Adding a getattr template tag

django_quicky/templatetags/__init__.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ai ts=4 sts=4 et sw=4 nu
+

django_quicky/templatetags/introspection.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ai ts=4 sts=4 et sw=4 nu
+
+"""
+    Tag to use python introspection in a Django template
+"""
+
+from django import template
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter
+def getattr(obj, args):
+    """ 
+        Try to get an attribute from an object.
+
+        Example: {% if block|getattr:"editable,True" %}
+
+        Beware that the default is always a string, if you want this
+        to return False, pass an empty second argument:
+
+        {% if block|getattr:"editable," %}
+
+        Source: http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/38/
+    """
+    try:
+        args = args.split(',')
+    except AttributeError:
+        raise AttributeError(('"%s" is not a proper value the "getattr" '
+                              'filter applied to "%s"') % (args, obj))
+
+    if len(args) == 1:
+        (attribute, default) = [args[0], ''] 
+    else:
+        (attribute, default) = args
+
+    try:
+        return obj.__getattribute__(attribute)
+    except AttributeError:
+         return  obj.__dict__.get(attribute, default)
+    except:
+        return default