Pass initial value to a modelform in django

Question

How can I pass an initial value for a field to a model form. I have something like the following code

class ScreeningForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
             


        

Answer 1

In case anyone is still wondering, the following works to set initial values for an Admin form:

class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
        form = super(PersonAdmin, self).get_form(request, obj=obj, **kwargs)
        form.base_fields['log_user'].initial = get_current_user()
        return form

Note that you can also set initial values via URL parameters: e.g. /admin/person/add?log_user=me