How to get the id from a model form in a formset

Using Django Forms & APIs
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I want to retrieve the value of the hidden id field from a form in a formset in a view. When I use

pk = form.cleaned_data['id']

I receive the model rather than the id. Instead I have to use

pk = form.cleaned_data['id'].pk

Why is that? What would be the best way to do this?

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That is the best way to handle it.

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Yep, I agree with @KenWhitesell.

Presumably id is a ModelChoiceField, so it gives you a model instance.
To do it any other way, you’d need to use a plain ChoiceField and generate the choices from the a QuerySet, using the raw id value, which the choice field would then give you back.
That’s just to replace the work that ModelChoiceField is already doing for you, for no benefit, and quite likely edge-cases missed.