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The Django admin site
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=====================
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.. module:: django.contrib.admin
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:synopsis: Django's admin site.
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One of the most powerful parts of Django is the automatic admin interface. It
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reads metadata in your model to provide a powerful and production-ready
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interface that content producers can immediately use to start adding content to
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the site. In this document, we discuss how to activate, use and customize
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Django's admin interface.
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Overview
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========
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There are six steps in activating the Django admin site:
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1. Add ``'django.contrib.admin'`` to your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`
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setting.
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2. Admin has two dependencies - :mod:`django.contrib.auth` and
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:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`. If these applications are not
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in your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` list, add them.
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3. Determine which of your application's models should be editable in the
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admin interface.
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4. For each of those models, optionally create a ``ModelAdmin`` class that
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encapsulates the customized admin functionality and options for that
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particular model.
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5. Instantiate an ``AdminSite`` and tell it about each of your models and
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``ModelAdmin`` classes.
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6. Hook the ``AdminSite`` instance into your URLconf.
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Other topics
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------------
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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actions
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admindocs
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.. seealso::
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For information about serving the media files (images, JavaScript, and CSS)
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associated with the admin in production, see :ref:`serving-media-files`.
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``ModelAdmin`` objects
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======================
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.. class:: ModelAdmin
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The ``ModelAdmin`` class is the representation of a model in the admin
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interface. These are stored in a file named ``admin.py`` in your
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application. Let's take a look at a very simple example of
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the ``ModelAdmin``::
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from django.contrib import admin
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from myproject.myapp.models import Author
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class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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pass
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admin.site.register(Author, AuthorAdmin)
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.. admonition:: Do you need a ``ModelAdmin`` object at all?
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In the preceding example, the ``ModelAdmin`` class doesn't define any
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custom values (yet). As a result, the default admin interface will be
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provided. If you are happy with the default admin interface, you don't
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need to define a ``ModelAdmin`` object at all -- you can register the
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model class without providing a ``ModelAdmin`` description. The
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preceding example could be simplified to::
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from django.contrib import admin
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from myproject.myapp.models import Author
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admin.site.register(Author)
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``ModelAdmin`` options
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----------------------
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The ``ModelAdmin`` is very flexible. It has several options for dealing with
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customizing the interface. All options are defined on the ``ModelAdmin``
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subclass::
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class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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date_hierarchy = 'pub_date'
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions
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A list of actions to make available on the change list page. See
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:doc:`/ref/contrib/admin/actions` for details.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions_on_top
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions_on_bottom
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Controls where on the page the actions bar appears. By default, the admin
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changelist displays actions at the top of the page (``actions_on_top = True;
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actions_on_bottom = False``).
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions_selection_counter
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.. versionadded:: 1.2
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Controls whether a selection counter is display next to the action dropdown.
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By default, the admin changelist will display it
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(``actions_selection_counter = True``).
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.date_hierarchy
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Set ``date_hierarchy`` to the name of a ``DateField`` or ``DateTimeField``
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in your model, and the change list page will include a date-based drilldown
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navigation by that field.
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Example::
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date_hierarchy = 'pub_date'
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.. versionadded:: 1.3
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This will intelligently populate itself based on available data,
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e.g. if all the dates are in one month, it'll show the day-level
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drill-down only.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.exclude
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This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names to exclude from
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the form.
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For example, let's consider the following model::
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class Author(models.Model):
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name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
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title = models.CharField(max_length=3)
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birth_date = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)
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If you want a form for the ``Author`` model that includes only the ``name``
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and ``title`` fields, you would specify ``fields`` or ``exclude`` like
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this::
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class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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fields = ('name', 'title')
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class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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exclude = ('birth_date',)
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Since the Author model only has three fields, ``name``, ``title``, and
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``birth_date``, the forms resulting from the above declarations will
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contain exactly the same fields.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.fields
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Use this option as an alternative to ``fieldsets`` if the layout does not
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matter and if you want to only show a subset of the available fields in the
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form. For example, you could define a simpler version of the admin form for
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the ``django.contrib.flatpages.FlatPage`` model as follows::
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class FlatPageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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fields = ('url', 'title', 'content')
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In the above example, only the fields 'url', 'title' and 'content' will be
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displayed, sequentially, in the form.
