Django Form Defaults

tests_form_defaults.py

from django.db import models
from django import forms
from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory

from .models import BooleanTestModel


"""
models.py

class BooleanTestModel(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200, default='Brenton')
    active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
"""

class BooleanTestForm(forms.ModelForm):

    class Meta:
        model = BooleanTestModel
        fields = ['name', 'active',]


class FormBooleanTest(TestCase):

    def test_boolean_value(self):
        factory = RequestFactory()
        request = factory.post('/', {'name': ''})

        form = BooleanTestForm(request.POST)
        self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())

        instance = form.save()

        # `name` will use the default value from the model
        self.assertEqual('Brenton', instance.name)

        # `active` will always default to False
        self.assertFalse(instance.active)