How to update User object without creating new one?

Question

Following works fine in shell:

>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
>>> user=User.objects.get(pk=1)
>>> user.first_name = u         


        

Answer 1

if request.method == "POST":
    kwargs = { 'data' : request.POST }
    try:
        kwargs['instance'] = User.objects.get(username=request.POST['username'])
    except:
        pass
    form = UserForm(kwargs**)
    if form.is_valid():
        user = form.save(commit=False)
        ...

Answer 2

Just add on request.method == 'post' branch this:

form = UserForm(data=request.POST, instance=request.user)