I need to produce an id surrounded by braces ( for example "{1234}" ). With the django template language, braces are also used to start a variable substitution, so I have some trouble in obtaining what I want. I tried
{{{ id }}}
{{ '{'id'}' }}
{{ '{'+id+'}' }}
{ {{ id }} }
None of these methods work, except the last one, which unfortunately produces "{ 1234 }", not what I want. I currently have two solutions : either I pass an id variable already containing the {} (ugly) or I write a custom filter and then write {{ id|add_braces }} (I prefer it).
Before going this way, I prefer to ask if a better solution exists.
Using escaped values does not work. Even if I add {% autoescape off %}%7B{% endautoescape %} I don't get the {, which is strange, but that's another problem.
Thanks
Edit: I wrote a quick filter. Pasting it here so someone else can use it as a template for writing a more complex one. To be put into python package application_path/templatetags/formatting.py
from django import template
from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
register = template.Library()
@register.filter
@stringfilter
def add_braces(value):
return "{"+value+"}"