How to access a django models ordering from model instance (or class)

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How do I programmatically get the ordering defined in model.Meta for a Django model class or an instance?

i.e. I want to get the ('foo', 'bar') from:

class FooBar(models.Model):
    foo = models.IntegerField()
    bar = models.IntegerField()
    snake = models.CharField(max_length=128)

    class Meta:
        ordering = ('foo', 'bar')

Neither models.FooBar nor models.FooBar.Meta have an attribute ordering

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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Are you looking 'private' attribute _meta?

FooBar._meta.ordering

(Also works on instances)

Similar: Get model's fields in Django

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Oct 14 '13 at 12:02

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