ForeignKey model query filter - django

Question

Using filter(), how do I get the foreign key property 'recipient' of the current authenticated user ?
Models.py:
class Message(models.Model):
recipient = models.ForeignKey(CustomUser, on_delete = models.CASCADE,related_name = 'recipient',null = True)
sender = models.ManyToManyField(CustomUser,related_name = 'messages')
date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)
subject = models.CharField(max_length = 1000, blank = True)
message = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
unread = models.BooleanField(default = True)
class CustomUser(User):
user_bio = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
birth_date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)
def __str__(self):
return self.username
Views.py:
### Inbox list class
class InboxListView(ListView):
'''
This view lets the user view all the messages created in a list
'''
model = Message# [Message,SafeTransaction] # I want to be able to draw from two models/objects #
template_name = "myInbox/inbox.html"
paginate_by = 5
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(InboxListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['message_list'] = Message.objects.filter(recipient=CustomUser.SOMETHING_idk)#INCORRECT FILTRATION, FIX ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!#
context['now'] = timezone.now()
context['safeTransaction_list'] = SafeTransaction.objects.all()
return context
Specifically this line is what I need puzzled out :
context['message_list']=Message.objects.filter(recipient=CustomUser.SOMETHING_idk)
What can I put as the filter parameter for a specific message recipient ?
I tried something along the lines of CustomUser or CustomUser.pk, or request.authenticated_as_the_thing_I_want_specifically. etcetera.
I seem to be a bit lost with it.
any help at all is appreciated.

Answer 1

It looks like you've created a custom auth user model? Assuming that's been setup correctly you should be able to do the following:
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(InboxListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context.update({
'message_list': Message.objects.filter(recipient=self.request.user),
'now': timezone.now(),
'safeTransactionList': SafeTransaction.objects.all(),
})
return context
Some additional things of note:
now is available as a django template tag. You can {% now %} in your template code.
With the way the Django ORM works you would be able to use the following in your template code {% for message in request.user.recipient.all %} or {% for message in request.user.messages.all %} instead of making the ORM call in get_context_data to iterate over message_list for the logged in user.