How do I iterate dictionary with lists as values in Django template?

Question

I have a dictionary with lists as values (truncated to give you an example):

imageFiles:

for prop in context['results'][0]:
        imageFolderPath ='./media/uploaded/prop_images/' + prop.property_ID
        if os.path.isdir(imageFolderPath):
            imageFileList[prop.property_ID] = [f for f in listdir(imageFolderPath) if isfile(join(imageFolderPath, f))]
    

context['imageFiles'] = [imageFileList]

Here is what shows up when I print it directly in the template:

[{'R01': ['02secparking27.jpg', '10-2017-ff-detail-1200x627.jpg', '1200x820.jpg', '12539233_web1_180704-VMS-parking-lot.jpg', '16.12.01-519196006.jpg',], 
'R02': ['asdasd.jpg','12131asad.jpg','asdasdasd.jpg']}]

In the template, I am trying to access the image names by iterating but I am getting no values.

{% for keys,values in imageFiles %}
   {% for x in values %}
     <p>  {{X}}  </p>
   {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

getting error

"Need 2 values to unpack in for loop; got 9."

I also tried imageFiles.items as suggested in other posts and it doesn't seem to work.

What am I doing wrong? Wracking my brain here.

Answer 1

So, you're passing in:

context['imageFiles'] = [imageFileList]

Which is pretty confusing, for no good reason. What you're calling imageFileList isn't a list, but a dictionary. Then, what you pass into the template is a list with a single element, namely that dictionary.

Fix: Pass in the dictionary (it would be even nicer if you changed the name of imageFileList to something less confusing):

context['imageFiles'] = imageFileList

In your template:

{% for key, value in imageFiles.items %} 
    {% for x in values %}
        <p>  {{x}}  </p>
    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

Answer 2

Assumed

dct = your input dictionary

code:

[value for keys, values in dct.items() for value in values]

will give you the below list of file names:

['02secparking27.jpg',
 '10-2017-ff-detail-1200x627.jpg',
 '1200x820.jpg',
 '12539233_web1_180704-VMS-parking-lot.jpg',
 '16.12.01-519196006.jpg',
 'asdasd.jpg',
 '12131asad.jpg',
 'asdasdasd.jpg']