Get the currently logged in Django user in a models.py file?

Question

I\'m trying to make a model that\'s stores basic information about an Article also store the name of the currently logged in user, is this possible? or is it something that

Answer 1

You'll need to do it in the view, as the model has no idea where it is being created from. Pass commit=False to the form.save() method so it doesn't commit the data to the database, set the author from the request, and then save manually:

if form.is_valid():
    article = form.save(commit=False)
    article.author = request.user
    article.save()
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/articles/all')