Install InSync on Opensuse
Posted on Mon 20 April 2015 in Systems • Tagged with django, python
Ajax view decorator
Posted on Fri 21 November 2014 in Programming • Tagged with python, django
To force a django view to be called only via AJAX calls.
def ajax_required(f):
"""
AJAX request required decorator
use it in your views:
@ajax_required
def my_view(request):
....
"""
def wrap(request, *args, **kwargs):
if not request.is_ajax():
return HttpResponseBadRequest()
return f(request, *args, **kwargs)
wrap.__doc__ = f.__doc__
wrap.__name__ …Continue reading
Generic function to use as upload_to
Posted on Sat 11 October 2014 in Programming • Tagged with django, python
FileFields in Django need an upload_to function that determines where the file will be uploaded.
I usually have a generic function in utils.py that leaves them in a subfolder with the model name.
import os
def generic_upload_to(instance, filename):
"""
Generic `upload_to` function for models.FileField and models.ImageField
which …Continue reading
Django: links in object list
Posted on Wed 21 May 2014 in Programming • Tagged with django, python
In my projects I usually use links to related items in the admin change_list.
utils.py
I have this in utils.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.core import urlresolvers
from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict …Continue reading
Settings vars processor
Posted on Wed 08 January 2014 in Programming • Tagged with python, django
I usually use this at the beginning of projects.
from django.conf import settings as django_settings
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
def settings(request):
"""
Adds the settings specified in settings.TEMPLATE_VISIBLE_SETTINGS to
the request context.
"""
new_settings = {}
for attr in django_settings.TEMPLATE_VISIBLE_SETTINGS:
try:
new_settings[attr] = getattr(django_settings, attr)
except AttributeError …Continue reading