Return object tags as a list

Question

Using django-tagging, for an object that has multiple tags assigned to it, how can I return a simple list of tag names?

object.tags() returns an object that is not easily translated to json, and TaggableManager is not iterable.

Any other ways?

Answer 1

There is a undocumented function in TaggableManager called 'get_query_set', from which it is easy to get the list:

tagsList = []
for tag in foobar.tags.get_query_set():
  tagsList.append(tag.name)

Answer 2

First variant

class MyClass(models.Model)
    ...
    def get_tag_names(self):
        return [tag.name for tag in Tag.objects.get_for_object(self)]

Second variant:

class MyClass(models.Model)
    ...
    def get_tag_names(self):
        return Tag.objects.get_for_object(self).values_list('name', flat=True)

I think both should work.

Answer 3

tags_list = []
for tag in foobar.tags.all():
  tags_list.append(tag.name)