How to set default form value in django?

Question

Django

Model:

class MyModel(models.Model):
    enterprise = models.ForeignKey(Enterprise, verbose_name=_(u'Предприятие'), unique=True)
    retry = models.PositiveIntegerField(verbose_name=_(u'Количество попыток'), default=0)
    delay = models.PositiveIntegerField(verbose_name=_(u'Задержка между попытками, с'), default=1)

The form:

class MyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(MyModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['retry'].required = False
        #не работает
        #self.fields['retry'].initial = 1

    #тоже не работает
    #delay = forms.IntegerField(label=_(u"title"), initial=1, required=False)

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        fields = ('enterprise', 'retry', 'delay')

Here is my form, it is necessary that when the form is opened, the "retry" and "delay" fields should already have numbers. I honestly don't understand how else to do it. For me, the strangest thing is required works, but initial does not work

Answer 1

Either define default values ​​in the model

class MyModel(models.Model):
   retry = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(default=1)
   ...

or pass the corresponding model instance to the form constructor
or pass the initial field values ​​to the form constructor
All this is described in detail in the documentation .