How to get an app name using python in django

Question

If you are in the view and want to retrieve the app name using Python ( the app name will be used for further logic ), how would you do it ?

Answer 1

You could do:

from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve  ....  resolve(request.path).app_name 

See How to get current application in Django and resolve()

EDIT: You can now use request.resolver_match.app_name which avoids resolving a second time and avoids an import. Do it this way:

request.resolver_match.app_name 

Answer 2

You can get application name from model: Book._meta.app_label.

I've found in django/contrib/admin/widgets.py:

class RelatedFieldWidgetWrapper(forms.Widget):     ...     def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):         from django.contrib.admin.views.main import IS_POPUP_VAR, TO_FIELD_VAR         rel_opts = self.rel.model._meta         info = (rel_opts.app_label, rel_opts.model_name)         ...     ...