I am wondering how to access a user's profile when creating the queryset for a ModelChoiceField. I would like to be able to use the ModelChoiceField to display contacts from another table based on a parameter saved in the user profile i.e.
who = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=Contacts.objects.filter(id__exact=request.user.get_profile().main_company))
Is there a better way to do this (beyond an ajax picker in the template)?
Greg
For Those interested I was able to come up with a solution from the following SO discussions:
How do I access the request object or any other variable in a form's clean() method?
Django: accessing the model instance from within ModelAdmin?
class InspectionRequestForm(ModelForm):
....
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.request = kwargs.pop('request', None)
super(InspectionRequestForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
companyid = self.request.user.get_profile().main_contactnum.clientid.idflcustomernum
self.fields['who'].queryset = Contacts.objects.filter(clientid__exact=companyid)
My View:
Save Form (Not as necessary to include request=request here, but just in case)
form = InspectionRequestForm(request.POST, request=request)
Or Empty Form
form = InspectionRequestForm(request=request)
Thanks to Daniel Roseman for both of the previous answers.
