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Roby Sottini
Roby Sottini

Reputation: 2265

Django for tag doesn't work without a model

I want to use a for bucle in Django but with my own list (not using de model):

This works great:

{% for book in book_list %}
    {{ book.title }}
{% endfor %}

But this doesn't work:

{% for book in ['Lord of the rings', 'Django for Beginners', 'Harry Potter'] %}
    {{ book }}
{% endfor %}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

Usama Saeed
Usama Saeed

Reputation: 331

You need to pass the array list from Django views. You can't just declare a list in templates. Templates are only for the front-end. First, declare the list in Django view and pass it to the template then display the data using for loop.

In Django views do this

def index(request):
my_book_list = ['Lord of the rings', 'Django for Beginners', 'Harry Potter']
return render(request, 'index.html', {'my_book_list': my_book_list})

In Templates

{% for book in my_book_list %}
  {{ book }}
{% endfor %}

Upvotes: 2

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