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Python Django Authentication Users and Authorization Custom Permission

Posted by barryhatfield
barryhatfield
3,001 Points

Struggling to set up discount permissions in form_valid method

I've gone through the docs, but am not sure how to implement has_perm()

products/models.py 
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.db import models


class Product(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField()
    price = models.DecimalField()
    discount = models.DecimalField(blank=True, null=True)

    class Meta:
        permissions = (
            ('can_give_discount','gives discount'),
        )

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse("products:detail", kwargs={"pk": self.pk})
products/views.py 
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from django.views import generic
from djando.contrib.auth import has_perm

from . import models


class List(generic.ListView):
    model = models.Product


class Detail(generic.DetailView):
    model = models.Product


class Create(LoginRequiredMixin, generic.CreateView):
    fields = ("name", "description", "discount", "price")
    model = models.Product

       def form_valid(self, form):
        user = self.request.user
        if not user.has_perm("products.can_give_discount"):
            self.object.discount = 0
        self.object.save()    
        return super(form_valid, self).form_valid(form)

2 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Your code looks like it should pass once you fix the indentation.

barryhatfield
barryhatfield
3,001 Points

Still no Joy: Manually added every space as I didn't want to trust the tab button. Am I indenting something incorrectly?

class Create(LoginRequiredMixin, generic.CreateView):
    fields = ("name", "description", "discount", "price")
    model = models.Product

    def form_valid(self, form):
        user = self.request.user
        if not user.has_perm('products.can_give_discount'):
            self.object.discount = 0
        self.object.save()
        return super(form_valid, self).form_valid(form)

[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Hey Barry Hatfield, there are two errors in your code:

:point_right: Before the if statement, define the self.object:

        self.object = form.save(commit=False)  # <-- create self.object to modify

:point_right: Call the parent class from super() not the method:

        return super(Create, self).form_valid(form)  # <-- refer to the parent class

Otherwise, your code will pass. Post back if you need more help. Good Luck!!