Re: django-simple-freinds: template tags and Friendship request

On Sep 9, 5:11 am, justin jools <justinjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Muhuk,
>
> I am using django-simple-friends app, much easier to setup than django-
> friends.
> but need a little help and was hoping for some guidance.
>
> I have set up friends_list.html no problem:
>  <h2>Friend List</h2>
> Friends for {{ user }}<br />
>   <ul>
>   {% for friends in friends_list %}
>   <li>{{ friends.username }}</li>
>   {% endfor %}
>   </ul>
>
>  and understand how to send friend request via url:
>
>  http://127.0.0.1:8000/friends/add/jim
>
>  but I am having problems listing friend requests:
>
>  {{ friendship_requests.incoming }} spits out (below) and I coudn't
> work how to remove the [< >]
>
> or access the User sending the friend request.
>
>  [<FriendshipRequest: jo wants to be friends with admin>]

what you are seeing with the <> is a representation of a
FriendshipRequest <object>

You need to iterate over the requests in a for loop and then access
each requests from_user

look at the template docs on using a for loop for more on that.

-Preston

>
> So I figured this is wrong to do it.
> So I tried templatetags:
>
> {% load friends_tags %}
> {% add_to_friends 3 %}
>
> which works, and redirects to _add_to.html
> which I'm guessing should have a message like You have made a friend
> request to User _____
> don't know how to get User being sent to.
> Do you have a working example or can you help me clear up these
> issues. Thanks for your help
>
> Sincerely,
> JusinJools

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