author = models.ForeignKey('auth.User', null=True, blank=False) trouble - django

Question

I have a table where I save data(description, x, y, result and creation date) and until now everything works.
I thought then to add a column with the author for each saved line eg:
DES| X | Y | RESULT |CREATION DATE| AUTHOR |
hi | 3| 1 | 4 | 24/02/2015 | username |
then I added in models.py auth:
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone
from simpleapp.oper import add_divide
from django.conf import settings
class ElementiTab(models.Model):
author = models.ForeignKey('auth.User', null=True, blank=False)
des = models.CharField(max_length=30)
x = models.FloatField()
y = models.FloatField()
res = models.FloatField(default=0)
created_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.res = add_divide(self.x, self.y)
super(ElementiTab, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
def __str__(self):
return self.des
UPDATE:
forms.py
from django import forms
from .models import ElementiTab
class ElementiTabForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = ElementiTab
fields = ('des', 'x', 'y')
views.py
#login_required
def tabval(request):
# if this is a POST request we need to process the form data
valori = ElementiTab.objects.filter().order_by('-created_date')
if request.method == 'POST':
# create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
form = ElementiTabForm(request.POST)
# check whether it's valid:
if form.is_valid():
# process the data in form.cleaned_data as required
form.save()
# if a GET (or any other method) we'll create a blank form
else:
form = ElementiTabForm()
return render(request, 'simpleapp/simpleapp.html', {'form': form, 'valori': valori})
#user_passes_test(lambda u: u.is_superuser)
def delete(request, id):
valori_to_delete = get_object_or_404(ElementiTab, pk=id).delete()
return redirect(tabval)
simpleapp.html
{% extends 'registration/base_reg.html' %}
{% block title %}SimpleApp-tabval{% endblock %}
{%block content%}
<h4>TABELLA CON DATI</h4>
<form action="/simpleapp/" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_table }}
<input type="submit" value="LIST" />
</form>
<form action="/simpleapp/" method="DELETE">
{% csrf_token %}
<input type="submit" name="canc" value="RESET" />
</form>
<br />
<br />
<div class="table-responsive">
<table class="table table-bordered">
<tr class="info">
<td width="15%" align="center"> NOME</td>
<td width="15%" align="center"> X </td>
<td width="15%" align="center"> Y </td>
<td width="15%" align="center"> RISULTATO </td>
<td width="15%" align="center"> DATA CREAZIONE </td>
<td width="15%" align="center"> AUTORE </td>
{% for elementi in valori %}
<div class="elementi">
<tr>
<td>{{elementi.des}}</td>
<td>{{elementi.x}}</td>
<td>{{elementi.y}}</td>
<td>{{elementi.res}}</td>
<td>{{elementi.created_date}}</td>
<td>{{elementi.author}}</td>
<td width="1%">
{% if user.is_superuser %}
Delete
{% else %}
<span style='font-size: small'>Only Admin</span>
{% endif %}
</td>
</div>
{% endfor %}
</table>
</div>
{% endblock content %}
The fact is that the admin page displays a drop-down menu from which I (as administrator) can choose one of the registered user and so I add them both in the table of my app and in the db.
How can I make this process automatic? I.e. after the login, you put data in the table and once saved the data, also the username is saved and should not be the administrator to set it.
I searched a similar question here but I have not found one to help me to solve my problem.

Answer 1

I updated my answere, i misenderstood your question.
Change this in your view
if form.is_valid():
# Creating the object without commiting to database
obj = form.save(commit=False)
# Setting the user from request
obj.author = request.user
# Commiting to the database
obj.save()