[Answer]-Read a file in django and find string in file

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Your problem is you are trying to use Python code in the template, like your open() call.

Django templates don’t work like that – you can only use a very limited set of syntax, and the syntax is not the same as Python.

Everything inside {{ }} and {% %} needs to be special Django template syntax, not Python code.

See the Django Template language documentation for the full details.

👤dustyneuron

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You can’t use code like this in a template directly see the documentation for available template tags and filters. From what I can tell by the code you have posted in your view.py you’ll need something like this:

docs=[]
for document in documents:
    if 'TheString' in open('/path/to/document').read():
        docs.append(document)

after passing docs to the template you could do this in the template:

{% for doc in docs %}
    <li><a href="{{ document.docfile.url }}">{{ document.docfile.name }}</a></li>
{% empty %}
    <p>No documents available.</p>
{% endfor %}

I’d need to look at what you are passing from the view to be sure of this, but I’d gladly assist in further help with further information if this doesn’t help.

👤Christopher

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