How to associate model with current user while saving in django

Question

I'm new to django so sorry for this simple question. I'm building web app using django. and i want to save current logged in user while he/she create any new object automatically. I want to implement this features in custom admin panel.

class Post(models.Model):
   user = models.ForeginKey(...)
   .............

So here i want to fill user field automatically.

You can access the `request.user` in the `form_valid` method [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5785727](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5785727/accessing-request-user-in-class-based-generic-view-createview-in-order-to-set-fk) — LonnyT, Jan 13 '20 at 16:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '20 at 17:08

You can reference the user model directly.

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models

class Post(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeginKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

Or you can use the AUTH_USER_MODEL setting (this is recommended)

from django.conf import settings
from django.db import models

class Post(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeginKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

Inside your generic create view you can then associate the request.user with the object inside the form_valid method as explained here Accessing request.user in class based generic view CreateView in order to set FK field in Django

class PostView(CreateView):

    def form_valid(self, form):
        obj = form.save(commit=False)
        obj.user = self.request.user
        obj.save()        
        return http.HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())

How to associate model with current user while saving in django

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