def make_formset_data(settings, forms):
    data = {}
    for k in settings:
        data['form-'+k.upper()] = settings[k]
    for (n, form) in enumerate(forms):
        for k in form:
            data['form-'+str(n)+'-'+k] = form[k]
    return data

data = make_formset_data({
    'total_forms': u'2',
    'initial_forms': u'0',
    'max_num_forms': u''},
    [{ 'title': u'Test', 'pub_date': u'1904-06-16' },
    { 'title': u'Test', 'pub_date': u'1912-06-23' }]
);

import pprint
pprint.pprint(data)