wWay to find id in tag - html

Question

I am creating a followers list to the sidebar.
How can I get author_id in my custom tag?
#register.inclusion_tag('list_followers.html', takes_context=True)
def show_followers(context, author_id):
request = context['request']
if request.user.is_authenticated:
followers = Profile.objects.filter(name=author_id)
return {'followers': followers}
_sidebar.html
Thanks...
I tried to get author_id from views.py to posts_tags.py
def author_info(request, author_id):
"""return following users"""
current_user = request.user.id
author = User.objects.get(id=author_id)
..............
or get author_id in _sidebar.html somehow
{% load posts_tags %}
...........
<div class="media">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">
<div class="container">
{% show_followers author_id=here %}
</div>
</div>
</div>
but I couldn't...

Answer 1

In your author_info view, pass the author_id to the show_followers tag using the context dictionary:
from django.shortcuts import render
def author_info(request, author_id):
current_user = request.user.id
author = User.objects.get(id=author_id)
context = {
'author_id': author_id,
}
return render(request, 'your_template.html', context)
In case you decide to use class based view the views.py will look like:
from django.views import View
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class AuthorInfoView(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
login_url = '/login/'
def get(self, request, author_id):
current_user = request.user.id
author = User.objects.get(id=author_id)
context = {
'author_id': author_id,
}
return render(request, 'your_template.html', context)
In your template (_sidebar.html), pass the author_id to the show_followers tag:
{% load posts_tags %}
...........
<div class="media">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">
<div class="container">
{% show_followers author_id=author_id %}
</div>
</div>
</div>