Django: How to set a hidden field on a generic create view?

Question

I\'m running Django 1.6.x

To extend my user I\'ve added another model storing the data:

class UserProfile (models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignK         


        

Answer 1

You can do it that way:

• get user from request object.
• overwrite form_valid method on your UserProfileCreateView class,
• attach user to form instance and save it.

class UserProfileCreateView(CreateView):
    model = UserProfile
    fields = ['height']

     def form_valid(self, form):
         user = self.request.user
         form.instance.user = user
         return super(UserProfileCreateView, self).form_valid(form)

This code is for Python 2.7.x