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copied!<p>I'm having a problem with logged users and a Django <code>ModelForm</code>. I have a class named <code>_Animal_</code> that has a <code>ForeignKey</code> to <code>User</code> and some data related to the animal like age, race, and so on.</p> <p>A user can add Animals to the db and I have to track the author of each animal, so I need to add the <strong>request.user</strong> that is logged when the user creates an animal instance.</p> <p><strong>models.py</strong></p> <pre><code>class Animal(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=300) age = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField() race = models.ForeignKey(Race) ... publisher = models.ForeignKey(User) def __unicode__(self): return self.name class AnimalForm(ModelForm): class Meta: model = Animal </code></pre> <p>The main goal is hide the publisher field in the form, and submit the logged user when hitting save button.</p> <p>I can catch the current user in the view using <code>initial</code>, but what I also want is not display the field.</p> <p><strong>views.py</strong></p> <pre><code>@login_required def new_animal(request): if request.method == "POST": form = AnimalForm(request.POST) if form.is_valid(): form.save() return redirect('/') else: variables = RequestContext(request, {'form': form}) return render_to_response('web/animal_form.html', variables) else: form = AnimalForm(initial={'publisher': request.user}) variables = RequestContext(request, {'form': form}) return render_to_response('web/animal_form.html', variables) </code></pre>

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