Record the user information when creating or updating a stock item

InvenTree/stock/api.py

@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ class StockDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
 
         return queryset
 
+    def get_serializer_context(self):
+
+        ctx = super().get_serializer_context()
+        ctx['user'] = self.request.user
+
+        return ctx
+
     def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         kwargs['part_detail'] = True
@@ -79,16 +86,6 @@ class StockDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
 
         return self.serializer_class(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Record the user who updated the item
-        """
-
-        # TODO: Record the user!
-        # user = request.user
-
-        return super().update(request, *args, **kwargs)
-
     def perform_destroy(self, instance):
         """
         Instead of "deleting" the StockItem
@@ -392,6 +389,13 @@ class StockList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     queryset = StockItem.objects.all()
     filterset_class = StockFilter
 
+    def get_serializer_context(self):
+
+        ctx = super().get_serializer_context()
+        ctx['user'] = self.request.user
+
+        return ctx
+
     def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Create a new StockItem object via the API.

InvenTree/stock/models.py

@@ -265,15 +265,15 @@ class StockItem(MPTTModel):
 
         user = kwargs.pop('user', None)
 
+        if user is None:
+            user = getattr(self, '_user', None)
+
         # If 'add_note = False' specified, then no tracking note will be added for item creation
         add_note = kwargs.pop('add_note', True)
 
         notes = kwargs.pop('notes', '')
-
-        if not self.pk:
-            # StockItem has not yet been saved
-            add_note = add_note and True
-        else:
+        
+        if self.pk:
             # StockItem has already been saved
 
             # Check if "interesting" fields have been changed
@@ -301,11 +301,10 @@ class StockItem(MPTTModel):
             except (ValueError, StockItem.DoesNotExist):
                 pass
 
-            add_note = False
-
         super(StockItem, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        if add_note:
+        # If user information is provided, and no existing note exists, create one!
+        if user and self.tracking_info.count() == 0:
 
             tracking_info = {
                 'status': self.status,

InvenTree/stock/serializers.py

@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ class StockItemSerializer(InvenTree.serializers.InvenTreeModelSerializer):
     - Includes serialization for the item location
     """
 
+    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
+        """
+        Custom update method to pass the user information through to the instance
+        """
+
+        instance._user = self.context['user']
+
+        return super().update(instance, validated_data)
+
     @staticmethod
     def annotate_queryset(queryset):
         """