From e02ba33348318e0b70162a0f89043b6cf3805917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Goldsmith <adam@adamgoldsmith.name>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:30:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set event form initial values in init instead of constructor
 arguments

---
 tasks/forms.py | 9 +++++++++
 tasks/views.py | 9 ++-------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tasks/forms.py b/tasks/forms.py
index 0e03d29..99f1fe3 100644
--- a/tasks/forms.py
+++ b/tasks/forms.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
 from django import forms
 
 from .models import Event
@@ -6,3 +8,10 @@ class EventForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Event
         fields = ['date', 'user', 'notes']
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        user = kwargs.pop('user')
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        self.fields['date'].initial = datetime.now()
+        self.fields['user'].initial = user
diff --git a/tasks/views.py b/tasks/views.py
index 8d08729..f524f90 100644
--- a/tasks/views.py
+++ b/tasks/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from datetime import datetime
-
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
@@ -33,17 +31,14 @@ def taskDetail(request, asset_tag, task_slug):
     if request.method == 'POST':
         if request.user.is_authenticated:
             event = Event(task=task)
-            form = EventForm(request.POST, instance=event)
+            form = EventForm(request.POST, user=request.user, instance=event)
             if form.is_valid():
                 form.save()
         else:
             form = EventForm(request.POST)
             form.add_error(None, "Not authenticated: please login")
     else:
-        form = EventForm(initial={
-            'date': datetime.now(),
-            'user': request.user,
-        })
+        form = EventForm(user=request.user)
 
     context = {
         'tool': tool,