add slug in display urls

 step1:  add slugfield in models.py

            class Post(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    content=models.CharField(max_length=2000)
    image=models.ImageField(default='tt.jpg',blank=True,upload_to='postimage')
    date=models.DateField(default=timezone.now)
    slug=models.SlugField(max_length=200,blank=True,null=True)
    

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title 
step2:make a function in models.py 
      def slug_generator(sender,instance,*args, **kwargs):
    if not instance.slug:
      #  instance.slug='SLUG'
      instance.slug=unique_slug_generator(instance)

step3: connect database class and upper functions in models.py
          pre_save.connect(slug_generator,sender=Post)

step4: import pre_save in models.py
         from django.db.models.signals import pre_save 

step5:create utils.py in main project 
step6: inside utils.py save this
          import string

from django.utils.text import slugify


def random_string_generator(size=10, chars=string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits):
    return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(size))


def unique_slug_generator(instance, new_slug=None):
    """
    This is for a Django project and it assumes your instance 
    has a model with a slug field and a title character (char) field.
    """
    if new_slug is not None:
        slug = new_slug
    else:
        slug = slugify(instance.title)

    Klass = instance.__class__
    qs_exists = Klass.objects.filter(slug=slug).exists()
    if qs_exists:
        new_slug = "{slug}-{randstr}".format(
            slug=slug,
            randstr=random_string_generator(size=4)
        )
        return unique_slug_generator(instance, new_slug=new_slug)
    return slug


step 7: in models.py
from rajivdahal.utils import unique_slug_generator
now you can see slug generated in database admin pagge before saving

step8: template and showing method
8.1:<div class="postcontent">{{post.content|slice:"0:100"}}.....<a href="viewpost/{{post.slug}}"><span>continue reading</span></a> </div>
8.2:update urls.py
path('viewpost/<slug:slug_text>/',views.viewpost,name='viewpost'),
8.3:views.py
def viewpost(request,slug_text):
    
    post=Post.objects.filter(slug=slug_text)
    context={'post':post}


    return render(request,'viewpost.html',context)   

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