Django, Foreign key not getting filled with session data - django

Question

im trying to fill my foreignkey (employer) with the user that is logged in, but i have seen alot of way but they havent worked for me, does anyone know what im doing wrong? and how i can fix it?
View:
class JobCreate(CreateView):
model = Job
form = JobCreateForm()
form_class = JobCreateForm
context = {}
success_url = reverse_lazy('jobsview')
def POST(self,request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = JobCreateForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
job = form.save(commit=False)
job.employer = request.user
job.save()
context = {}
return render(request, 'jobs/jobs.html',context)
else:
context = {}
return render(request, 'jobs/job_form.html',context)
Model:
class Job(models.Model):
employer = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='employer', on_delete=CASCADE,blank=True)
employees = models.ManyToManyField(User, related_name='employees2user',null=True,blank=True)
title = models.CharField(max_length=200,)
description = models.CharField(max_length=200,null=True,blank=True)
category_id = models.ManyToManyField(Category,blank=True)
skill_id = models.ManyToManyField(Skill,blank=True)
approved = models.BooleanField(default=False)
# img = models.ImageField(null=True, blank=True)
created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
def __str__(self): # Default value
return self.title
HTML:
{% extends "jobs/layout.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h3> Job</h3>
<div class="container">
<div class="jobform">
<form action="" method="POST">
{%csrf_token%}
{% for field in form %}
<label for="{{field.id_for_label}}">{{field.html_name}}</label>
{{field}}
{% endfor %}
<p>Ctrl in houden om meerder te selecteren</p>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-dark btn-space">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
{%endblock%}

Answer 1

In your views method, try replacing
job = form.save(commit=False)
job.employer = request.user
job.save()
with
self.object = form.save(commit=False)
self.object.employer = self.request.user
self.object.save()
Also, what is the purpose of context {} ?
Can you just put this inside a form_valid method directly? That's much cleaner.
def form_valid(self, form):
self.object = form.save(commit=False)
self.object.employer = self.request.user
self.object.save()
return super(JobCreate, self).form_valid(form)