How to get object with User username?

Question

From the url I get the username. Now with a help of a username a I also want to get exact User object. Here is my code:

author = UserProfile.objects.get(user.username_iexact = username)

However, I get a error: keyword can't be an expression

How to make it work?

Answer 1

You need something like this:

author = UserProfile.objects.get(user__username__iexact='your_username') .

Read more at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/db/queries/#lookups-that-span-relationships

Answer 2

您需要指定如下（ 使用双下划线代替点）：

author = UserProfile.objects.get(user__username__iexact=username)