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Django: access the attributes of a model dynamically

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example: a method on a model that outputs a list of tuples with (attribute_name.verbose, attribute_value)

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  1. def attrs_verbose(self):
  2. 		model = self.__class__
  3. 		# using this form: Record._meta.get_field('created_by').verbose_name
  4. 		items = []
  5. 		for k, v in self.__dict__.items():
  6. 			try:
  7. 				x = model._meta.get_field(k).verbose_name
  8. 			except:
  9. 				x = k
  10. 			items += [(x, v)]
  11. 		items.sort()
  12. 		return items

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