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meowmeow
meowmeow

Reputation: 159

How to get user specific object using django generic class detailview?

How do I get the current user related object using django's generic class DetailView? Using function based views, I can obtain the object like this:

def foo(request):  
  friendProfile = get_object_or_404(request.user.profile.friends,username="admin")

What is the equivalent using detail view? I'm guessing it's something related to get_object or get_context_data but I can't fully understand the documents.

Thank you.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 965

Answers (1)

Étienne Loks
Étienne Loks

Reputation: 165

request is an attribute of class based views. To get the current user you should use self.request.user.

On a DetailView overload the get_queryset to edit the queryset used to get the object.

I don't know precisely how your friend model is defined but let's assume it has a foreign key pointing to your profile with a related_name set to friend_of. Your view could be:

class FriendProfileDetail(DetailView):
    model = Friend
    def get_queryset(self):
        return self.model.objects.filter(friend_of=self.request.user.profile)

Upvotes: 3

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