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.. versionadded:: 1.2
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``fields`` can contain values defined in :attr:`ModelAdmin.readonly_fields`
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to be displayed as read-only.
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.. admonition:: Note
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This ``fields`` option should not be confused with the ``fields``
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dictionary key that is within the ``fieldsets`` option, as described in
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the previous section.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.fieldsets
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Set ``fieldsets`` to control the layout of admin "add" and "change" pages.
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``fieldsets`` is a list of two-tuples, in which each two-tuple represents a
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``<fieldset>`` on the admin form page. (A ``<fieldset>`` is a "section" of
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the form.)
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The two-tuples are in the format ``(name, field_options)``, where ``name``
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is a string representing the title of the fieldset and ``field_options`` is
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a dictionary of information about the fieldset, including a list of fields
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to be displayed in it.
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A full example, taken from the :class:`django.contrib.flatpages.FlatPage`
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model::
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class FlatPageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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fieldsets = (
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(None, {
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'fields': ('url', 'title', 'content', 'sites')
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}),
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('Advanced options', {
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'classes': ('collapse',),
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'fields': ('enable_comments', 'registration_required', 'template_name')
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}),
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)
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This results in an admin page that looks like:
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.. image:: _images/flatfiles_admin.png
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If ``fieldsets`` isn't given, Django will default to displaying each field
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that isn't an ``AutoField`` and has ``editable=True``, in a single
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fieldset, in the same order as the fields are defined in the model.
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The ``field_options`` dictionary can have the following keys:
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* ``fields``
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A tuple of field names to display in this fieldset. This key is
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required.
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Example::
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{
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'fields': ('first_name', 'last_name', 'address', 'city', 'state'),
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}
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To display multiple fields on the same line, wrap those fields in
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their own tuple. In this example, the ``first_name`` and
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``last_name`` fields will display on the same line::
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{
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'fields': (('first_name', 'last_name'), 'address', 'city', 'state'),
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}
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.. versionadded:: 1.2
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``fields`` can contain values defined in
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:attr:`~ModelAdmin.readonly_fields` to be displayed as read-only.
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* ``classes``
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A list containing extra CSS classes to apply to the fieldset.
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Example::
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{
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'classes': ['wide', 'extrapretty'],
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}
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Two useful classes defined by the default admin site stylesheet are
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``collapse`` and ``wide``. Fieldsets with the ``collapse`` style
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will be initially collapsed in the admin and replaced with a small
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"click to expand" link. Fieldsets with the ``wide`` style will be
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given extra horizontal space.
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* ``description``
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A string of optional extra text to be displayed at the top of each
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fieldset, under the heading of the fieldset.
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Note that this value is *not* HTML-escaped when it's displayed in
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the admin interface. This lets you include HTML if you so desire.
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Alternatively you can use plain text and
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``django.utils.html.escape()`` to escape any HTML special
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characters.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.filter_horizontal
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By default, a :class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` is displayed in
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the admin site with a ``<select multiple>``. However, multiple-select boxes
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can be difficult to use when selecting many items. Adding a
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:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` to this list will instead use
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a nifty unobtrusive JavaScript "filter" interface that allows searching
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within the options. The unselected and selected options appear in two boxes
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side by side. See :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_vertical` to use a vertical
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interface.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.filter_vertical
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Same as :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_horizontal`, but uses a vertical display
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of the filter interface with the box of unselected options appearing above
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the box of selected options.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.form
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By default a ``ModelForm`` is dynamically created for your model. It is
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used to create the form presented on both the add/change pages. You can
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easily provide your own ``ModelForm`` to override any default form behavior
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on the add/change pages.
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For an example see the section `Adding custom validation to the admin`_.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.formfield_overrides
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This provides a quick-and-dirty way to override some of the
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:class:`~django.forms.Field` options for use in the admin.
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``formfield_overrides`` is a dictionary mapping a field class to a dict of
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arguments to pass to the field at construction time.
