Getting template syntax error while trying to parse a dictionary in my template in django

Question

Ok here is the code of my view.

def customers_to_be_called(request):
    customers = Customer.objects.filter(call=True)
    list_of_customers = []
    for cust in customers:
        jobs = Job.objects.filter(customer = cust)
        customer_date = {}
        customer_data['customer'] = cust
        customer_date['jobs'] = jobs
        list_of_customers.append(customer_data)

    return render(request, 'repairs/customers_to_be_called.html',
           {'list_of_customers' : list_of_customers,
    })

and here is the template that is gonna be rendered

<div>
{% for customer in list_of_customers %}
    <h2> {{customer['customer'].name}} </h2>
    <ul>
    {% for job in customer['jobs'] %}
        <li> {{job.product}} </li>
    {% endfor %}
    </ul>
{% endfor %}
</div>

But When I send a request to this page I get the following error. Error

I don't know why it isn't parsing customer in the template while there is data in it..??

The error tells you all you need to know: that is not valid template syntax. You should read the documentation. — Daniel Roseman, Apr 06 '14 at 10:48
Oh Sorry I am very new to Django.. I thought I'd work the same way as It does in the python shell.. — Mahammad Adil Azeem, Apr 06 '14 at 10:53

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '14 at 10:49

To refer to dict item do customer.jobs not customer['jobs']

So your for loop becomes

{% for customer in list_of_customers %}
    <h2> {{customer.customer.name}} </h2>
    <ul>
    {% for job in customer.jobs %}
        <li> {{job.product}} </li>
    {% endfor %}
    </ul>
{% endfor %}

Getting template syntax error while trying to parse a dictionary in my template in django

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