Django-tables2 - self.request in render - django

Question

I am trying to change the table view based on the username of requests, but it keeps returning the AttributeError for the table object has no attribute 'request.' I have directly added the request to the table (please refer below for codes), but still not able to get it done. In my table class, I have the "get_top_pinned_data" overridden to fetch the data from the database based on the username.
views.py
class ListView(LoginRequiredMixin, ExportMixin, SingleTableView):
...
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(ListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
table = self.get_table(**self.get_table_kwargs())
table.request = self.request # ADDING REQUEST DIRECTLY TO TABLE
context[self.context_filter_name] = self.filter
context['firstname'] = str(self.request.user.first_name)
return context
def get_table(self, **kwargs):
table_class = self.get_table_class()
table = table_class(data=self.get_table_data(), **kwargs)
return RequestConfig(self.request, paginate={'per_page':self.paginate_by}).configure(
table
)
tables.py
class Table(tables.Table):
...
def get_top_pinned_data(self):
id_list = MODEL.objects.filter(USERNAME=self.request.user.username).values_list('id', flat=True)
pinned = MODEL.objects.filter(id__in=id_list)
return pinned
Can anyone please help me out?
**EDIT: adding request to table in get_table function
views.py
class ListView(LoginRequiredMixin, ExportMixin, SingleTableView):
...
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(ListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context[self.context_filter_name] = self.filter
context['firstname'] = str(self.request.user.first_name)
return context
def get_table(self, **kwargs):
table_class = self.get_table_class()
table = table_class(data=self.get_table_data(), **kwargs)
table.request = self.request
return RequestConfig(self.request, paginate={'per_page':self.paginate_by}).configure(
table
)

Answer 1

I find it cleaner to put table.request inside of get_table instead,
def get_table(self, **kwargs):
"""
Return a table object to use. The table has automatic support for
sorting and pagination.
"""
table_class = self.get_table_class()
table = table_class(data=self.get_table_data(), **kwargs)
table.request = self.request
return RequestConfig(
self.request, paginate=self.get_table_pagination(table)
).configure(table)
If you still experience AttributeError, request is used before its set in get_table, a potential solution would be the following:
def get_table(self, **kwargs):
"""
Return a table object to use. The table has automatic support for
sorting and pagination.
"""
table_class = self.get_table_class()
table = table_class(data=self.get_table_data(), request=self.request, **kwargs)
table.request = self.request
return RequestConfig(
self.request, paginate=self.get_table_pagination(table)
).configure(table)
And get the request object from your Tables init method like:
class Table(tables.Table):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.request = kwargs.pop("request")
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
def get_top_pinned_data(self):
id_list = MODEL.objects.filter(USERNAME=self.request.user.username).values_list('id', flat=True)
pinned = MODEL.objects.filter(id__in=id_list)
return pinned