Django get_initial not working - django-forms

Question

Django get_initial is not populating product field in the form. I am expecting a drop down, with the queryset results as defined in the get_initial overridden function.
class PurchaseRequestDetailForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = PurchaseRequestDetail
fields = ["product", "variations", "quantity", "fulfilled", "vat", "discount", "surcharges", "active"]
exclude = ("purchase_request", )
class PurchaseRequestDetailCreateView(CreateView):
model = PurchaseRequestDetail
form_class = PurchaseRequestDetailForm
template_name = "inventory/purchaserequestdetail_form.html"
def get_pr_obj(self):
pr_id = self.request.session["pr_id"]
return PurchaseRequest.objects.get(id=pr_id)
def get_initial(self):
initial = super(PurchaseRequestDetailCreateView, self).get_initial()
try:
pr_obj = self.get_pr_obj()
initial["product"] = pr_obj.vendor.vendors_products.all()
except KeyError:
pass
self.form_class(initial)
return initial
template:
<td>{{ form.product|css_class:"form-control" }}</td>

Answer 1

An easy way to set a ModelChoiceField queryset is to set the field attribute in the form init();
class PurchaseRequestDetailForm(forms.ModelForm):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
# Get initial data passed from the view
self.product = None
if 'product' in kwargs['initial']:
self.product = kwargs['initial'].pop('product')
super(PurchaseRequestDetailForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['product'].queryset = self.product
class Meta:
model = PurchaseRequestDetail
fields = ["product", "variations", "quantity", "fulfilled", "vat", "discount", "surcharges", "active"]
exclude = ("purchase_request", )
You should hook in to get_form_kwargs from ModelFormMixin to pass your data to the form.
class PurchaseRequestDetailCreateView(CreateView):
model = PurchaseRequestDetail
form_class = PurchaseRequestDetailForm
template_name = "inventory/purchaserequestdetail_form.html"
def get_pr_obj(self):
pr_id = self.request.session["pr_id"]
return PurchaseRequest.objects.get(id=pr_id)
def get_form_kwargs(self):
"""
Returns the keyword arguments for instantiating the form.
"""
kwargs = super(PurchaseRequestDetailCreateView, self).get_form_kwargs()
kwargs.update(
{'initial':
{'product': pr_obj.vendor.vendors_products.all()}
}
)
return kwargs