Django model field by variable

Question

Quick question. I\'m trying yo access one of the fields of a model using a variable.

class ExampleModel(models.Model):
      the_field = models.CharField()
              


        

Answer 1

You can use pythons getattr function to do this. Pass the field name in as the attribute.

getattr(model, fieldtoget)

Since fieldtoget is a variable, this is dynamic.

You can use setattr to set it the same way.