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Since that's a bit abstract, let's look at a concrete example. The most
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common use of ``formfield_overrides`` is to add a custom widget for a
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certain type of field. So, imagine we've written a ``RichTextEditorWidget``
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that we'd like to use for large text fields instead of the default
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``<textarea>``. Here's how we'd do that::
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from django.db import models
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from django.contrib import admin
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# Import our custom widget and our model from where they're defined
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from myapp.widgets import RichTextEditorWidget
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from myapp.models import MyModel
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class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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formfield_overrides = {
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models.TextField: {'widget': RichTextEditorWidget},
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}
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Note that the key in the dictionary is the actual field class, *not* a
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string. The value is another dictionary; these arguments will be passed to
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:meth:`~django.forms.Field.__init__`. See :doc:`/ref/forms/api` for
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details.
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.. warning::
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If you want to use a custom widget with a relation field (i.e.
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:class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey` or
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:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`), make sure you haven't
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included that field's name in ``raw_id_fields`` or ``radio_fields``.
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``formfield_overrides`` won't let you change the widget on relation
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fields that have ``raw_id_fields`` or ``radio_fields`` set. That's
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because ``raw_id_fields`` and ``radio_fields`` imply custom widgets of
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their own.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.inlines
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See :class:`InlineModelAdmin` objects below.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_display
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Set ``list_display`` to control which fields are displayed on the change
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list page of the admin.
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Example::
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list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name')
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If you don't set ``list_display``, the admin site will display a single
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column that displays the ``__unicode__()`` representation of each object.
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You have four possible values that can be used in ``list_display``:
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* A field of the model. For example::
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name')
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* A callable that accepts one parameter for the model instance. For
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example::
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def upper_case_name(obj):
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return ("%s %s" % (obj.first_name, obj.last_name)).upper()
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upper_case_name.short_description = 'Name'
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = (upper_case_name,)
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* A string representing an attribute on the ``ModelAdmin``. This
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behaves same as the callable. For example::
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('upper_case_name',)
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def upper_case_name(self, obj):
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return ("%s %s" % (obj.first_name, obj.last_name)).upper()
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upper_case_name.short_description = 'Name'
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* A string representing an attribute on the model. This behaves almost
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the same as the callable, but ``self`` in this context is the model
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instance. Here's a full model example::
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class Person(models.Model):
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name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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birthday = models.DateField()
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def decade_born_in(self):
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return self.birthday.strftime('%Y')[:3] + "0's"
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decade_born_in.short_description = 'Birth decade'
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('name', 'decade_born_in')
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A few special cases to note about ``list_display``:
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* If the field is a ``ForeignKey``, Django will display the
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``__unicode__()`` of the related object.
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* ``ManyToManyField`` fields aren't supported, because that would
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entail executing a separate SQL statement for each row in the table.
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If you want to do this nonetheless, give your model a custom method,
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and add that method's name to ``list_display``. (See below for more
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on custom methods in ``list_display``.)
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* If the field is a ``BooleanField`` or ``NullBooleanField``, Django
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will display a pretty "on" or "off" icon instead of ``True`` or
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``False``.
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* If the string given is a method of the model, ``ModelAdmin`` or a
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callable, Django will HTML-escape the output by default. If you'd
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rather not escape the output of the method, give the method an
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``allow_tags`` attribute whose value is ``True``.
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Here's a full example model::
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class Person(models.Model):
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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color_code = models.CharField(max_length=6)
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def colored_name(self):
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return '<span style="color: #%s;">%s %s</span>' % (self.color_code, self.first_name, self.last_name)
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colored_name.allow_tags = True
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'colored_name')
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* If the string given is a method of the model, ``ModelAdmin`` or a
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callable that returns True or False Django will display a pretty
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"on" or "off" icon if you give the method a ``boolean`` attribute
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whose value is ``True``.
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Here's a full example model::
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class Person(models.Model):
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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birthday = models.DateField()
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def born_in_fifties(self):
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return self.birthday.strftime('%Y')[:3] == '195'
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born_in_fifties.boolean = True
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('name', 'born_in_fifties')
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* The ``__str__()`` and ``__unicode__()`` methods are just as valid in
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``list_display`` as any other model method, so it's perfectly OK to
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do this::
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list_display = ('__unicode__', 'some_other_field')
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* Usually, elements of ``list_display`` that aren't actual database
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fields can't be used in sorting (because Django does all the sorting
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at the database level).
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However, if an element of ``list_display`` represents a certain
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database field, you can indicate this fact by setting the
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``admin_order_field`` attribute of the item.
