title: django - AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'first_name'
body: <p>Would appreciate some help understanding whenever I try to setup my <code>client</code> I am getting the following error: <code>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'first_name'</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the log:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Environment:
  
  
  Request Method: GET
  Request URL: http://192.168.33.10:8000/podfunnel/clientsetup/
  
  Django Version: 1.9
  Python Version: 2.7.6
  Installed Applications:
  ('producer',
   'django.contrib.admin',
   'django.contrib.sites',
   'registration',
   'django.contrib.auth',
   'django.contrib.contenttypes',
   'django.contrib.sessions',
   'django.contrib.messages',
   'django.contrib.staticfiles',
   'storages',
   'django_extensions',
   'randomslugfield',
   'adminsortable2',
   'crispy_forms')
  Installed Middleware:
  ('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware')
  
  
  
  Traceback:
  
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
    149.                     response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
  
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
    147.                     response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/views/generic/base.py" in view
    68.             return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
  
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/views/generic/base.py" in dispatch
    88.         return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
  
  File "/home/vagrant/fullcast_project/producer/views/pod_funnel.py" in get
    110.         initial_values['first_name'] = client.first_name
  
  Exception Type: AttributeError at /podfunnel/clientsetup/
  Exception Value: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'first_name'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It has to do in my <code>ClientSetupView</code> under y <code>views.py</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class ClientSetupView(View):
  form_class = ClientSetupForm
  template_name = 'pod_funnel/forms.html'
  
  # In the get we manage the request to get the form and prefill it if necessary
  def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
      # We need to check first if the current user has a client and podcast setup,
      # if so, prepopulate. Otherwise get empty form.
      initial_values = {}
      user = request.user
  
      if Client.objects.filter(user=user).exists():
  
          client = CLient.objects.filter(user=user).first()
  
          initial_values['first_name'] = client.first_name
          initial_values['last_name'] = client.last_name
  
          podcast = Podcast.objects.filter(client=client).first()
          request.session['client_id'] = client.id
  
          if podcast:
              initial_values['podcast_name'] = podcast.name
              # lets store podcast_id in session so we can retrieve it directly in post
              request.session['podcast_id'] = podcast.id
  
      form = self.form_class(initial=initial_values)
      return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
  
  # In the the post we manage updates to the data
  def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
      form = self.form_class(request.POST)
  
      if form.is_valid():
          # lets get the data
          first_name = form.cleaned_data.get('first_name')
          last_name = form.cleaned_data.get('last_name')
          podcast_name = form.cleaned_data.get('podcast_name')
  
          # First we see if we have a client_id in session, if so we retrieve and update
          # otherwise we create a new one.
          client_id = request.session.get('client_id', None)
          if client_id is not None:
              request.session.delete('client_id')
              client = Client.objects.get(id=client_id)
          else:
              client = Client()
          client.first_name = first_name
          client.last_name = last_name
          client.company_name = podcast_name
          client.save()
  
          # Now we update or create the associated podcast.
          podcast_id = request.session.get('podcast_id', None)
          if podcast_id is not None:
              request.session.delete('podcast_id')
              podcast = Podcast.objects.get(id=podcast_id)
          else:
              podcast = Podcast()
          podcast.client = client
          podcast.name = podcast_name
          podcast.save()
  
          success, message_list = update_or_create_preset_for_podcast(podcast)
  
          # in any case we can continue with additional podcast setup, but we need
          # to attempt to create the preset one more time at some point before the
          # user can create the first productions.
          return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('podfunnel:podcastsetup'))
  
      return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
  </code></pre>