User authentication in forms

Using Django Forms & APIs
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I have a model:

class application(models.Model):
    STATUS_CHOICES = [
        ('applied', 'Applied'),
        ('assessment','Assessment'),
        ('interview', 'Interview'),
        ('accepted', 'Accepted'),
    ]
    
    JOB_TYPE = [
        ('entry level', 'Entry Level'),
        ('internship','Internship'),
        ('graduate scheme', 'Graduate Scheme'),
        ('senior', 'Senior'),
    ] 
    job_position = models.CharField(max_length=150)
    company = models.CharField(max_length=150)
    salary = models.IntegerField()
    
    
    status = models.CharField(max_length=15, choices=STATUS_CHOICES)
    job_type = models.CharField(max_length=15, choices=JOB_TYPE)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

Lets say I create a form without including the user as a field, how can I say that the user is automatically the user than is logged in ( authenticated ). Do I use request.user somewhere?

2

Yes.

See the docs for The save() method for details and an example.

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