[Django]-Setting current user on django vanilla CreateView

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You don’t need to pass the user to the form, so don’t override the get_form method. You have already excluded the user field from the model form by setting fields in your view, so you shouldn’t need a custom model form either.

It should be enough to override the form_valid method, and set the user when the form is saved.

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect

class CreateMeasurement(CreateView):
    model = Measurement
    fields = ['date']
    success_url = reverse_lazy('list_measurements')

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

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