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For example::
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class Person(models.Model):
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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color_code = models.CharField(max_length=6)
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def colored_first_name(self):
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return '<span style="color: #%s;">%s</span>' % (self.color_code, self.first_name)
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colored_first_name.allow_tags = True
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colored_first_name.admin_order_field = 'first_name'
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('first_name', 'colored_first_name')
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The above will tell Django to order by the ``first_name`` field when
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trying to sort by ``colored_first_name`` in the admin.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_display_links
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Set ``list_display_links`` to control which fields in ``list_display``
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should be linked to the "change" page for an object.
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By default, the change list page will link the first column -- the first
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field specified in ``list_display`` -- to the change page for each item.
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But ``list_display_links`` lets you change which columns are linked. Set
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``list_display_links`` to a list or tuple of field names (in the same
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format as ``list_display``) to link.
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``list_display_links`` can specify one or many field names. As long as the
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field names appear in ``list_display``, Django doesn't care how many (or
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how few) fields are linked. The only requirement is: If you want to use
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``list_display_links``, you must define ``list_display``.
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In this example, the ``first_name`` and ``last_name`` fields will be
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linked on the change list page::
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class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'birthday')
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list_display_links = ('first_name', 'last_name')
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.. _admin-list-editable:
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_editable
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Set ``list_editable`` to a list of field names on the model which will
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allow editing on the change list page. That is, fields listed in
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``list_editable`` will be displayed as form widgets on the change list
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page, allowing users to edit and save multiple rows at once.
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.. note::
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``list_editable`` interacts with a couple of other options in
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particular ways; you should note the following rules:
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* Any field in ``list_editable`` must also be in ``list_display``.
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You can't edit a field that's not displayed!
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* The same field can't be listed in both ``list_editable`` and
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``list_display_links`` -- a field can't be both a form and
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a link.
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You'll get a validation error if either of these rules are broken.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_filter
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Set ``list_filter`` to activate filters in the right sidebar of the change
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list page of the admin. This should be a list of field names, and each
|
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specified field should be either a ``BooleanField``, ``CharField``,
|
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``DateField``, ``DateTimeField``, ``IntegerField`` or ``ForeignKey``.
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|
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This example, taken from the ``django.contrib.auth.models.User`` model,
|
|
shows how both ``list_display`` and ``list_filter`` work::
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class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
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list_display = ('username', 'email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_staff')
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list_filter = ('is_staff', 'is_superuser')
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|
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Fields in ``list_filter`` can also span relations using the ``__`` lookup::
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class UserAdminWithLookup(UserAdmin):
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list_filter = ('groups__name')
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|
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The above code results in an admin change list page that looks like this:
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.. image:: _images/users_changelist.png
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(This example also has ``search_fields`` defined. See below.)
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_per_page
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Set ``list_per_page`` to control how many items appear on each paginated
|
|
admin change list page. By default, this is set to ``100``.
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|
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_select_related
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Set ``list_select_related`` to tell Django to use
|
|
:meth:`~django.db.models.QuerySet.select_related` in retrieving the list of
|
|
objects on the admin change list page. This can save you a bunch of
|
|
database queries.
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The value should be either ``True`` or ``False``. Default is ``False``.
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|
|
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Note that Django will use :meth:`~django.db.models.QuerySet.select_related`,
|
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regardless of this setting if one of the ``list_display`` fields is a
|
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``ForeignKey``.
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.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.ordering
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|
|
|
Set ``ordering`` to specify how lists of objects should be ordered in the
|
|
Django admin views. This should be a list or tuple in the same format as a
|
|
model's :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.ordering` parameter.
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|
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If this isn't provided, the Django admin will use the model's default
|
|
ordering.
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.. admonition:: Note
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Django will only honor the first element in the list/tuple; any others
|
|
will be ignored.
