Column 'user_id' cannot be null django - mysql

Question

I seek to create a post with a form where a registered user creates and inserts the primary key id in the db but this does not give me the following error Column 'user_id' can not be null
This is my models.py
class posts(models.Model):
titulo = models.CharField(max_length=180, unique=True)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=180, editable=False)
contenido = models.TextField()
categoria = models.ForeignKey(categorias)
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
tags = models.CharField(max_length=200)
creado = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
modificado = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.slug = slugify(self.titulo)
super(posts, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
def __str__(self):
return self.titulo
This is my view.py
def addPosts(request):
if request.method == "POST":
form = addPostForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
add = form.save(commit=False)
#add.user = User.objects.get(id=request.user)
add.save()
form.save_m2m()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
else:
form = addPostForm ()
ctx = {'form': form}
return render_to_response('posts/add.html', ctx, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
This is forms.py
class addPostForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = posts
exclude = {'slug','user', 'creado'}
some solution to this problem?

Answer 1

Request.user returns the current user object. No need to do a lookup.
add.user = request.user
in your view

Answer 2

If tying to the Django built-in user, you're going to want to do it differently from your model:
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
Consider defining this in your settings and instead, use:
user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
See the documentation here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/auth/customizing/#referencing-the-user-model
This will also future-proof you if you decide to extend the Django base user model in the future.