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    copied!<p>I have a model with a custom property</p> <pre><code>class RecipeIngredient(models.Model): recipe = models.ForeignKey(Recipe) ingredient = models.ForeignKey(Ingredient) serving_size = models.ForeignKey(ServingSize) quantity = models.IntegerField() order = models.IntegerField() created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add = True) updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now = True) def _get_json_data(self): return u'%s %s' % (self.id, self.ingredient.name) json_data = property(_get_json_data) </code></pre> <p>I am trying to display the property 'json_data' in my template. </p> <p>I have this piece of code in my form</p> <pre><code>class RecipeIngredientForm(forms.ModelForm): json_data = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput()) def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(RecipeIngredientForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) print('here') if kwargs.has_key('instance'): instance = kwargs['instance'] print(instance) self.initial['json_data'] = instance.json_data </code></pre> <p>I know the data in my property 'json_data' is not valid, but I am unable to see the data from this property in my template. </p> <p>In my views, I have this piece of code</p> <pre><code>RecipeIngredientFormSet = inlineformset_factory(models.Recipe, models.RecipeIngredient, form=forms.RecipeIngredientForm, extra=0) recipe_id = int(id) objRecipe = models.Recipe.objects.get(id=recipe_id) recipe = forms.RecipeForm(instance=objRecipe) recipeIngredients = RecipeIngredientFormSet(instance = objRecipe) </code></pre> <p>I guess my question is how do I display data from an extra model field?</p>
 

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