UNIQUE constraint failed: auth_user.username while updating user info - django

Question

I am trying to give a user the option to change his/her first/last name through a ModelForm. When I press submit, I get hit with the UNIQUE constraint failed: auth_user.username error. Here are my codes:
students/forms.py:
class EditProfileForm(UserChangeForm):
def clean_password(self):
# Overriding the default method because I dont want user to change
# password
pass
class Meta:
model = User
fields = (
'first_name',
'last_name',
)
students/views.py:
User = get_user_model()
def student_profile_view(request, slug):
if request.method == 'GET':
# forms
edit_name_form = EditProfileForm(instance=request.user)
context = {
'edit_name_form': edit_name_form,
}
return render(request, "students/profile.html", context)
class ChangeNameView(SuccessMessageMixin, UpdateView):
template_name = 'students/edit_profile.html'
model = User
form_class = EditProfileForm
success_message = "Your name has been updated"
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
form = self.get_form()
if form.is_valid():
form.instance.student_profile = StudentProfile.objects.get(slug=request.user.student_profile.slug)
return self.form_valid(form)
else:
return self.form_invalid(form)
def form_valid(self, form):
"""If the form is valid, save the associated model."""
form.instance.username = self.request.user
self.object = form.save(commit=False)
return super().form_valid(form)
def get_success_url(self):
return reverse('students:student_profile_view', kwargs={'slug': self.object.student_profile.slug})
also fyi, User model is foreign key with StudentProfile.
students/models.py:
class StudentProfile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, related_name='student_profile', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
slug = models.SlugField(blank=True, unique=True)
avatar = models.ImageField(upload_to='student_profile/', null=True, blank=True)
description = models.CharField(max_length=120, null=True, blank=True)
objects = models.Manager()
def __str__(self):
return self.user.username
def get_absolute_url(self):
return reverse("students:student_profile_view", kwargs={"slug": self.slug})
I am pretty new to class based view so maybe I'm doing something wrong there?

Answer 1

I assume you do not have the user within the form so you need the form
def get_context_data (self, *args, **kwargs)
ctx = super().get_context_data(*args, **kwargs)
if self.request.method == 'POST':
ctx['form'] = EditProfileForm(instance=self.request.user)
and remove def form_valid()