Get the name of the classes I defined in django model

Question

I am trying to get the names of the classes I defined in my models.py file. The closest I could get is to recover all the models in the application:

modelsList = django.apps.apps.get_models (include_auto_created=False)`

which gives:

<class 'django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry'>
<class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Permission'>
<class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Group'>
<class 'django.contrib.auth.models.User'>
<class 'django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType'>
<class 'django.contrib.sessions.models.Session'>
<class 'app.models.Project'>
<class 'app.models.User'>
<class 'app.models.File'>

But I wanted only the string 'Project', 'User', 'File'. Is there anyway I can get that?

Iterate over those classes, access the `__name__` attribute. — jonrsharpe, Jul 12 '16 at 20:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '16 at 21:12

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You can get the model name for a model Model with Model._meta.object_name. So you could do something like:

import django.apps
models = django.apps.apps.get_models(include_auto_created=False)
model_names = [m._meta.object_name for m in models]

answered Jul 12 '16 at 21:12

Alasdair

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Based on a answer from here:

from django.apps import apps

def get_models(app_name):
    myapp = apps.get_app_config(app_name)
    return myapp.models.values()

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Jul 12 '16 at 20:59

Tiago

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Thank you so much! Works perfect! – Ankita Nand Jul 12 '16 at 21:11

Get the name of the classes I defined in django model

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