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|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.paginator
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|
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.. versionadded:: 1.3
|
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|
The paginator class to be used for pagination. By default,
|
|
:class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator` is used. If the custom paginator
|
|
class doesn't have the same constructor interface as
|
|
:class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator`, you will also need to
|
|
provide an implementation for :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_paginator`.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields
|
|
|
|
Set ``prepopulated_fields`` to a dictionary mapping field names to the
|
|
fields it should prepopulate from::
|
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|
|
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
|
|
|
|
When set, the given fields will use a bit of JavaScript to populate from
|
|
the fields assigned. The main use for this functionality is to
|
|
automatically generate the value for ``SlugField`` fields from one or more
|
|
other fields. The generated value is produced by concatenating the values
|
|
of the source fields, and then by transforming that result into a valid
|
|
slug (e.g. substituting dashes for spaces).
|
|
|
|
``prepopulated_fields`` doesn't accept ``DateTimeField``, ``ForeignKey``,
|
|
nor ``ManyToManyField`` fields.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.radio_fields
|
|
|
|
By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for
|
|
fields that are ``ForeignKey`` or have ``choices`` set. If a field is
|
|
present in ``radio_fields``, Django will use a radio-button interface
|
|
instead. Assuming ``group`` is a ``ForeignKey`` on the ``Person`` model::
|
|
|
|
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
radio_fields = {"group": admin.VERTICAL}
|
|
|
|
You have the choice of using ``HORIZONTAL`` or ``VERTICAL`` from the
|
|
``django.contrib.admin`` module.
|
|
|
|
Don't include a field in ``radio_fields`` unless it's a ``ForeignKey`` or has
|
|
``choices`` set.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.raw_id_fields
|
|
|
|
By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for
|
|
fields that are ``ForeignKey``. Sometimes you don't want to incur the
|
|
overhead of having to select all the related instances to display in the
|
|
drop-down.
|
|
|
|
``raw_id_fields`` is a list of fields you would like to change
|
|
into an ``Input`` widget for either a ``ForeignKey`` or
|
|
``ManyToManyField``::
|
|
|
|
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
raw_id_fields = ("newspaper",)
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.readonly_fields
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.2
|
|
|
|
By default the admin shows all fields as editable. Any fields in this
|
|
option (which should be a ``list`` or ``tuple``) will display its data
|
|
as-is and non-editable. This option behaves nearly identical to
|
|
:attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display`. Usage is the same, however, when you
|
|
specify :attr:`ModelAdmin.fields` or :attr:`ModelAdmin.fieldsets` the
|
|
read-only fields must be present to be shown (they are ignored otherwise).
|
|
|
|
If ``readonly_fields`` is used without defining explicit ordering through
|
|
:attr:`ModelAdmin.fields` or :attr:`ModelAdmin.fieldsets` they will be
|
|
added last after all editable fields.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.save_as
|
|
|
|
Set ``save_as`` to enable a "save as" feature on admin change forms.
|
|
|
|
Normally, objects have three save options: "Save", "Save and continue
|
|
editing" and "Save and add another". If ``save_as`` is ``True``, "Save
|
|
and add another" will be replaced by a "Save as" button.
|
|
|
|
"Save as" means the object will be saved as a new object (with a new ID),
|
|
rather than the old object.
|
|
|
|
By default, ``save_as`` is set to ``False``.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.save_on_top
|
|
|
|
Set ``save_on_top`` to add save buttons across the top of your admin change
|
|
forms.
|
|
|
|
Normally, the save buttons appear only at the bottom of the forms. If you
|
|
set ``save_on_top``, the buttons will appear both on the top and the
|
|
bottom.
|
|
|
|
By default, ``save_on_top`` is set to ``False``.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.search_fields
|
|
|
|
Set ``search_fields`` to enable a search box on the admin change list page.
|
|
This should be set to a list of field names that will be searched whenever
|
|
somebody submits a search query in that text box.
