Copy current form data into new form using django - django

Question

I have two views, PostCreateView and PostUpdateView. They both route through the same html template, post_form.html. I want to create a Copy button that only appears if I am accessing a record through PostUpdateView. Pressing the Copy button will create a new record pre-filled with all the data from record that I was just on.
PostCreateView code:
class PostCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, FormView):
template_name = 'trucking/post_form.html'
form_class = RecordForm
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.author = self.request.user
obj = form.save(commit=False)
obj.save()
messages.success(self.request, f'RECORD: {obj.container_no} was saved')
return super().form_valid(form)
def get_success_url(self):
if self.request.POST.get('Save_Exit'):
return reverse('close')
elif self.request.POST.get('Save'):
return reverse('post-create')
else:
return reverse('database')
PostUpdateView code:
class PostUpdateView(LoginRequiredMixin, UpdateView):
form_class = RecordForm
model = Post
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
data = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
history = Post.objects.filter(id = self.object.id).first().history.all().reverse()
data['history'] = get_status_changes(history)
return data
# checks to make sure the user is logged in
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.author = self.request.user
obj = form.save(commit=False)
messages.success(self.request, f'RECORD: {obj.container_no} was updated')
return super().form_valid(form)
def get_success_url(self):
if self.request.POST.get('Save_Exit'):
return reverse('close')
# return render(self.request, 'trucking/email_close.html')
elif self.request.POST.get('Save'):
return reverse('post-update', kwargs={'pk': self.object.id})
else:
return reverse('database')
Based on this post I tried creating a view like so:
def copy(request):
post = Post.objects.get(pk = request.users.post.id)
my_form = RecordForm(instance = post)
return render(request, 'trucking/post_form.html', {'form': my_form})
However, I get an error saying 'WSGIRequest' object has no attribute 'users'. I think that's not the only issue with this approach.
Should it be a part of PostUpdateView, since it takes the form information from an existing record? Should it be part of PostCreateView since you take the preexisting info and fill out a new form with it? Should it be a new view altogether? Any help is appreciated