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How to set the article creator in the form of a Class-Based View

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Modified files

app/views.py

--- 
+++ 
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from django.forms.models import BaseModelForm
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.views.generic import (
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@
     fields = ["title", "status", "content", "twitter_post"]
     success_url = reverse_lazy("home")

+    def form_valid(self, form: BaseModelForm) -> HttpResponse:
+        form.instance.creator = self.request.user
+        return super().form_valid(form)
+

 class ArticleUpdateView(UpdateView):
     template_name = "app/article_update.html"