Manipulating Data in Django's Admin Panel on Save
From the Django Docs:
ModelAdmin.save_model(self, request, obj, form, change)The
save_modelmethod is given theHttpRequest, a model instance, aModelForminstance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding or changing the object. Here you can do any pre- or post-save operations.For example to attach
request.userto the object prior to saving:
from django.contrib import adminclass ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change): obj.user = request.user super().save_model(request, obj, form, change)
class ArticleAdmin( admin.ModelAdmin ): fields = [ 'title', 'body' ] form = ArticleAdminForm def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change): obj.author = "name Here" obj.save()