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NOT NULL constraint failed: mainsite_customer.user_id

I just wanna get profile with full form or empty form.
def local_cabinet(request):
user_id = request.user.id
caruser = Checkout.objects.filter(user=request.user)
# form = CheckoutForms()
orders = request.user.orderitem_set.all()
total_orders = orders.count()
ready_order = request.user.order_set.all()
customer = Customer.objects.filter(user=request.user)
customer_form = CustomerForm()
Maybe here's problem I don't know:
if request.method == 'POST':
if customer.exists():
form = CustomerForm(request.POST, request.FILES, instance=customer)
else:
form = CustomerForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
context = {
'caruser': caruser,
'orders': orders,
'total_orders': total_orders,
'ready_order': ready_order,
'cat_selected': 0,
'customer_form': customer_form,
'customer': customer,
}
return render(request, 'localcabinet.html', context=context)
I don't know why I get this, maybe because I'm not right at saving the form.

You are missing User instance in form, that you probably need to pass it after form creation and before saving it.
You didn't provide model nor forms, but I guess it will look like this:
if request.method == 'POST':
...
else:
form = CustomerForm(request.POST)
form.user = request.user
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
...
Another thing is that you assign queryset instead of single object with filter method:
customer = Customer.objects.filter(user=request.user) # gives queryset with probably one object
customer = Customer.objects.get(user=request.user) # gives an object - but gives Error if there is None or more than one
Probably the best approach to get single object is with try and except:
try:
customer = Customer.objects.get(user=request.user)
except Customer.DoesNotExists:
customer = None
then later instead of if customer.exists() you can use simple if customer.

Passing Form Data to View

I have the following view:
views.py
def PackingListView(request):
if request.method == "POST":
form = PackingListForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
if 'preview' in request.POST:
request.session['data'] = form.cleaned_data
return redirect('myview')
....
I would like to take the data in form and pass it to this next view, and set the data variable equal to it. This was previously working, but once I added a foreign key into this form, the session no longer works as it is not serializable. What approach is the safest for me to take here?
views.py
class myview(View):
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
data = request.session.pop('data', {})#this won't work now
pdf = render_to_pdf('packlist_preview.html', data)
return HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')
Also in case it is needed - here is the URL for myview
url(r'^myview/', views.myview.as_view(), name='myview'),

You should be able to serialize the data if you replace the model instance with its id.
data = form.cleaned_data
# remove object from data dict
related_object = data.pop('related_object')
# add in a reference
data['related_object_id'] = related_object.pk
# now you should be able to serialize object
request.session['data'] = data
Then in the next view, you can fetch the object from the database using its id
data = request.session.pop('data', {})
related_object_id = data.pop('related_object_id', None)
if related_object_id:
try:
data['related_object'] = RelatedObject.objects.get(pk=related_object_id)
except RelatedObject.DoesNotExist:
pass

Passing table values from template to view

I have template with table which is dynamically created by javascript. Then I want retrieve with submit button only value within <td name="plu"></td> tags and process it in view to save as json into CharField in model. I tried to use form tag with method post and request.POST.get('plu') in view but it won't work. I want to get that values and then process it with model methods.
Here are parts of code:
#login_required()
def cash_register(request):
"""plus = [123,345,567]
newtrans = Transaction()
newtrans.set_plu_list(plus)
newtrans.save()"""
if request.method == 'POST':
x = request.POST.get('plu', False)
# ???
try:
products = Product.objects.all().values_list('plu_num', 'art_name', 'sales_price_brutto')
products_json = json.dumps(list(products), cls=DjangoJSONEncoder)
except Product.DoesNotExist:
raise Http404('Products cant\'t be found!')
return render(request, 'panel/cash_register.html', {'products_json': products_json})
class Transaction(models.Model):
plu_list = models.CharField(max_length=255)
transaction_date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)
is_ksk = models.BooleanField(default=False)
ksk_num = models.IntegerField(null=True)
def set_plu_list(self, x):
self.plu_list = json.dumps(x)
def get_plu_list(self):
return json.loads(self.plu_list)
And html: https://pastebin.com/RFn5qNn2

This isn't a thing you can do. <td> elements are not form fields; you can't "submit" them.
If you want values to be submitted to the backend, you either have to use actual form inputs, or use Ajax to send the data.

