Django : How to exclude form field if the user is staff?

Question

How to exclude form fields if the user is not staff ? I tried this but didn\'t work , giving an error :

global name \'user\' is not defined

Answer 1

This can be achieved in the template when rendering the form. It will need to allow null values or have a default value in the model definition or alternatively have its validation overridden:

{% csrf_token %}
    {% if request.user.is_staff %}
    
{{ form.published }}
    {% endif %}

    
{{ form.author }}

    

Similarly you can check for is_superuser or check permissions, see the docs: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/default/#permissions