Django: Access model as dictionary
django, django-models
Solution
You can use argument unpacking:
data = {'date': '6/17/09', 'name': 'something', 'action': 'something'}
s = Something(**data)
This is equivalent to:
s = Something(date='6/17/09', name='something', action='something')
Problem
I have data in a python dictionary that I'd like to store in a model instance. For example, my dictionary might look like ``` data = { 'date': '6/17/09', 'name': 'something', 'action': 'something' } ``` And my model might look like: ``` class Something(models.Model): date = models.DateField() name = models.CharField() action = models.CharField() ``` I'm looking for a clean way to do something like this: ``` s = Something() for k in data: s[k] = data[k] ``` [Update] Shortly after posting this I realized I probably just want to use the Django (de)serializer framework with the 'python' serializer. Ayman's answer is quite nice as well, let me think about which will work better.