Question

I am using a modelform to extend a user’s profile. I would like previously saved data to show up in the form before the user decides to write over it. How do I do this in the template with django?

model

class UserProfile(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, primary_key=True)
    quote = models.CharField('About', max_length =  200, null=True, blank=True)
    website = models.URLField('Personal website/blog', null=True, blank=True)
    
class UserProfileForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = UserProfile
        fields = ('quote', 'website')
        widgets = {
            'quote': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 18, 'rows': 7, 'style': "width: 300px;"}),
        }

view

@login_required 
def user_profile(request):
    user = User.objects.get(pk=request.user.id)
    if request.method == 'POST':
        upform = UserProfileForm(request.POST)
        if upform.is_valid():
            up = upform.save(commit=False)
            up.user = request.user
            up.save()
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/accounts/profile')
    else:
        upform = UserProfileForm()
    return render_to_response('reserve/templates/edit_profile.html', locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request))

template

{{ upform.as_p}}

Answer 1

Pass instance=user.get_profile() to UserProfileForm when you instantiate it.