setting form field values django - django

Question

I want to set the form value..i am not displaying it in form but want to set the value of field in my view?
This my modelform:
class payment_detail(models.Model):
status = (
('Paid','Paid'),
('Pending','Pending'),
)
id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
#ref_id = models.CharField(max_length=32, default=_createId)
#user = models.ForeignKey(User, editable = False)
payment_type= models.ForeignKey(Payment_types,to_field = 'payment_types', null=True, blank=True)
job_post_id= models.ForeignKey(jobpost,to_field = 'job_id', null=True, blank=True)
price= models.ForeignKey(package,to_field = 'amount', null=True, blank=True)
created_date = models.DateField(("date"), default=datetime.date.today)
payment_status = models.CharField(max_length=255, choices=status,default='Pending')
transaction_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
payment_date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)
email = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True)
def __unicode__(self):
#return self.user
return unicode(self.id)
#return self.ref_id
return unicode(self.payment_type)
return unicode(self.job_post_id)
return unicode(self.price)
return unicode(self.created_date)
return unicode(self.payment_status)
return unicode(self.payment_date)
return unicode(self.transaction_id)
return unicode(self.email)
admin.site.register(payment_detail)
my View:
def payment(request):
if "pk" in request.session:
pk = request.session["pk"]
Country = request.session["country"]
price = package.objects.filter(item_type__exact='Job' ,country__country_name__exact=Country, number_of_items__exact='1')
if request.method == 'POST':
entity = payment_detail()
form = jobpostForm_detail(request.POST, instance=entity)
if form.is_valid():
#form.fields["transaction_id"] = 100
form.save()
#message = EmailMessage('portal/pay_email.html', 'Madeeha ', to=[form.cleaned_data['email']])
#message.send()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/portal/pay/mail/')
else:
form = jobpostForm_detail(initial={'transaction_id': "US"})
c = {}
c.update(csrf(request))
return render_to_response('portal/display.html',{
'form':form,'price':price
},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
like i want to set the value of job_location and don't want to display it in form..

Answer 1

forms.py
//this is how you hide the field
class jobpostForm(ModelForm):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(jobpostForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['job_location'].widget = forms.HiddenInput()
class Meta:
model = jobpost
views.py
.........
if request.method == 'POST':
entity = payment_detail(transaction_id="US") #change
form = jobpostForm_detail(request.POST, instance=entity)
if form.is_valid():
#form.fields["transaction_id"] = 100
form.save()
#message = EmailMessage('portal/pay_email.html', 'Madeeha ', to=[form.cleaned_data['email']])
#message.send()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/portal/pay/mail/')
else:
form = jobpostForm_detail()
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