In variable called object_type I store values like: Profile or Company which are names of models available in the app. Both models has field called uuid.
I need to something like this:
get_object_or_404(object_type, uuid=uuid_from_request)
how can I pass object_type value (Profile or Company) to query correct model?
How about using a dictionary that map model names to model classes:
object_types = {'Profile': Profile, 'Company': Compnay}
...
get_object_or_404(object_types[object_type], uuid=uuid_from_request)
Or using getattr:
import app.models
get_object_or_404(getattr(app.model, object_type), uuid=uuid_from_request)
In django all model types are stored in magical cache, so you might use this cache to get model types, like that:
from django.db.models.loading import get_model
Model = get_model("your_app_name", "Profile")
get_object_or_404(object_type, uuid=uuid_from_request)
