This is my models.py.
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class User_data(models.Model):
user_ID = models.CharField(max_length = 20)
name = models.CharField(max_length = 50)
user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete = models.CASCADE, null =True)
def __str__(self):
return self.name
This is my forms.py
from django import forms
from lrequests.models import User_data
class UserForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
fields = ("name", "user_ID")
model = User_data
This is my views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .forms import UserForm
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from .models import User_data
def get(request):
form_class = UserForm
if request.method == "POST":
form = UserForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
data = form.save(commit = False)
data.user = request.user
form.save()
return HttpResponse("Sucessfully submitted")
else:
form = UserForm()
return render(request, "request_form.html", {'form' : form_class})
#update
def auto_fill_form(request):
form = UserForm(initial = dict(name = request.user.first_name))
context = dict(form=form)
return render(request, "request_form.html", context)
Now, I've tried populating the user data, which was specified whilst creating account. So, that he(user) doesn't tamper the data (as it need to read-only) and it is automatically filled without the user giving the input. I've read django documentation but it specifies only dynamically initialising data see here. I've tried putting that code in the forms.py, but it didn't work.
I've even tried in the HTML template, that didn't work too.
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="form-row">
{{ form.name.errors }}
{{ form.name.label_tag }} {{ form.name = user.first_name }}
</div>
{% comment %} {{ form.as_p }} {% endcomment %}
How do I get data by default into the form? Can someone help me on this?