|
|
|
|
These fields should be some kind of text field, such as ``CharField`` or
|
|
``TextField``. You can also perform a related lookup on a ``ForeignKey`` or
|
|
``ManyToManyField`` with the lookup API "follow" notation::
|
|
|
|
search_fields = ['foreign_key__related_fieldname']
|
|
|
|
For example, if you have a blog entry with an author, the following
|
|
definition would enable search blog entries by the email address of the
|
|
author::
|
|
|
|
search_fields = ['user__email']
|
|
|
|
When somebody does a search in the admin search box, Django splits the
|
|
search query into words and returns all objects that contain each of the
|
|
words, case insensitive, where each word must be in at least one of
|
|
``search_fields``. For example, if ``search_fields`` is set to
|
|
``['first_name', 'last_name']`` and a user searches for ``john lennon``,
|
|
Django will do the equivalent of this SQL ``WHERE`` clause::
|
|
|
|
WHERE (first_name ILIKE '%john%' OR last_name ILIKE '%john%')
|
|
AND (first_name ILIKE '%lennon%' OR last_name ILIKE '%lennon%')
|
|
|
|
For faster and/or more restrictive searches, prefix the field name
|
|
with an operator:
|
|
|
|
``^``
|
|
Matches the beginning of the field. For example, if ``search_fields``
|
|
is set to ``['^first_name', '^last_name']`` and a user searches for
|
|
``john lennon``, Django will do the equivalent of this SQL ``WHERE``
|
|
clause::
|
|
|
|
WHERE (first_name ILIKE 'john%' OR last_name ILIKE 'john%')
|
|
AND (first_name ILIKE 'lennon%' OR last_name ILIKE 'lennon%')
|
|
|
|
This query is more efficient than the normal ``'%john%'`` query,
|
|
because the database only needs to check the beginning of a column's
|
|
data, rather than seeking through the entire column's data. Plus, if
|
|
the column has an index on it, some databases may be able to use the
|
|
index for this query, even though it's a ``LIKE`` query.
|
|
|
|
``=``
|
|
Matches exactly, case-insensitive. For example, if
|
|
``search_fields`` is set to ``['=first_name', '=last_name']`` and
|
|
a user searches for ``john lennon``, Django will do the equivalent
|
|
of this SQL ``WHERE`` clause::
|
|
|
|
WHERE (first_name ILIKE 'john' OR last_name ILIKE 'john')
|
|
AND (first_name ILIKE 'lennon' OR last_name ILIKE 'lennon')
|
|
|
|
Note that the query input is split by spaces, so, following this
|
|
example, it's currently not possible to search for all records in which
|
|
``first_name`` is exactly ``'john winston'`` (containing a space).
|
|
|
|
``@``
|
|
Performs a full-text match. This is like the default search method but
|
|
uses an index. Currently this is only available for MySQL.
|
|
|
|
Custom template options
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
The `Overriding Admin Templates`_ section describes how to override or extend
|
|
the default admin templates. Use the following options to override the default
|
|
templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.add_form_template
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.2
|
|
|
|
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`add_view`.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.change_form_template
|
|
|
|
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`change_view`.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.change_list_template
|
|
|
|
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`changelist_view`.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.delete_confirmation_template
|
|
|
|
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`delete_view` for displaying a
|
|
confirmation page when deleting one or more objects.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.delete_selected_confirmation_template
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.2
|
|
|
|
Path to a custom template, used by the :meth:`delete_selected`
|
|
action method for displaying a confirmation page when deleting one
|
|
or more objects. See the :doc:`actions
|
|
documentation</ref/contrib/admin/actions>`.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.object_history_template
|
|
|
|
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`history_view`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
.. _model-admin-methods:
|
|
|
|
``ModelAdmin`` methods
|
|
----------------------
|
|
|
|
.. warning::
|
|
|
|
:meth:`ModelAdmin.save_model` and :meth:`ModelAdmin.delete_model` must
|
|
save/delete the object, they are not for veto purposes, rather they allow
|
|
you to perform extra operations.
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_model(self, request, obj, form, change)
|
|
|
|
The ``save_model`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, a model instance,
|
|
a ``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding
|
|
or changing the object. Here you can do any pre- or post-save operations.
|
|
|
|
For example to attach ``request.user`` to the object prior to saving::
|
|
|
|
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
|
|
obj.user = request.user
|
|
obj.save()
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_model(self, request, obj)
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.3
|
|
|
|
The ``delete_model`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and a model
|
|
instance. Use this method to do pre- or post-delete operations.
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change)
|
|
|
|
The ``save_formset`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, the parent
|
|
``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding or
|
|
changing the parent object.
|
|
|
|
For example to attach ``request.user`` to each changed formset
|
|
model instance::
|
|
|
|
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change):
|
|
instances = formset.save(commit=False)
|
|
for instance in instances:
|
|
instance.user = request.user
|
|
instance.save()
|
|
formset.save_m2m()
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None)
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.2
|
|
|
|
The ``get_readonly_fields`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the
|
|
``obj`` being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return
|
|
a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field names that will be displayed as read-only,
|
|
as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.readonly_fields` section.
