Filters

64 filters

• add adds arg to the value.
• addslashes adds backslashes before quotation marks to escape them.
• apnumber spells out one through nine, AP style. humanize Needs {% load humanize %}, and django.contrib.humanize in INSTALLED_APPS
• capfirst capitalizes the first letter of a value.
• center centers a value within text of n characters
• cut removes all instances of string_to_cut from the value.
• date for formatting dates. Most useful
• default used to provide a default string when the variable evaluates to False. Most useful
• default_if_none outputs default if and only if the value is None.
• dictsort sorts a list of dictionaries by key.
• dictsortreversed reverse sorts a list of dictionaries by key.
• divisibleby returns True if the value is divisible by n.
• escape escapes HTML characters.
• escapejs escapes characters used in JavaScript strings.
• escapeseq applies the escape filter to each element of a sequence. 5.0 New in Django 5.0
• filesizeformat converts a value in bytes to a friendly file size format. Most useful
• first outputs the first element in a sequence.
• floatformat rounds a float to n decimal places. Most useful
• force_escape Almost identical to escape.
• get_digit returns the digit i characters from the right side of the value.
• intcomma adds thousand separators to a number. humanize Needs {% load humanize %}, and django.contrib.humanize in INSTALLED_APPS Most useful
• intword turns a large number into words. humanize Needs {% load humanize %}, and django.contrib.humanize in INSTALLED_APPS
• iriencode converts an IRI to a string that can be used in a URL.
• join joins a list on s. Works just like Python’s s.join(value).
• json_script outputs a Python object as JSON inside of a script element. Most useful
• last outputs the last element in a sequence.
• length returns the length of a value. Most useful
• length_is Deprecated. Use length with comparison instead. 5.1 Removed in Django 5.1
• linebreaks converts newlines to <br> and <p> tags.
• linebreaksbr converts all newline characters in value to <br> tags.
• linenumbers prepends each line of text with a line number.
• ljust left justifies a value within text of n characters
• lower converts a string to lowercase.
• make_list converts the value to a list of characters.
• naturalday says today or yesterday instead of a date. humanize Needs {% load humanize %}, and django.contrib.humanize in INSTALLED_APPS
• naturaltime says how long ago a datetime was. humanize Needs {% load humanize %}, and django.contrib.humanize in INSTALLED_APPS Most useful
• ordinal converts a number to its ordinal form. humanize Needs {% load humanize %}, and django.contrib.humanize in INSTALLED_APPS
• phone2numeric converts letters to numbers for a phone number.
• pluralize returns a pluralization suffix. Most useful
• pprint Pretty prints a Python object. Used for debugging.
• random outputs a random item from a sequence.
• rjust right justifies a value within text of n characters
• safe indicates that the value is known to be safe and therefore does not need to be escaped. Most useful
• safeseq applies the safe filter to each element of a sequence.
• slice returns a slice of a sequence. Most useful
• slugify converts a string to a slug.
• stringformat formats a string.
• striptags strips HTML tags.
• time for formatting times. Most useful
• timesince outputs the amount of time between the value and to_date. Most useful
• timeuntil outputs the amount of time between from_date and the value. Most useful
• title capitalizes the first letter of each word in a value.
• truncatechars truncates a value to n characters and appends an ellipsis (…).
• truncatechars_html truncates a value to n characters and appends an ellipsis (…). Smart about HTML tags.
• truncatewords truncates a value to n words and appends an ellipsis (…).
• truncatewords_html truncates a value to n words and appends an ellipsis (…). Smart about HTML tags. Most useful
• unordered_list creates an unordered HTML list from a Python list of lists.
• upper converts a string to uppercase.
• urlencode escapes a string for use in a URL. Most useful
• urlize converts URLs in a string to clickable links by wrapping them in an <a> tag.
• urlizetrunc like urlize, but truncates the link text.
• wordcount outputs the number of words in a value.
• wordwrap inserts newline after every n characters.
• yesno maps True, False, and None to mapped values. Most useful