On Aug 6, 2:24 am, Julián C. Pérez <jcp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone > I'm in trouble because of a form class > I have a form class with attributes defined, but with one thing: > One of the attributes requires the current user, or al least its > username > > The form definition in as shown below: > --- > class SendMessageForm(forms.Form): > recipientUser = ShowValidContactList(label=u'Send to') > messageSubject= forms.CharField(label=u'Subject') > messageContent = forms.CharField(label=u'Content', > widget=forms.Textarea()) > --- > > As you can tell I'm trying to make a 'Send message' form to make > message sending available in my project... but the recipient user must > be in the contacts list of the current user... > The 'recipientUser' field is a ShowValidContactList > (forms.ModelChoiceField) instance... so it works with a fixed queryset > based on that user (the currently logged-in one) > > My problem is that... how can I get the current user information > outside a view and without request objects?? > Or... how can I make that form works with a different approach?? > > Any help would be appreciate!
This is asked frequently on this group. The answer is to override the form's __init__ method and pass the request in there, and store it on a form attribute for later use. -- DR. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
