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Learn how to enhance your Django review form by displaying the current logged-in user's name, ensuring effective association of reviews with users.
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How to Make Your Review Model Form Show the Name of the Current User When Rendered in Template

When creating a review system in Django, one common requirement is to display the name of the currently logged-in user in the review form. This not only personalizes the review experience but also helps in associating each review with a specific user. In this post, we’ll explore how to achieve this by modifying your Django models, views, and templates.

Understanding the Review Model

First, let’s take a look at the Review model you've defined. This model includes fields where the user's name, review text, and rating are stored. Here’s a quick review of the model structure:

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Key Points:

ForeignKey: Associates the review with a company.

Reviewer's Name: Captures the name and allows you to recognize who wrote the review.

Rating Field: Limits user input to a range of 1 to 5.

Rendering the Review Form

In your view, the form is created and processed for submission:

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Important Logic:

Form Handling: The logic ensures that when a user submits the form, it processes the input and saves the review.

Company and Rating: The form also handles the company and rating added by the user.

Displaying Current User’s Name in the Form

To make the review form reflect the current user’s name, there are two important steps involving both your template and view.

Modify the Template

In your template where the form is rendered, you can display the current user's name using the following code:

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Modify the View

In your view, ensure that the review form includes the user’s name upon form submission. You can set the reviewers_name field when saving the review:

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Complete Code Integration

Putting it all together, your submit_review function would look like this:

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Conclusion

By following these steps, you can successfully display the current logged-in user's name in your Django review form. This improvement not only enhances user interaction with the site but also makes it easier for you to manage and attribute reviews.

Feel free to experiment and modify the code to best fit your application’s UI and functionality. Happy coding!