How to get a model name from the instance as a string in Django?

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How can I get a model name as a "string" from a model instance. I know you can do something like type(model_instance) but this is returning the class itself as an object <Model_Name: > not as a string.

Possible duplicate of [Getting the class name of an instance in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/510972/getting-the-class-name-of-an-instance-in-python) — internet_user, Mar 14 '18 at 00:55

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '18 at 01:07

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from user.models import User
user = User.objects.create_user(tel='1234567890', password='YKH0000000')
print(user._meta.model)
<class 'user.models.User'>
print(user._meta.model.__name__)
User
print(user.__class__.__name__)
User

answered Mar 14 '18 at 01:07

Ykh

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '22 at 16:27

To stay close to the question, type(instance).__name__ is a valide answer (which is the one given in this older question)

So using @Ykh example:

from user.models import User
user = User.objects.create_user(tel='1234567890', password='YKH0000000')
print(type(user).__name__)
User

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 11 '23 at 22:28

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With __name__, you can get a model name in str type as shown below:

from .models import MyModel
              
print(MyModel.__name__) # MyModel

answered May 11 '23 at 22:28

Super Kai - Kazuya Ito

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score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 14 '18 at 00:55

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By defining the str or unicode method ?

answered Mar 14 '18 at 00:55

AstroMax

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defining str gives a string name for the "model_instance" not the model – Ken1995 Mar 14 '18 at 00:56

How to get a model name from the instance as a string in Django?

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