django template nested dictionary, grab value by key

Question

In a django template, if I have a key within the context dictionary assocoated with another dictionary (a nested dictionary), I know how to itterate over it (how to iterate through dictionary in a dictionary in django template?) but I need to find a value by key.

like {{ nested_dictionary['key'] }}

But I'm guessing not exactly that...

Filters could be used, but is there a better way?

Filters are the way to go: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8000091/1267329 — Simeon Visser, Nov 06 '13 at 16:37
hmmm ok thanks, seems like theres room for this to be a lot easier... — jayjay, Nov 06 '13 at 16:38
You can always write a custom template tag to do it. Generally I prefer to avoid this kind of data structure in my context, though. — Peter DeGlopper, Nov 06 '13 at 17:42
Right, dot syntax works if the key is known when you're writing the template. — Peter DeGlopper, Nov 06 '13 at 19:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '18 at 09:21

Yes, if you have a nested dictionary in your view i.e.:

...
dashTable = {'Key0':{'Key1':{'Key2':{'Key3':5}}}}

context = {'dashTable':dashTable,}
return render(request, 'template.html', context)

Then you would be able to call your nested dictionary when passed through as context with:

{{ dashTable.Key0.Key1.Key2.Key3 }}

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