'WSGIRequest' object has no attribute 'objects' error when getting data from request object

Question

So i am trying to make a reset password functionality in django but getting this error, can't debug it.

So this is the error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/aman/.local/share/virtualenvs/stet-sikkim-project-D4VwjO1D/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 34, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "/home/aman/.local/share/virtualenvs/stet-sikkim-project-D4VwjO1D/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 115, in _get_response
    response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
  File "/home/aman/.local/share/virtualenvs/stet-sikkim-project-D4VwjO1D/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 113, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "/home/aman/.local/share/virtualenvs/stet-sikkim-project-D4VwjO1D/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 71, in view
    return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/aman/.local/share/virtualenvs/stet-sikkim-project-D4VwjO1D/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 97, in dispatch
    return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/aman/Desktop/stet-sikkim-project/authentication/views.py", line 184, in post
    user = request.objects.filter(email=email)

Exception Type: AttributeError at /authentication/request-password
Exception Value: 'WSGIRequest' object has no attribute 'objects'

This is the code,

class RequestPasswordResetEmail(View):
    def get(self, request):
        return render(request, 'authentication/reset-password.html')

    def post(self, request):
        email = request.POST['email']
        context = {
            'values': request.POST
        }

        if not validate_email(email):
            messages.error(request, 'Please enter a valid email')
            return render(request, 'authentication/reset-password.html', context)

        current_site = get_current_site(request)

        user = request.objects.filter(email=email)

        if user.exists():
            email_contents = {
                'user': user[0],
                'domain': current_site.domain,
                'uid': urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(user[0].pk)),
                'token': PasswordResetTokenGenerator().make_token(user[0]),
            }

            link = reverse('reset-user-password', kwargs={
                'uidb64': email_contents['uid'], 'token': email_contents['token']})

            email_subject = 'Password Reset STET Sikkim'

            reset_url = 'http://'+current_site.domain+link

            email = EmailMessage(
                email_subject,
                'Please click the link below to reset your password, ignore if you did not made this request\n'+reset_url,
                '[email protected]',
                [email],
            )

        email.send(fail_silently=False)
        messages.success(
            request, 'We have sent you an email to reset your password')

        return render(request, 'authentication/reset-password.html')

Why is this error happening, i can't find any solution on stack overflow and unable to debug, help if see any mistake in the code.

Answer 1

user = request.objects.filter(email=email)

request is not a models, you need to user models ( the models you want to filter )

user = User.objects.filter(email=email)