CODEWITHSUNDEEP
htmldjango
user1328021
user1328021

Reputation: 9840

Embedding text file into HTML

I'd like to embed the contents of a plain text file into my HTML page. The problem is that the code I have written doesn't embed it -- it starts the download automatically.

I'd like to simply embed it into the page -- and then later give someone the option to edit it. What am I doing wrong?

<div style="margin: 0 auto; width:100%; height:400px; overflow: auto;"><object type="text/html" data="{{MEDIA_URL}}{{item.content}}" style="width:100%; height:400px; margin:1%;"></object></div>

Note: {{item.content}} inserts a .txt file.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1085

Answers (1)

Aidan Ewen
Aidan Ewen

Reputation: 13308

You're going to need to get the contents of the text file into a string or something before you pass it to your template -

def your_view(request):
    #...
    f = item.content.open(mode='r')
    str = f.read()
    return render(request, {'file_content': str})

Then access the contents in your template with {{ file_content }}.

Upvotes: 1

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