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I have the following model in Django and basically I need to to auto initialize 3 out of 5 fields once the user has inserted some data, i.e.,

Models.py

class Assignment(models.Model):

    assignment       = models.CharField(max_length=60)

    comments         = models.CharField(max_length=60)

    starting_date    = models.DateField()

    points           = models.IntegerField()

    STATUS = (('A', 'Active'), ('C', 'Cancelled'), ('D', 'Done'))

    status           = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=STATUS)

Forms.py

from django import forms

from .models import Task



class TaskForm(forms.ModelForm):

    class Meta:

        model = Task

        starting_date = datetime.now()

        fields = ['task_description', 'task_comments', 'starting_date', 'priority', 'points']

Input form

<!-- Input form to request to values-->

<div class="panel-heading">Add a new assignment </div>

  <form id ="insert_new_assign" class="form-horizontal" method="POST">

    {% csrf_token %}

    <div class="panel-body">

      <div class="input-group">

        <input class="form-control" name="insert_new_assign_field" type="text" placeholder="Insert your new assignment here" />

        <input class="form-control" name="insert_new_comment_field" type="text" placeholder="Any comment you want to add?" />

        <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Add</button>

      </div>

    </div>

  </form>

</div>

See the JS fiddle for quick reference

Basically when the user enters a new assignment and comment, I want Django to save these two fields and auto initialize the other fields with the current time, 0 points and A status. Whenever I try to to save a new record, I get the error The view engine.views.home didn't return an HttpResponse object which is normal because Django expects from the user to complete all the fields and not only two.

Previous research

Based on some research, I found out that only one field can be completed in a Django model - the id - but at the same time they mention the Custom Managers which are classes that can address the problem I have, however, the examples they provide do not fit for my current situation.

My main question is:

How can I indicate in Django to save the two fields and auto initialize the other fields with the current date and time, 0 points and A status?

Any help in this questions will be greatly appreciated, feel free to improve this question as well.

After some suggestions made from Bidhan, I was able to get the following code to bypass the problem.

from django.utils import timezone



class Assignment(models.Model):

    STATUS = (

        ('A', 'Active'),

        ('C', 'Cancelled'),

        ('D', 'Done')

    )



    assignment       = models.CharField(max_length=60)

    comments         = models.CharField(max_length=60)

    starting_date    = models.DateField(default=timezone.now())

    points           = models.IntegerField(default=0)

    status           = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=STATUS, default='A')