Sometimes, we want to populate initial values on Python Django forms.

In this article, we’ll look at how to populate initial values on Python Django forms.

How to populate initial values on Python Django forms?

To populate initial values on Python Django forms, we can create a form instance with the initial argument set.

For instance, we write

def view(request):
    game = Game.objects.get(id=1) # just an example
    data = {'id': game.id, 'position': game.position}
    form = UserQueueForm(initial=data)
    return render_to_response('my_template.html', {'form': form})

in the view view function.

In it, we create the UserQueueForm with the initial argument set to the data dict to set the initial value of the form fields with name id and position.

And then we call render_to_response with the template path and a dict with the form in it.

Then in my_template.html, we render it with

{{ form }}

Conclusion

To populate initial values on Python Django forms, we can create a form instance with the initial argument set.