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POHow do I pass the current user id as a hidden field in a Django form?
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copied!<p>The problem I'm having is I'm trying to create a form which passes the currently logged-in users ID by embedding it within a hidden field in a ModelForm.</p> <p>My model:</p> <pre><code>class Portfolios(models.Model): id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True) port_name = models.CharField(max_length=135, blank=True) port_type = models.ForeignKey(PortType, null=True, db_column='port_type', blank=True) user = models.ForeignKey(User) def __unicode__(self): return self.port_name; class Meta: db_table = u'tbl_portfolios' </code></pre> <p>My form:</p> <pre><code>class PortfoliosCreateForm(ModelForm): class Meta: model = Portfolios; </code></pre> <p>My template:</p> <pre><code><form action="" method="post"> {% csrf_token %} {% for field in form %} <div class="create_form_field"> {{ field.errors }} {{ field.label_tag }}: {{ field }} </div> {% endfor %} <input type="submit" value="Create" /></p> </form> </code></pre> <p>I call the template using a generic create view:</p> <pre><code>url( r'^portfolios/create/$', 'django.views.generic.create_update.create_object', dict( form_class=PortfoliosCreateForm, post_save_redirect='/', template_name='portfolios/create.html' ) </code></pre> <p>),</p> <p>How can I best embed the user ID within that form so it's passed a hidden field? Or should I simply pass in a dummy field and fill the value in within a custom save function?</p> <p>Edit: The User model is the in-built Django User model.</p> <p>Thanks</p>

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