On Feb 11, 3:20 pm, gbd <ganit.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am presently working on my first Django project and seemed to be a
> little stuck concerning session variables and forms.
>
> This is how my app is laid out:
> - user logs in and is directed to a "you have successfully logged in"
> page
> - user is then redirected to what i am hoping to be an account page
> where they can submit information using a form
> - this form is a ModelForm (which I believe makes a difference)
> - since the user has already logged in I would like the user field on
> this form to be defaulted
>
> This is where I am having trouble, where do I set this default and how
> would I do this?
>
> I've tried to figure it out on my own but i've gotten nowhere
>
> Thanks!
In the view, when you instantiate the form, you can pass a dictionary
of initial values, which you can populate from the session:
initial_data = {'user_id': request.user.id }
form = MyModelForm(initial=initial_data)
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