Django custom managers – how do I return only objects created by the logged-in user?
One way to handle this would be to create a new method instead of redefining get_query_set. Something along the lines of: class UserContactManager(models.Manager): def for_user(self, user): return super(UserContactManager, self).get_query_set().filter(creator=user) class UserContact(models.Model): […] objects = UserContactManager() This allows your view to look like this: contacts = Contact.objects.for_user(request.user) This should help keep your view simple, and because … Read more