How can I obtain the model's name or the content type of a Django object?

Question

Let\'s say I am in the save code. How can I obtain the model\'s name or the content type of the object, and use it?

from django.db import models

class Foo(model         


        

Answer 1

You can get the model name from the object like this:

self.__class__.__name__

If you prefer the content type, you should be able to get that like this:

from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self)