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Zygro
Zygro

Reputation: 7119

How to create model in Django REST with userID from authentication

I want to make a model with user ID as one of fields, but I want it to be created without needing to fill in userID field in POST request. Instead, I want the userID to be auto-filled from token authentication. How is this done?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 48

Answers (1)

ilse2005
ilse2005

Reputation: 11429

You should have a look at the rest framework tutorial. You can pass the user_id or user instance to the save method of your serializer. This can be done in the perform_create method of your ViewSet

class SnippetViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    """
    This viewset automatically provides `list`, `create`, `retrieve`,
    `update` and `destroy` actions.
    """
    queryset = Snippet.objects.all()
    serializer_class = SnippetSerializer

    def perform_create(self, serializer):
        serializer.save(owner=self.request.user)

Upvotes: 2

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