Change view code, assign User object instead. author = User.objects.get(username=request.POST["username"])
Sachin On Thu, Mar 5, 2020, 4:00 AM Joey Jo Jo Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > New to Django. > > I'm trying to set up a simple comment form where I can add a title for the > comment, content of the comment, and attach the username of the user that > is currently signed in and posting it. > > I run into the following error when running it: > > Cannot assign "'john'": "Entry.author" must be a "User" instance. > > > I think I understand what's happening here, however I'm having a hard time > figuring out how to implement it properly. > > > *Here's my model code:* > > > class Entry(models.Model): > > title = models.CharField(max_length=60) > > content = models.TextField(max_length=500) > > author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True) > > > > def __str__(self): > > return f"{self.id}" > > > *Here's my view code:* > > > @login_required > > def add(request): > > if request.method == "POST": > > entry = Entry( > > title = request.POST["title"], > > content = request.POST["content"], > > author = request.POST["username"] > > ) > > > entry.save() > > > return render(request, "articles/index.html", { > > "entries": Entry.objects.all() > > }) > > > else: > > return render(request, "articles/add.html", { > > "username": request.user > > }) > > > *And here's my form code in my template:* > > > {% block body %} > > <h1>New Entry</h1> > > <form action="{% url 'add' %}" method="post"> > > {% csrf_token %} > > <input type="hidden" name="username"> > > > <label for="title">Title:</label> > > <input type="text" name="title" placeholder="Entry Title"> > > <br> > > > > <label for="content">Content:</label> > > <textarea name="content"> > > Content goes here > > </textarea> > > <br> > > > <input type="submit" value="Publish"> > > </form> > > {% endblock %} > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/e0bb05c3-ecee-4f75-97ca-a659cb7e6181%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/e0bb05c3-ecee-4f75-97ca-a659cb7e6181%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CADjLj1pSq9v7Ar-3vx2WnmO8v2iwC7gdHCcfZzosnjpkaqNGWA%40mail.gmail.com.