Get Django Auth "User" id upon Form Submission

I currently have a model form that submits an entered domain to the db.
The problem I'm encountering is, I need to save the currently logged in user's ID (PK from the django.auth table) when a domain is submitted to satisfy a PK-FK relationship on the db end.
I currently have:
class SubmitDomain(ModelForm):
domainNm = forms.CharField(initial=u'Enter your domain', label='')
FKtoClient = User.<something>
class Meta:
model = Tld #Create form based off Model for Tld
fields = ['domainNm']
def clean_domainNm(self):
cleanedDomainName = self.cleaned_data.get('domainNm')
if Tld.objects.filter(domainNm=cleanedDomainName).exists():
errorMsg = u"Sorry that domain is not available."
raise ValidationError(errorMsg)
else:
return cleanedDomainName
and views.py
def AccountHome(request):
if request.user.is_anonymous():
return HttpResponseRedirect('/Login/')
form = SubmitDomain(request.POST or None) # A form bound to the POST data
if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
if form.is_valid(): # If form input passes initial validation...
domainNmCleaned = form.cleaned_data['domainNm'] ## clean data in dictionary
clientFKId = request.user.id
form.save() #save cleaned data to the db from dictionary`
try:
return HttpResponseRedirect('/Processscan/?domainNm=' + domainNmCleaned)
except:
raise ValidationError(('Invalid request'), code='300') ## [ TODO ]: add a custom error page here.
else:
form = SubmitDomain()
tld_set = request.user.tld_set.all()
return render(request, 'VA/account/accounthome.html', {
'tld_set':tld_set, 'form' : form
})
The problem is it gives me an error of: (1048, "Column 'FKtoClient_id' cannot be null"), very odd thing happening, for the column FKtoClient, its trying to submit: 7L instead of 7(the PK of this user's record). Any ideas?
If someone can please help, I would really appreciate it

Firstly, remove FKtoClient from your form. You need to set the user in your view where you can yes the request object. It's not possible to set an attribute on the form that automatically sets the current user.
When instantiating your form, you can pass a tld instance which already has the user set.
def AccountHome(request):
# I recommend using the login required decorator instead but this is ok
if request.user.is_anonymous():
return HttpResponseRedirect('/Login/')
# create a tld instance for the form, with the user set
tld = Tld(FKtoClient=request.user)
form = SubmitDomain(data=request.POST or None, instance=tld) # A form bound to the POST data, using the tld instance
if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
if form.is_valid(): # If form input passes initial validation...
domainNm = form.cleaned_data['domainNm']
form.save() #save cleaned data to the db from dictionary
# don't use a try..except block here, it shouldn't raise an exception
return HttpResponseRedirect('/Processscan/?domainNm=%s' % domainNm)
# No need to create another form here, because you are using the request.POST or None trick
# else:
# form = SubmitDomain()
tld_set = request.user.tld_set.all()
return render(request, 'VA/account/accounthome.html', {
'tld_set':tld_set, 'form' : form
})
This has an advantage over #dm03514's answer, which is that you can access the user within form methods as self.instance.user if required.

If you want to Require that a user be logged in to submit a form, you could do something like:
#login_required # if a user iS REQUIRED to be logged in to save a form
def your_view(request):
form = SubmitDomain(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
new_submit = form.save(commit=False)
new_submit.your_user_field = request.user
new_submit.save()

You can get the logged in user from the request object:
current_user = request.user

Filter only if the value is defined in Django

I have the following view:
def process(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
data = request.POST
results = Specs.objects.filter(screenGroup = data['screen_user'], storage = data['storage_user'], mSystem = data['system_user'] )
context = {'results' : results}
return render(request, 'process.html', context)
When the user inputs the three values it filters correctly, but when it just inputs one or two (or nothing), then it filters passing the value None. Is there any way to ignore the filter if it's not set?
Thanks!
EDIT:
The following code is working, but it's obviously a very unefficient way:
def process(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
data = request.POST
if(data['screen_user'] != None):
results = Specs.objects.filter(screenGroup = data['screen_user'])
elif (data['storage_user'] != None):
results = Specs.objects.filter(storage = data['storage_user'])
else:
results = Specs.objects.all()
#plus all the other options...
context = {'results' : results}
return render(request, 'process.html', context)

You can build the filter beforehand:
def process(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
data = request.POST
spec_filter = {}
for attribute in ['screenGroup', 'storage', 'mSystem']:
if attribute in data and data[attribute]:
spec_filter[attribute] = data[attribute]
results = Specs.objects.filter(**spec_filter)
context = {'results' : results}
return render(request, 'process.html', context)
NB: To use this verbatim you would have to change the names of the variables being passed in the request.POST to match those in the Specs model. I did this just to illustrate, but you can easily use the same principle with your variable names. In that case you'll have to be a bit more verbose.

It's called validating your form.. There are two ways of doing this:
create a django form and use myform.is_valid(). You can read about it in the docs
validate it yourself with a few 'if' statements (either on server side or with javascript before sending the ajax call)