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Django, automatic HTML "sanitizing" when putting HTML to template, how to stop it?

Answer 1

+3 A:

Take a look at the "safe" filter, which disables Django's default escaping:

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/templates/builtins/#safe

Faisal 2010-08-23 20:54:10

oh ok so thats whats doing it.. thanks, will check it out

Rick 2010-08-23 20:56:46

Can anyone help with the syntax, i see where it says about safe, but I can't figure out the syntax, I am trying {{ myvariable safe}} and some other things but its not working

Rick 2010-08-23 21:01:46

Try `{{ var|safe }}`

rebus 2010-08-23 21:05:19

I did try that but get an error, I mentioned in Ned Batchelder's answer

Rick 2010-08-23 21:11:40

Answer 2

+1 A:

There is also autoescape which controls escaping block wide.

rebus 2010-08-23 21:01:13

Answer 3

+2 A:

Use the safe filter:

{{ myvariable|safe }}

If you need large parts of your template treated like this (that is, if you find yourself using |safe over and over), you can disable the autoescaping whole-sale:

{% autoescape off %}
blah {{myvariable}} blah {{myothervariable}}
{% endautoescape %}

Ned Batchelder 2010-08-23 21:05:47

+1 Nice answer!

rebus 2010-08-23 21:06:24

I've got this: {{content |safe}}but then I get an error: "TemplateSyntaxError at /web_auto/call_mechanize_script/Could not parse some characters: content| ||safe"

Rick 2010-08-23 21:10:00

the {% autoescape off %} works fine.. thanks for that, so I am giving you the correct answer, not sure why it won't work for the other way

Rick 2010-08-23 21:20:56

it should be {{ content|safe }}, without a space between "content", "|", and "safe.

Faisal 2010-08-23 22:41:23

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