Need to convert a string to int in a django template

Question

I am trying to pass in url parameters to a django template like this...

response = render_to_string(\'persistConTemplate.html\', request.GET)
         


        

Answer 1

I like making a custom filter:

# templatetags/tag_library.py

from django import template

register = template.Library()

@register.filter()
def to_int(value):
    return int(value)

Usage:

{% load tag_library %}
{{ value|to_int }}

It is for cases where this cannot be easily done in view.