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coderDcoder
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Reputation: 605

Passing in context variables to form

I want to pass in the parent_username variable in the below view function to the LevelTestModelForm, so that I could fill in one of the form inputs as that variable automatically. Here is the view:

def LevelTestView(request, pk):
    parent_username = User.objects.get(pk=pk).username
    form = LevelTestModelForm()
    if request.method == "POST":
        form = LevelTestModelForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            return reverse("profile-page")
    context = {
        "form": form
    }
    return render(request, "leads/leveltest.html", context)

All I want is that the user can submit this form without having to input the parent_username. I honestly don't want the field to even show up on the form, but just add it automatically when the user submits the form. I hope you guys could help. Thanks a lot.

LevelTestModelForm for additional information:

class LevelTestModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    username = parent
    class Meta:
        model = LevelTest
        fields = (
            'first_name',
            'last_name',
            'age',
            'username',
        )

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1218

Answers (1)

David Louda
David Louda

Reputation: 577

I would suggest passing it as an initial argument to the form like so: (supposing there is a parent field in your form)

form = LevelTestModelForm(initial={'parent': parent_username })

Upvotes: 1

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