Django set field value after a form is initialized

Question

I am trying to set the field to a certain value after the form is initialized.

For example, I have the following class.

class CustomForm(forms.Form)         


        

Answer 1

Something like Nigel Cohen's would work if you were adding data to a copy of the collected set of form data:

form = FormType(request.POST)
if request.method == "POST":
    formcopy = form(request.POST.copy())
    formcopy.data['Email'] = GetEmailString()