How To Capture A Field Instance During Django-import-export Upload

I'd like to import data into my resource minus the school field because the logged in user already belongs to a specific school. How would I do it without having the school field i

Solution 1:

Either remove 'school' from your 'fields' declaration, or add it to the 'exclude' list.

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Edit

To include a school_id which is associated with the logged in user, you'll need to create the Resource with this school_id:

Resource

class ImportStudentsResource(resources.ModelResource):

    def __init__(self, school_id):
        super().__init__()
        self.school_id = school_id

    def before_save_instance(self, instance, using_transactions, dry_run):
        instance.school_id = self.school_id

post()

def post(self, request):
    # skipped existing code
    school_id = get_school_id_from_logged_in_user(self.request)
    resource = ImportStudentsResource(school_id)