How can I reference to model field in Django using String?

Question

Consider my model (MODEL) has field has attribute NAME.

I want to reference to that model attribute using string.

eg. var = Model.objects.get( pk=1 )

var.str('NAME') = value

while trying with string it's giving me error : can't assign to function call

P.S.: I know for finding a value of attribute from string I can use getattr() but since I want to assign value, this method isn't helpful.

How about `var['NAME'] = value`? I'm not at a computer right now so can't test — Johan, Sep 30 '18 at 18:30
@Johan: no, that will not work. Django models are not subscriptable. — Willem Van Onsem, Sep 30 '18 at 18:30

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '18 at 18:29

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You are looking for the setattr function.

setattr(x, 'foobar', 123)

answered Sep 30 '18 at 18:29

Oleksandr Dashkov

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