I'm trying to iterate over a child model instances' attributes in a template, specifically I only want to access the childs attributes. At runtime I won't know what concrete sub-class it is. Using django-model-utils
I've been able to return the sub-class instead the parent which is a start, but when I access its attributes I get both the parents and the childs returned:
class Product(models.Model):
created_at = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
name = models.CharField(...)
objects = InheritanceManager()
def attrs(self):
for attr, value in self.__dict__.iteritems():
yield attr, value
class Vacuum(Product):
power = models.DecimalField(...)
class Toaster(Product):
weight = models.DecimalField(...)
views.py
def product_detail(request, slug):
product = Product.objects.get_subclass(slug=slug)
template
{% for name, value in product.attrs %}
<td>{{ name }}</td>
<td>{{ value }}</td>
{% endfor %}
Can you do something like this:
def product_detail(request, slug):
product = Product.objects.get_subclass(slug=slug)
child_fields = [i for i in product.__class__.__dict__ if
not i.startswith("__") and not hasattr(Product, i)]
product_attrs = [(name, getattr(product,name)) for name in child_fields]
# pass product_attrs to your template