Auto populate fields if user already filled them in (if they go back in application)

[mpbrown]

User input is stored in request.session dictionary before being submitted to the database. Access keys by request.session[key_name] in .py files and by {{ request.session.key_name }} in .html files

[MrEvertide]

Hi!

I would like to help out with this issue, would it be possible to list the particular forms I need to update? From what I can see it's all in the users/templates directory, right?

I assume we wouldn't want to do anything with passwords or sensitive information.

Thanks,

[mpbrown]

Hi Cédric, glad to hear you'd like to help out!

I believe most of it can be done right in pathways/views.py. Since we're using Django class-based views and specifically FormView, we can override the get_initial function and pass in sessions values if they exist.

Here's what I came up with for overriding it in HouseholdView

class HouseholdView(FormView):
    template_name = 'pathways/apply/household-size.html'
    form_class = forms.HouseholdForm
    success_url = '/apply/household-benefits/'

    def get_initial(self):
        initial = super(HouseholdView, self).get_initial()
        if 'household' in self.request.session:
            initial['household'] = self.request.session['household']
        return initial

Let me know if you come across any parts of the repo that are unclear and could do with some additional documentation.
Thanks!