comp_name")
    comp_site = form1.cleaned_data.get("comp_site")
    comp_logo = form1.cleaned_data.get("comp_logo")
    saveInfo.user = request.user #<--- the authenticated user bound to the current request
    saveInfo.save()
    return redirect('/profil/')

request.user is the current user who is bound to the current request. You must (probably you already do) check if user is authenticated etc..

Yes the function has a @login_required() before it so that should be a problem. — Ramsey Harrison, Jul 02 '16 at 16:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '16 at 16:38

The request attribute sent with any Django specifies the current user.

def myview(request):
    current_user = request.user

You can check if the user is logged in using the request.user.is_authenticated() method. What I would do here is redirect the login view to the view with your form. This should automatically happen if you are using @login_required on the form view.

As an aside, if you are extending the User model, you should use OneToOneField instead of ForiegnKey. Use ForiegnKeyonly if each user can have multiple companies.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '21 at 11:10

You can associate the users to a model using one to one field as shown below

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class Profile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    bio = models.TextField()
    organisation = models.CharField(max_length=300, default="")
    country = models.CharField(max_length=50, default="")
    display_pic = models.ImageField(upload_to="authors/profile", default="")

You can then get their info of user using 'Profile' and 'User'

In django, how can I link a model with a user. I'd like the user to add information about their company website and name

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