[FIXED] How to exclude a field but save its data?

Issue

I creating an app to keep pets info. I'm displaying a form to insert data with a user profile. I don't want to display the parent option because that should be saved automatically but have no idea how to do that. If I exclude the parent, in the form doesn't appear but the pet's info is not linked to the user.

forms.py:

class PetForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Pet
        exclude = ('parent',)

models.py:

class Pet(models.Model):
    pet_name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    parent = models.ForeignKey(Profile, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.pet_name

Solution

you need to add this in your view.

form = PetForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
    instance = form.save(commit=False)
    instance.parent = parent
    instance.save()

of course you should specify parent object too.

Answered By - hiwa