from .models import Task, Categories
from django import forms
from django.forms import ModelForm
from django.db.models import Q
class TaskForm(ModelForm):
    task_title = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
    task_description = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)        
    due_date = forms.DateTimeField()    
    is_completed = forms.BooleanField()
    #categories = forms.ModelChoiceField(empty_label="---None---")
    class Meta:
        model = Task
        fields = ['task_title', 'task_description', 'due_date', 'is_completed', 'categories', 'parent']        
    def __init__(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
        # Get all the categories from the database for that specific user
        super(TaskForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        # It is something about this line that causes the error
        self.fields['categories'].queryset = Categories.objects.filter(Q(user_id__isnull=True) | Q(user_id=user.id))

from django.db import models
from django.db.models import Q
from users.models import CustomUser
from django.urls import reverse
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
class Categories(models.Model):
    category_type = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    user = models.ForeignKey(CustomUser, null = True,  on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    def __str__(self):
        return '%s ' % (self.category_type)
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('task_list')
class Task(models.Model):
    task_title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    task_description = models.TextField()
    date_added =  models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    due_date  = models.DateTimeField()
    is_completed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    user = models.ForeignKey(get_user_model(), on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    categories = models.ForeignKey('Categories', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    parent = models.ForeignKey("self", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    class Meta:
        verbose_name = "Task"
        verbose_name_plural = "Tasks"
    def __str__(self):
        return '%s ID: %s' % (self.task_title, self.last_name)
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('task_detail')

from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
from django.db import models
class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
    nationality = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=60)

from django.views.generic import TemplateView
from django.views.generic.edit import UpdateView, DeleteView , CreateView
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from .forms import TaskForm
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.template.loader import render_to_string
class TaskListView(TemplateView):
    template_name = "tasks.html"
# This is the actual create view I am for using now
class TaskCreateView(CreateView):
    template_name = 'create.html'
    form_class = TaskForm(get_user_model())
    success_url = reverse_lazy('task_list')
# I am using this for a modal, but its not working so I fell back to the  normal create view
def task_create(request):
    form = TaskForm(get_user_model())
    context = {'form': form}
    html_form = render_to_string('tasks/partial_task_create.html',
        context,
        request=request,
    )
    return JsonResponse({'html_form': html_form})    

def get_form_kwargs(self):
    kwargs = super().get_form_kwargs()
    <b>kwargs.update(user=self.request.user)</b>
    return kwargs</code></pre>