Replacing text with variables
- by Steve
I have to send out letters to certain clients and I have a standard letter that I need to use. I want to replace some of the text inside the body of the message with variables.
Here is my maturity_letter models.py
class MaturityLetter(models.Model):
default = models.BooleanField(default=False, blank=True)
body = models.TextField(blank=True)
footer = models.TextField(blank=True)
Now the body has a value of this:
Dear [primary-firstname],
AN IMPORTANT REMINDER…
You have a [product] that is maturing on [maturity_date] with [financial institution].
etc
Now I would like to replace everything in brackets with my template variables.
This is what I have in my views.py so far:
context = {}
if request.POST:
start_form = MaturityLetterSetupForm(request.POST)
if start_form.is_valid():
agent = request.session['agent']
start_date = start_form.cleaned_data['start_date']
end_date = start_form.cleaned_data['end_date']
investments = Investment.objects.all().filter(maturity_date__range=(start_date, end_date), plan__profile__agent=agent).order_by('maturity_date')
inv_form = MaturityLetterInvestments(investments, request.POST)
if inv_form.is_valid():
sel_inv = inv_form.cleaned_data['investments']
context['sel_inv'] = sel_inv
maturity_letter = MaturityLetter.objects.get(id=1)
context['mat_letter'] = maturity_letter
context['inv_form'] = inv_form
context['agent'] = agent
context['show_report'] = True
Now if I loop through the sel_inv I get access to sel_inv.maturity_date, etc but I am lost in how to replace the text.
On my template, all I have so far is:
{% if show_letter %}
{{ mat_letter.body }} <br/>
{{ mat_letter.footer }}
{% endif %}
Much appreciated.
