[FIXED] How to show objects count in Django template

Issue

I have a program that post some places and shows them in a HTML template, but I also want to show the users many of these places I have and I'm wondering how I can reach this.

I have in my models.py:

class Places(models.Model):
     name=models.CharField(max_length=100)
     text=models.TextField()
     website=models.URLField()
     published_date = models.DateTimeField(
            blank=True, null=True)

def __str__(self):
    return self.name

def publish(self):
        self.published_date = timezone.now()
        self.save()

in views.py:

def places(request):
     places=Places.objects.order_by('-published_date')[:10]
     return render(request, 'templates/places.html', {'places':places})

and the html template:

<div class="container">
<h2>Places<span class="badge"> HERE'S WHERE I WANT THE NUMBER OF PLACES</h2>
</div>

I hope you can help me out. Thanks for the answers

Solution

You can't get the count of objects in django's template without writing a custom tag.

Even if you could however it would be 10, since you especially said places to only include 10 objects.

You should instead pass places_count via the context to the template:

def places(request):
    places = Places.objects.order_by('-published_date')[:10]
    places_count = Places.objects.count()
    return render(
        request, 'templates/places.html', {'places':places, 'places_count': places_count}
    )

And then in the template:

<div class="container">
    <h2>Places <span class="badge">{{ places_count }}</span></h2>
</div>

Answered By - Chris Schäpers