I'm following the answer from this question, but the request object isn't actually being passed into it: How do I access the request object or any other variable in a form's clean() method? I'm getting this error when I try to submit the form: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'user'
Here is my form code:
class MyModelForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = MyModel
fields=['question',]
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.request = kwargs.pop('request', None)
super(MyModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
def clean(self, *args, **kwargs):
data = self.cleaned_data['question']
user = self.request.user
if user.author.number_of_questions < 1:
raise ValidationError("You don't have any questions left")
return data
Here is my CreateView:
class MyModelCreate(generic.CreateView):
model = MyModel
fields=['question',]
def form_valid(self, form):
# Code
return super(MyModelCreate, self).form_valid(form)
def get_success_url(self, **kwargs):
# obj = form.instance or self.object
return reverse_lazy('articles:thank-you')
def get_form_kwargs(self):
kw = super(MyModelCreate, self).get_form_kwargs()
kw['request'] = self.request # the trick!
return kw
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
#Code
return context
It's my understanding that the get_form_kwargs method in the CreateView is passing in self.request into the request kwarg of the form, which is then being accessed in the clean method of MyModelForm, but when I run this code, I get the error: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'user'
I have no idea why the request object isn't getting passed to the form.
