Question

I am wondering if we could use django filter as a variable where a python method formatting text can set the filter value which can be rendered by the template

The usual way filter works is like this

{{ html_text | safe }} or {{ plain_text | linebreaks }}

I want to set the values for filters ‘safe’/’linebreaks’ in a variable and render it like this

{{ text | filter_variable }}

Researched online, but couldn’t figure it out, any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I second what Chris Pratt said, but I’d do it like this:

from django.template import defaultfilters

@register.filter
def apply_filter(value, filter):
    return getattr(defaultfilters, filter)(value)

that way it works for any filter.