How do I get the default value for a field in a Django model?

Question

I have a Django model with some fields that have default values specified. I am looking to grab the default value for one of these fields for us later on in my code. Is there an easy way to grab a particular field's default value from a model?

Answer 1

You can get the field like this:

myfield = MyModel._meta.get_field_by_name('field_name')

and the default is just an attribute of the field:

myfield.default