Passing python dict to template

Question

There has to be a way to do this... but I can't find it.

If I pass one dictionary to a template like so:

@app.route("/")
def my_route():
  content = {'thing':'some stuff',
             'other':'more stuff'}
  return render_template('template.html', content=content)

This works fine in my template... but is there a way that I can drop the 'content.' , from

{{ content.thing }}

I feel like I have seen this before, but can't find it anywhere. Any ideas?

Doesn't seem to be a duplicate... Stretching it, yes, but come on... overzealous duplicate-designators... — nicorellius, Dec 23 '17 at 02:08

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '16 at 01:05

35

Try

return render_template('template.html', **content)

answered Feb 18 '16 at 01:05

Andrey

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score 24 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 01:05

You need to use the ** operator to pass the content dict as keyword arguments:

return render_template('template.html', **content)

This is effectively the same as passing the items in the dict as keyword arguments:

return render_template(
    'template.html',
    thing='some stuff',
    other='more stuff',
)

Passing python dict to template

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