how to get a reference to a authenticated user

[Benedict Verheyen]

Hi,

i have some tables that i want to link with an authorized user.
Right now i use the login mechanism of django.

1. Is it possible to specify a foreign_key to the auth_user database?
If not, what is the best way to have a "user" field in a table
that refers to a logged in user?

2. How can i get the user id and username available in my templates.
I would like to display the current logged in user and use the id
to automatically fill in, in the field specified in 1.

Thanks,
Benedict

[Honza Král]

On 2/20/07, Benedict Verheyen <benedict...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> i have some tables that i want to link with an authorized user.
> Right now i use the login mechanism of django.
>
> 1. Is it possible to specify a foreign_key to the auth_user database?
> If not, what is the best way to have a "user" field in a table
> that refers to a logged in user?

Sure, its just a django application with models and stuff...

>
> 2. How can i get the user id and username available in my templates.
> I would like to display the current logged in user and use the id
> to automatically fill in, in the field specified in 1.

to have it in your templates simply use the auth middleware and add
django.core.context_processors.auth to your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS

>
> Thanks,
> Benedict
>
> >
>

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Honza Král
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[Russell Keith-Magee]

On 2/20/07, Benedict Verheyen <benedict...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> Hi,
>
> i have some tables that i want to link with an authorized user.
> Right now i use the login mechanism of django.
>
> 1. Is it possible to specify a foreign_key to the auth_user database?

Yes.

from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class MyModel(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
# ... rest of your model here.

> 2. How can i get the user id and username available in my templates.

Instances of User are the same as any other model instance; if you
have a user instance 'myuser' you can ask for myuser.username or
myuser.id. If you pass myuser in as part of the template context, you
can reference {{ myuser.username }} or {{ myuser.id }} in the
template.

> I would like to display the current logged in user and use the id
> to automatically fill in, in the field specified in 1.

In the view:

def my_view(request):
... view logic here

The currently logged in user is available as request.user. You can use
this value to modify or prefill any form you construct. If you
construct a RequestContext to provide to the template, this will
expose the currently logged in user under the tag 'user' in the
template.

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)

[Honza Král]

On 2/20/07, Honza Král <honza...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/20/07, Benedict Verheyen <benedict...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > i have some tables that i want to link with an authorized user.
> > Right now i use the login mechanism of django.
> >
> > 1. Is it possible to specify a foreign_key to the auth_user database?
> > If not, what is the best way to have a "user" field in a table
> > that refers to a logged in user?
>
> Sure, its just a django application with models and stuff...
>
> >
> > 2. How can i get the user id and username available in my templates.
> > I would like to display the current logged in user and use the id
> > to automatically fill in, in the field specified in 1.
>
> to have it in your templates simply use the auth middleware and add
> django.core.context_processors.auth to your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS

to have the user available outside templates and views (models etc.) see

http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookThreadlocalsAndUser

[Benedict Verheyen]

Russell Keith-Magee schreef:
<snip>

Thanks for the answers (super quick !) Russell en Honza.
I'll try it out at once,

Thanks,
Benedict