I have an article model with author variable which I want to save as the users first and last name. I use custom user model called Account.

author = models.CharField('author',max_length=50 default=User.first_name)

When saved it shows the author is <django.db.models.query_utils.DeferredAttribute object at 0x10b461dc0> So how can I retrieve the account first name when saving this form:

form = ArticleCreationForm(request.POST) # check if form data is valid if request.method == "POST":if form.is_valid(): form.save() # save the form data to model context['form']= form 

forms.py:

class ArticleCreationForm(forms.ModelForm): # specify the name of model to use class Meta: model = Article fields = "__all__"exclude = ['votes', 'author']

It would be good if you can make it so that the user sees the author field with his name but can't edit it.

you can use the below mentioned codes for generating the author model and use it corresponding to the post they create :

from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
User = get_user_model()
class Author(models.Model):user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)profile_picture = models.ImageField()def __str__(self):return self.user.username

and you can call this user/author where u need in your model using :

author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.CASCADE)