How to get the label of a choice in a Django forms ChoiceField?

Here is a way I came up with. There may be an easier way. I tested it using python manage.py shell:

>>> cf = ContactForm({'reason': 'feature'})
>>> cf.is_valid()
True
>>> cf.fields['reason'].choices
[('feature', 'A feature')]
>>> for val in cf.fields['reason'].choices:
...     if val[0] == cf.cleaned_data['reason']:
...             print val[1]
...             break
...
A feature

Note: This probably isn't very Pythonic, but it demonstrates where the data you need can be found.

See the docs on Model.get_FOO_display(). So, should be something like :

ContactForm.get_reason_display()

In a template, use like this:

\{\{ OBJNAME.get_FIELDNAME_display }}

I think maybe @webjunkie is right.

If you're reading from the form from a POST then you would do

def contact_view(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = ContactForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
contact = form.save()
contact.reason = form.cleaned_data['reason']
contact.save()

This may help:

reason = form.cleaned_data['reason']
reason = dict(form.fields['reason'].choices)[reason]

This the easiest way to do this: Model instance reference: Model.get_FOO_display()

You can use this function which will return the display name: ObjectName.get_FieldName_display()

Replace ObjectName with your class name and FieldName with the field of which you need to fetch the display name of.

If the form instance is bound, you can use

chosen_label = form.instance.get_FOO_display()

You can have your form like this:

#forms.py
CHOICES = [('feature', "A feature"), ("order", "An order")]
class ContactForm(forms.Form):
reason = forms.ChoiceField(choices=CHOICES,
widget=forms.RadioSelect)

Then this would give you what you want:

reason = dict(CHOICES)[form.cleaned_data["reason"]]

Im using @Andrés Torres Marroquín way, and I want share my implementation.

GOOD_CATEGORY_CHOICES = (
('paper', 'this is paper'),
('glass', 'this is glass'),
...
)


class Good(models.Model):
...
good_category = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, blank=False)
....


class GoodForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Good
...


good_category = forms.ChoiceField(required=True, choices=GOOD_CATEGORY_CHOICES)
...




def clean_good_category(self):
value = self.cleaned_data.get('good_category')


return dict(self.fields['good_category'].choices)[value]

And the result is this is paper instead of paper. Hope this help

OK. I know this is very old post, but reading it helped me a lot. And I think I have something to add.

The crux of the matter here is that the the model method.

ObjectName.get_FieldName_display()

does not work for forms.

If you have a form, that is not based on a model and that form has a choice field, how do you get the display value of a given choice.

Here is some code that might help you.

You can use this code to get the display value of a choice field from a posted form.

display_of_choice = dict(dateform.fields['fieldnane'].choices)[int(request.POST.get('fieldname'))]

the 'int' is there on the basis the choice selection was a integer. If the choice index was a string then you just remove the int(...)

confirm that Ardi's and Paul's response are best for forms and not models. Generalizing Ardi's to any parameter:

    class AnyForm(forms.Form):
def get_field_name_display(self, field_name):
return dict(self.fields[field_name].choices[self.cleaned_data[field_name]]

Or put this method in a separate class, and sub-class it in your form

class ChoiceFieldDisplayMixin:
def get_field_name_display(self, field_name):
return dict(self.fields[field_name].choices[self.cleaned_data[field_name]]




class AnyCustomForm(forms.Form, ChoiceFieldDisplayMixin):
choice_field_form = forms.ChoiceField(choices=[...])

Now call the same method for any Choice Field:

form_instance = AnyCustomForm()
form_instance.is_valid()
form_instance.get_field_name_display('choice_field_form')