Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: django-object-actions
Version: 0.7.0
Summary: A Django app for adding object tools for models in the admin
Home-page: https://github.com/crccheck/django-object-actions
Author: Chris Chang
Author-email: c@crccheck.com
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Framework :: Django
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5

Django Object Actions
=====================

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If you've ever tried making your own admin object tools and you were
like me, you immediately gave up. Why can't they be as easy as making
Django Admin Actions? Well now they can be.

Quick-Start Guide
-----------------

Install Django Object Actions::

    pip install django-object-actions

Add ``django_object_actions`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``.

In your admin.py::

    from django_object_actions import DjangoObjectActions


    class ArticleAdmin(DjangoObjectActions, admin.ModelAdmin):
        def publish_this(self, request, obj):
            publish_obj(obj)
        publish_this.label = "Publish"  # optional
        publish_this.short_description = "Submit this article to The Texas Tribune"  # optional

        objectactions = ('publish_this', )


Usage
-----

Tools are defined just like defining actions as modeladmin methods, see:
`admin
actions <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/actions/#actions-as-modeladmin-methods>`_
for examples and detailed syntax. You can return nothing or an http
response. The major difference being the functions you write will take
an object instance instead of a queryset (see *Re-using Admin Actions* below).

Tools are exposed by putting them in an ``objectactions`` attribute in
your modeladmin like::

    from django_object_actions import DjangoObjectActions


    class MyModelAdmin(DjangoObjectActions, admin.ModelAdmin):
        def toolfunc(self, request, obj):
            pass
        toolfunc.label = "This will be the label of the button"  # optional
        toolfunc.short_description = "This will be the tooltip of the button"  # optional

        objectactions = ('toolfunc', )

Just like actions, you can send a message with ``self.message_user``.
Normally, you would do something to the object and go back to the same
place, but if you return a HttpResponse, it will follow it (hey, just
like actions!).

If your admin modifies ``get_urls``, ``render_change_form``, or
``change_form_template``, you'll need to take extra care.

Re-using Admin Actions
``````````````````````

If you would like an admin action to also be an object tool, add the
``takes_instance_or_queryset`` decorator like::


    from django_object_actions import (DjangoObjectActions,
            takes_instance_or_queryset)


    class RobotAdmin(DjangoObjectActions, admin.ModelAdmin):
        # ... snip ...

        @takes_instance_or_queryset
        def tighten_lug_nuts(self, request, queryset):
            queryset.update(lugnuts=F('lugnuts') - 1)

        objectactions = ['tighten_lug_nuts']
        actions = ['tighten_lug_nuts']

Customizing Admin Actions
`````````````````````````

To give the action some a helpful title tooltip, add a ``short_description``
attribute, similar to how admin actions work::

    def increment_vote(self, request, obj):
        obj.votes = obj.votes + 1
        obj.save()
    increment_vote.short_description = "Increment the vote count by one"

By default, Django Object Actions will guess what to label the button based on
the name of the function. You can override this with a ``label`` attribute::

    def increment_vote(self, request, obj):
        obj.votes = obj.votes + 1
        obj.save()
    increment_vote.label = "Vote++"

If you need even more control, you can add arbitrary attributes to the buttons
by adding a Django widget style `attrs` attribute::

    def increment_vote(self, request, obj):
        obj.votes = obj.votes + 1
        obj.save()
    increment_vote.attrs = {
        'class': 'addlink',
    }

Programmatically Enabling Object Admin Actions
``````````````````````````````````````````````

You can programatically enable and disable registered object actions by defining
your own custom ``get_object_actions()`` method. In this example, certain actions
only apply to certain object states (i.e. You should not be able to close an company
account if the account is already closed)::

   def get_object_actions(self, request, context, **kwargs):
        objectactions = []

        # Actions cannot be applied to new objects (i.e. Using "add" new obj)
        if 'original' in context:
            # The obj to perform checks against to determine object actions you want to support
            obj = context['original']

            if not obj.verified:
                objectactions.extend(['verify_company_account_action', ])

            status_code = obj.status_code

            if status_code == 'Active':
                objectactions.extend(['suspend_company_account_action', 'close_company_account_action', ])
            elif status_code == 'Suspended':
                objectactions.extend(['close_company_account_action', 'reactivate_company_account_action', ])
            elif status_code == 'Closed':
                objectactions.extend(['reactivate_company_account_action', ])

        return objectactions



Alternate Installation
``````````````````````

You don't have to add this to ``INSTALLED_APPS``, all you need to to do is copy
the template ``django_object_actions/change_form.html`` some place Django's
template loader `will find it
<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs>`_.

If you don't intend to use the template customizations at all, don't add
``django_object_actions`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` at all and use
``BaseDjangoObjectActions`` instead of ``DjangoObjectActions``.


Limitations
-----------

1. ``django-object-actions`` expects functions to be methods of the model admin.
   While Django gives you a lot more options for their admin actions.

2. If you provide your own custom ``change_form.html``, you'll also need to
   manually copy in the relevant bits of `our change form
   <https://github.com/crccheck/django-object-actions/blob/master/django_obj
   ect_actions/templates/django_object_actions/change_form.html>`_. You can also
   use ``from django_object_actions import BaseDjangoObjectActions`` instead.

Development
-----------

Getting started *(with virtualenvwrapper)*::

    # get a copy of the code
    git clone git@github.com:crccheck/django-object-actions.git
    cd django-object-actions
    # set up your virtualenv (with virtualenvwrapper)
    mkvirtualenv django-object-actions
    # Install requirements
    make install
    # Hack your path so that we can reference packages starting from the root
    add2virtualenv .
    make test  # run test suite
    make quickstart  # runs 'make resetdb' and some extra steps

This will install whatever the latest stable version of Django is. You can also
install a specific version of Django and ``pip install -r requirements.txt``.

Various helpers are available as make commands. Type ``make help`` and view the
``Makefile`` to see what other things you can do.


Similar Packages
----------------

If you want more UI, check out `Django Admin Row Actions <https://github.com/DjangoAdminHackers/django-admin-row-actions>`_.

Django Object Actions is very similar to
`django-object-tools <https://github.com/praekelt/django-object-tools>`_,
but does not require messing with your urls.py, does not do anything
special with permissions, and uses the same patterns as making `admin
actions <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/actions/#actions-as-modeladmin-methods>`_
in Django.


