How to format special characters inserted into a Jinja2 template?

Question

I want to insert a bullet into an HTML file generated by a Jinja2 template. The Python code sends the string

'●' 

but when in the HTML code it's generated as

●

so the reader sees the code for the special character, no the special character itself?

Answer 1

I think you have to use the safe filter to prevent Jinja from auto-escaping.