[Answered ]-Change local based on object

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If this is an object-by-object attribute, you could store it as an attribute of the model itself and access it with instance.__class__.locale. You could also do type(instance).locale or instance._meta.model.locale

class Dog(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=127, default='rover')
    cost = models.IntegerField()
    locale = "uk"

class Cat(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=127, default='fluffy')
    cost = models.IntegerField()
    locale = "us"

Or if able to access it from the instance itself, it’s even simpler: instance.locale

If there’s added functionality you’re hoping to get out of i18n (perhaps in the template) you could pass in a context variable or store that as an attribute of a class-based view.

👤Robert Townley

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Unfortunately I don’t see how you could use i18n to resolve your problem.

Alternatively, this doesn’t use Django i18n but it should work

You could set this up in your settings.py:

CURRENCY = {
    'uk': '£',
    'us': '$',
}

Then to get the correct currency you can do:

settings.CURRENCY[object.locale]

You could even go further and wrap this in a model property

@property
def currency(self):
   return settings.CURRENCY[self.locale]
👤domino

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