Question

I add a message like this in my view:

from django.contrib import messages
messages.success(request, 'contact-ok')

How can I check for the presence of a specific message? I tried like this

{% if messages %}
    {% for message in messages %}
        {% if message == 'contact-ok' %}
            alert('ok');
        {% endif %}                    
    {% endfor %}
{% endif %}

but somehow message can be printed like a string but not compared like a string and alert doesn’t get called. Any help?

Answer 1

Each message in messages is a python object, not a string. You can see the Message class in django.contrib.messages.storages.base. You’ll notice that each Message also has a message attribute, so instead of trying to compare object to string, use the message attribute of the object:

{% if message.message == 'contact-ok' %}