Unable to pass jinja2 variables into javascript snippet
other than encapsulating the variable in a string, an alternate is jquery for profit:
its generally a bad idea to mix template language with javascript. An alternative would be to use html as a proxy - store the name in an element like so
<meta id="my-data" data-name="{{name}}" data-other="{{other}}">then in the javascript do
var djangoData = $('#my-data').data();this has advantage in:
- javascript no longer tied to the .html page
- jquery coerces data implicitly
I know this is a kinda old topic, but since it attracts a lot of views I suppose some people are still looking for an answer.
Here's the simplest way to do it:
var name = {{name|tojson}};It will 'parse' whatever 'name' is and display it correctly:https://sopython.com/canon/93/render-string-in-jinja-to-javascript-variable/