From fc0ec571c26c03cafc9066ae25c13b54dd18ab65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Petros Moisiadis <ernest0x@yahoo.gr>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:59:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Include 'initial' attribute of serializer fields in metadata
 responses

Frontend applications may now use the response of an OPTIONS request so as to populate the fields for "add/new/create" type of forms with initial values based on the 'initial' attribute of the serializer's fields.
---
 rest_framework/metadata.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/metadata.py b/rest_framework/metadata.py
index 6c4f17692..5a21a0d44 100644
--- a/rest_framework/metadata.py
+++ b/rest_framework/metadata.py
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ class SimpleMetadata(BaseMetadata):
         attrs = [
             'read_only', 'label', 'help_text',
             'min_length', 'max_length',
-            'min_value', 'max_value'
+            'min_value', 'max_value',
+            'initial'
         ]
 
         for attr in attrs: