Trouble calling the form constructor from django createview

Question

I tried to pass the user( i.e, request.user) to my modelform constructor as given in this link.But i am getting

TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'us'

error. Here's my view

class dealAdd(generic.CreateView):
    form_class = dealForm
    template_name='deals/deal_Add.html'

    def get_context_data(self,**kwargs):
        context=super(dealAdd,self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        llist=lead.objects.all()
        clist=contacts.objects.all()
        context.update({'leadob':llist,'contob':clist})
        return context

    def get_form_kwargs(self, *args, **kwargs):
        kwargs = super(dealAdd, self).get_form_kwargs()
        kwargs.update({'us': self.request.user})
        return kwargs

and my form constructor

def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
       usr=kwargs.pop('us')
       super(dealForm,self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
       print(usr)
      # print(self)

the traceback says that i have error at

context=super(dealAdd,self).get_context_data(**kwargs)

So is there a problem in my view?

Traceback:

Internal Server Error: /deals/dealAdd
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 35, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 128, in _get_response
    response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 126, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\base.py", line 69, in view
    return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\base.py", line 89, in dispatch
    return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\edit.py", line 168, in get
    return super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\edit.py", line 133, in get
    return self.render_to_response(self.get_context_data())
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Sabith\crm1\deals\views.py", line 21, in get_context_data
    context=super(dealAdd,self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\edit.py", line 66, in get_context_data
    kwargs['form'] = self.get_form()
  File "C:\Users\CapC\Desktop\Django\env\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\edit.py", line 33, in get_form
    return form_class(**self.get_form_kwargs())
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'us'
[06/Oct/2018 15:18:41] "GET /deals/dealAdd HTTP/1.1" 500 91563

my form

class dealForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model=deals
        fields= '__all__'
        widgets={
        'refno':forms.TextInput(attrs={'class':'input-sm form- 
         control ember-view ember-text-field'}),
        'status':forms.Select(choices=stat,attrs={'class':'btn btn-deals'}),
        'transaction_price':forms.TextInput(attrs={'class':'input-sm form- 
         control ember-view ember-text-field'}), 
         'estimated_closing_date':forms.TextInput(attrs={'class':'input-sm 
         form-control ember-view ember-text-field'}),

@p.ry If you delete the line `usr=kwargs.pop('us')`, error not occurs? And what exactly that line did? — seuling, Oct 08 '18 at 06:14
@seuling get the passed value from kwargs, i think. Got it from the link i've given with the question. — p.ry, Oct 08 '18 at 08:36
@p.ry What if you commented out your `get_context_data`? Error not occurs? — seuling, Oct 09 '18 at 14:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '18 at 14:20

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Maybe it's because of the order.

Your CreateView call get_context_data first before get_form_kwargs. It means it 'pop' your 'us' before it updated it.

Just change usr=kwargs.pop('us', None) to avoid error or use try/except for it.

answered Oct 09 '18 at 14:20

seuling

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@p.ry What if you remove entire `usr=kwargs.pop('us')` line? – seuling Oct 12 '18 at 08:36

Trouble calling the form constructor from django createview

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