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Mancunia89
Mancunia89

Reputation: 295

Getting model name of an object in django template

I need to get the model name of an object in a javascript function inside the template file. I have tried two methods. 1) Writing a custom templatetag

@register.filter  
def get_model_name(value):
    name = str(value.__class__.__name__)
    return name

Second is writing a method in the model itself

def getModelName(self):
    return 'Model1'

JS

var objectType = {{object.getModelName}};

var objectType = {{object | get_model_name}};

I get the correct name as output but its not in string format. So I get an error saying that Model1 is undefined. Its being treated like a variable.

Any way to get this in string format. I need the name of the model in string format in my var objectType

Upvotes: 0

Views: 924

Answers (1)

rnevius
rnevius

Reputation: 27112

It is a python string...you're just not passing it to JS as a string. You need to quote the value that is returned:

var objectType = '{{ object|get_model_name }}';

Upvotes: 3

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