get request data in Django form

Question

Is it possible to get request.user data in a form class? I want to clean an email address to make sure that it\'s unique, but if it\'s the current users email address then

Answer 1

Here's the way to get the user in your form when using generic views:

In the view, pass the request.user to the form using get_form_kwargs:

class SampleView(View):
    def get_form_kwargs(self):
        kwargs = super(SampleView, self).get_form_kwargs()
        kwargs['user'] = self.request.user
        return kwargs

In the form you will receive the user with the __init__ function:

class SampleForm(Form):
    def __init__(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
        super(SampleForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.user = user