Python: "TypeError: __str__ returned non-string" but still prints to output?

Question

Method __str__ should return string, not print.

def __str__(self):
    return 'Memo={0}, Tag={1}'.format(self.memo, self.tags)

You can also surround the output with str(). I had this same problem because my model had the following (as a simplified example):

def __str__(self):
    return self.pressid

Where pressid was an IntegerField type object. Django (and python in general) expects a string for a str function, so returning an integer causes this error to be thrown.

def __str__(self):
    return str(self.pressid)

That solved the problems I was encountering on the Django management side of the house. Hope it helps with yours.

The problem that you are facing is : TypeError : str returned non-string (type NoneType)

Here you have to understand the str function's working: the str fucntion,although is mostly used to print values but actually is designed to return a string,not to print one. In your class str function is calling the print directly while it is returning nothing ,that explains your error output.Since our formatted string is built, and since our function returns nothing, the None value is used. This was the explaination for your error

You can solve this problem by using the return in str function like: *simply returnig the string value instead of printing it

 class Summary(models.Model):
   book = models.ForeignKey(Book,on_delete = models.CASCADE)
   summary = models.TextField(max_length=600)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.summary

but if the value you are returning in not of string type then you can do like this to return string value from your str function

*typeconverting the value to string that your str function returns

class Summary(models.Model):
   book = models.ForeignKey(Book,on_delete = models.CASCADE)
   summary = models.TextField(max_length=600)

   def __str__(self):
       return str(self.summary)
            `