# _misc

URL: /kida/api/environment/filters/_misc/
Section: filters
Description: Miscellaneous filters for Kida templates.

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`environment.filters._misc`

Miscellaneous filters for Kida templates.

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## Functions

`_filter_get`

3

`Any`

▼

Safe dictionary/object access that avoids Python method name conflicts.

When a…

`def _filter_get(value: Any, key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any`

Safe dictionary/object access that avoids Python method name conflicts.

When accessing dict keys like 'items', 'keys', 'values', or 'get', using
dotted access (e.g.,`schema.items`) returns the method, not the key value.
This filter provides clean syntax for safe key access.

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`value`
`Any`

Dict, object, or None to access

`key`
`str`

Key or attribute name to access

`default`
`Any`

Value to return if key doesn't exist (default: None)

Default:`None`

##### Returns

`Any`

`_filter_date`

2

`str`

▼

Format datetime, date, or epoch timestamp with strftime.

`def _filter_date(value: Any, format: str = '%Y-%m-%d') -> str`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`value`
`Any`

`format`
`str`

Default:`'%Y-%m-%d'`

##### Returns

`str`

`_filter_urlencode`

1

`str`

▼

URL-encode a string.

`def _filter_urlencode(value: str) -> str`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`value`
`str`

##### Returns

`str`

`_filter_random`

1

`Any`

▼

Return a random item from the sequence.

Warning: This filter is impure (non-de…

`def _filter_random(value: Any) -> Any`

Return a random item from the sequence.

Warning: This filter is impure (non-deterministic).

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`value`
`Any`

A sequence to pick from.

##### Returns

`Any`

`_filter_shuffle`

1

`list[Any]`

▼

Return a shuffled copy of the sequence.

Warning: This filter is impure (non-de…

`def _filter_shuffle(value: Any) -> list[Any]`

Return a shuffled copy of the sequence.

Warning: This filter is impure (non-deterministic).

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`value`
`Any`

A sequence to shuffle.

##### Returns

`list[Any]`

`_filter_classes`

1

`str`

▼

Join a list of CSS class names, dropping falsy values.

**Handles:**
- None val…

`def _filter_classes(value: Any) -> str`

Join a list of CSS class names, dropping falsy values.

Handles:

- None values (dropped)

- Empty strings (dropped)

- False / 0 (dropped)

- Nested lists (flattened one level)

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`value`
`Any`

##### Returns

`str`