What does it mean for an object to be unscriptable?

Question

I don\'t know what\'s going on here... I just want to check the value of a model field and then update it accordingly... any help or insight is appreciated!

model:

Answer 1

The error is "unSUBscriptable". Your user_profile object isn't a dictionary. Use user_profile.beta, not user_profile['beta'].

Answer 2

Alternatively, you can use a string with getattr:

getattr(user_profile, 'beta', False)

False is the default value; which, in your case would work with checking if the value is set or not. I found this very helpful, so I thought I would post this solution, even though the question was asked years ago. :)