Iterate over model instance field names and values in template

Since Django 1.9: use model._meta.get_fields() to get the model's fields and field.name to get each field name.

Previous to Django 1.9: model._meta.get_all_field_names() will give you all the model's field names, then you can use model._meta.get_field() to work your way to the verbose name, and getattr(model_instance, 'field_name') to get the value from the model.

You can use Django's to-python queryset serializer.

Just put the following code in your view:

from django.core import serializers
data = serializers.serialize( "python", SomeModel.objects.all() )

And then in the template:

{% for instance in data %}
    {% for field, value in instance.fields.items %}
        {{ field }}: {{ value }}
    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

Its great advantage is the fact that it handles relation fields.

For the subset of fields try:

data = serializers.serialize('python', SomeModel.objects.all(), fields=('name','size'))

Finally found a good solution to this on the dev mailing list:

In the view add:

from django.forms.models import model_to_dict

def show(request, object_id):
    object = FooForm(data=model_to_dict(Foo.objects.get(pk=object_id)))
    return render_to_response('foo/foo_detail.html', {'object': object})

in the template add:

{% for field in object %}
    <li><b>{{ field.label }}:</b> {{ field.data }}</li>
{% endfor %}

Here's another approach using a model method. This version resolves picklist/choice fields, skips empty fields, and lets you exclude specific fields.

def get_all_fields(self):
    """Returns a list of all field names on the instance."""
    fields = []
    for f in self._meta.fields:

        fname = f.name        
        # resolve picklists/choices, with get_xyz_display() function
        get_choice = 'get_'+fname+'_display'
        if hasattr(self, get_choice):
            value = getattr(self, get_choice)()
        else:
            try:
                value = getattr(self, fname)
            except AttributeError:
                value = None

        # only display fields with values and skip some fields entirely
        if f.editable and value and f.name not in ('id', 'status', 'workshop', 'user', 'complete') :

            fields.append(
              {
               'label':f.verbose_name, 
               'name':f.name, 
               'value':value,
              }
            )
    return fields

Then in your template:

{% for f in app.get_all_fields %}
  <dt>{{f.label|capfirst}}</dt>
    <dd>
      {{f.value|escape|urlize|linebreaks}}
    </dd>
{% endfor %}