ModelForm inserts number in foreign key field - django

Question

I have model from which I created a ModelForm:
models.py:
class City(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
def __str__(self):
return f'{self.name}'
class Profile(models.Profile):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, unique=False)
location = models.ForeignKey('City', on_delete=models.SET_NULL, blank=True, null=True)
forms.py
from django import forms
from .models import Profile, City
class LocationField(forms.CharField):
def clean(self, value):
try:
city = City.objects.get(name=value)
except ObjectDoesNotExist:
city = City.objects.create(name=value)
return city
class ProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
location = LocationField()
class Meta:
model = Profile
exclude = ['user']
views.py
def profile_update_view(request):
template_name = 'profiles/update.html'
user = request.user
profile = Profile.objects.get(user__id=user.id)
if request.method == 'GET':
form = ProfileForm(instance=profile)
else:
form = ProfileForm(request.POST, instance=profile)
if form.is_valid():
obj = form.save(commit=False)
obj.user = user
obj.save()
return redirect('profile_view')
context = {'form': form}
return render(request, template_name, context=context)
When I'm saving form, I'm satisfied how it's working, but when I load form again to update in, it fills LocationField() as an City pk integer, but I want it to load name instead. Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

I've added in views.py:
if request.method == 'GET':
initial = {}
if profile.location:
initial = {'location': profile.location.name}
form = ProfileForm(instance=profile, initial=initial)
now it's working. But it's some workaround. I've thought there is some parameter maybe