How to store the name of user logged in?

Question

I want to store the name of the user who is currently logged into Django in a custom form. In the admin we can do so by writing modified_by=request.user.username, but how do I do this in my own form?

Answer 1

You can either define the __init__ method of your Form to accept a "request" parameter, and then pass that in from your view, or you can use the thread-locals hack.