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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