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Inspect object debugging tag

Author:
dballanc
Posted:
July 9, 2007
Language:
Python
Version:
.96
Score:
6 (after 6 ratings)

Simple template tag that allows you to inspect an object in the context for debugging. It will inspect django models and forms using introspection. Dicts and lists are formatted to truncate long data. Pretty much everything else just displays the str representation + class name.

Example output: http://dsanity.net/introspectiontag.html

Usage:

put tag code as file introspection.py in your templatetags directory. Place the html template in your template path under "inspect_object.html".

Then in your template:

{% load introspection %}

{% inspect_object obj "test object" %}

The first parameter is the object to inspect, the second is the name used for display purposes.

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from django import template

register = template.Library()

class Info(object):
    pass

def fixup(text):
    t = str(text)
    if len(t) > 30:
        return str(t)[:27]+"..."
    else:
        return t
    
def fixuplist(l):
    nl = []
    for i in range(0,len(l)):
        nl.append(fixup(l[i]))
    return nl

def inspect_model_instance(instance):
    mm = instance.__class__._meta
    model = instance.__class__.__name__
    fields = []
    for f in mm.fields + mm.many_to_many:
        field = Info()
        field.name = f.name
        field.type = f.__class__.__name__
        field.value = fixup(getattr(instance,f.name))
        fields.append(field)
    return {'model': model, 'fields': fields }

def inspect_form_instance(instance):
    fields = []
    bound = str(instance.is_bound)
    for f in instance.fields.keys():
        field = Info()
        field.name = f
        field.type = instance.fields[f].__class__.__name__
        field.widget = instance.fields[f].widget.__class__.__name__
        field.initial = fixup(instance.initial.get(f,''))
        field.bound = fixup(instance.data.get(f,''))
        field.errors = fixuplist(instance[f].errors)
        fields.append(field)
    return {'bound': bound, 'fields': fields }

def inspect_dict(instance):
    keys = []
    for k in instance.keys():
        key = Info()
        key.name = k
        key.type = instance[k].__class__.__name__
        key.value = fixup(instance[k])
        keys.append(key)
    return {'keys': keys }

def inspect_object(obj,name=""):
    dtype = 'basic'
    classname = obj.__class__.__name__
    meta = fixup(obj) 
    if getattr(obj,'__metaclass__',None):
        if obj.__metaclass__.__name__ == 'DeclarativeFieldsMetaclass': 
            dtype = 'form'
            meta = inspect_form_instance(obj)
        elif obj.__metaclass__.__name__ == 'ModelBase': 
            dtype = 'model'
            meta = inspect_model_instance(obj)
    elif classname == 'dict':
        dtype = 'dict'
        meta = inspect_dict(obj)
    elif classname == 'list':
        dtype = 'list'
        meta = fixuplist(obj)
        
    return {'classname': classname,'name': name, 'dtype': dtype, 'meta': meta}

register.inclusion_tag('inspect_object.html')(inspect_object)

"""  Template goes in file: inspect_object.html

<table style="border: 1px solid;background-color: green">
 <tr style="background-color:#e2b753"><th>{{name}}({{classname}})</th></tr>
{% ifequal dtype "basic" %}
 <tr style="background-color:#F9FBCE"><td style="padding:4px;">{{meta}}</td></tr>
{% endifequal %}
{% ifequal dtype "model" %}
 <tr>
  <td>
   <table style="background-color: green" cellpadding="4px">
    <tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Value</th></tr>
    {% for f in meta.fields %}
    <tr style="background-color:{% cycle #F9FBCE,#E1E2D5 %}">
        <td>{{ f.name }}</td>
        <td>{{ f.type }}</td>
        <td>{{ f.value }}</td>
    </tr>
    {% endfor %}
   </table>
  </td>
 </tr>
{% endifequal %}
{% ifequal dtype "form" %}
 <tr>
  <td>
   <table style="background-color: green;" cellpadding="4px">
    <tr>
        <th>Field</th>
        <th>Type</th>
        <th>Widget</th>
        <th>Initial</th>
        <th>Bound</th>
        <th>Errors</th>
    </tr>
    {% for f in meta.fields %}
    <tr style="background-color:{% cycle #F9FBCE,#E1E2D5 %}">
        <td>{{ f.name }}</td>
        <td>{{ f.type }}</td>
        <td>{{ f.widget }}</td>
        <td>{{ f.initial }}</td>
        <td>{{ f.bound }}</td>
	<td>
 	{% for e in f.errors %}
	{{ e }}
	{% endfor %}
	</td>
    </tr>
    {% endfor %}
   </table>
  </td>
 </tr>
{% endifequal %}
{% ifequal dtype "dict" %}
 <tr>
  <td>
   <table style="background-color: green" cellpadding="4px">
    <tr><th>Key</th><th>Type</th><th>Value</th></tr>
    {% for k in meta.keys %}
    <tr style="background-color:{% cycle #F9FBCE,#E1E2D5 %}">
        <td>{{ k.name }}</td>
        <td>{{ k.type }}</td>
        <td>{{ k.value }}</td>
    </tr>
    {% endfor %}
   </table>
  </td>
 </tr>
{% endifequal %}
{% ifequal dtype "list" %}
 <tr>
  <td>
   <table style="background-color: green" cellpadding="4px">
    {% for i in meta %}
    <tr style="background-color:{% cycle #F9FBCE,#E1E2D5 %}">
        <td>{{ i }}</td>
    </tr>
    {% endfor %}
   </table>
  </td>
 </tr>
{% endifequal %}
</table>

"""

    

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