README.md

django-templatetag-randomgen

An easy way to generate random numbers and hashes inside template files.
django-templatetag-randomgen is a simple front-end to Python's random module and os.urandom function.

Install

1. Add django-templatetag-randomgen to your INSTALLED_APPS
2. Add {% load randomgen %} to the top of template files you wish to use these tags in.

Usage

To generate a random floating point number between 0 and 1:

{% randomgen %}                   # e.g. 0.27684734152988466

To generate a md5 hash:

{% randomgen hash %}              # e.g. 522748524ad010358705b6852b81be4c

To generate a random number between 100 and 1000:

{% randomgen 100 1000 %}          # e.g. 156

To generate a random floating point within a range:

{% randomgen 100 1000 float %}    # e.g. 241.05597162504844

Authors

This template tag was written by Ben Keating and Jon Parrish.