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_urls(self)
|
|
|
|
The ``get_urls`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` returns the URLs to be used for
|
|
that ModelAdmin in the same way as a URLconf. Therefore you can extend
|
|
them as documented in :doc:`/topics/http/urls`::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def get_urls(self):
|
|
urls = super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_urls()
|
|
my_urls = patterns('',
|
|
(r'^my_view/$', self.my_view)
|
|
)
|
|
return my_urls + urls
|
|
|
|
def my_view(self, request):
|
|
# custom view which should return an HttpResponse
|
|
pass
|
|
|
|
.. note::
|
|
|
|
Notice that the custom patterns are included *before* the regular admin
|
|
URLs: the admin URL patterns are very permissive and will match nearly
|
|
anything, so you'll usually want to prepend your custom URLs to the
|
|
built-in ones.
|
|
|
|
In this example, ``my_view`` will be accessed at
|
|
``/admin/myapp/mymodel/my_view/`` (assuming the admin URLs are included
|
|
at ``/admin/``.)
|
|
|
|
However, the ``self.my_view`` function registered above suffers from two
|
|
problems:
|
|
|
|
* It will *not* perform any permission checks, so it will be accessible
|
|
to the general public.
|
|
* It will *not* provide any header details to prevent caching. This means
|
|
if the page retrieves data from the database, and caching middleware is
|
|
active, the page could show outdated information.
|
|
|
|
Since this is usually not what you want, Django provides a convenience
|
|
wrapper to check permissions and mark the view as non-cacheable. This
|
|
wrapper is :meth:`AdminSite.admin_view` (i.e.
|
|
``self.admin_site.admin_view`` inside a ``ModelAdmin`` instance); use it
|
|
like so::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def get_urls(self):
|
|
urls = super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_urls()
|
|
my_urls = patterns('',
|
|
(r'^my_view/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.my_view))
|
|
)
|
|
return my_urls + urls
|
|
|
|
Notice the wrapped view in the fifth line above::
|
|
|
|
(r'^my_view/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.my_view))
|
|
|
|
This wrapping will protect ``self.my_view`` from unauthorized access and
|
|
will apply the ``django.views.decorators.cache.never_cache`` decorator to
|
|
make sure it is not cached if the cache middleware is active.
|
|
|
|
If the page is cacheable, but you still want the permission check to be
|
|
performed, you can pass a ``cacheable=True`` argument to
|
|
:meth:`AdminSite.admin_view`::
|
|
|
|
(r'^my_view/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.my_view, cacheable=True))
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs)
|
|
|
|
The ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` allows you to
|
|
override the default formfield for a foreign key field. For example, to
|
|
return a subset of objects for this foreign key field based on the user::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
|
|
if db_field.name == "car":
|
|
kwargs["queryset"] = Car.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
|
|
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs)
|
|
|
|
This uses the ``HttpRequest`` instance to filter the ``Car`` foreign key
|
|
field to only display the cars owned by the ``User`` instance.
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_manytomany(self, db_field, request, **kwargs)
|
|
|
|
Like the ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` method, the
|
|
``formfield_for_manytomany`` method can be overridden to change the
|
|
default formfield for a many to many field. For example, if an owner can
|
|
own multiple cars and cars can belong to multiple owners -- a many to
|
|
many relationship -- you could filter the ``Car`` foreign key field to
|
|
only display the cars owned by the ``User``::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def formfield_for_manytomany(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
|
|
if db_field.name == "cars":
|
|
kwargs["queryset"] = Car.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
|
|
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_manytomany(db_field, request, **kwargs)
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_choice_field(self, db_field, request, **kwargs)
|
|
|
|
Like the ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` and ``formfield_for_manytomany``
|
|
methods, the ``formfield_for_choice_field`` method can be overridden to
|
|
change the default formfield for a field that has declared choices. For
|
|
example, if the choices available to a superuser should be different than
|
|
those available to regular staff, you could proceed as follows::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def formfield_for_choice_field(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
|
|
if db_field.name == "status":
|
|
kwargs['choices'] = (
|
|
('accepted', 'Accepted'),
|
|
('denied', 'Denied'),
|
|
)
|
|
if request.user.is_superuser:
|
|
kwargs['choices'] += (('ready', 'Ready for deployment'),)
|
|
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_choice_field(db_field, request, **kwargs)
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_add_permission(self, request)
|
|
|
|
Should return ``True`` if adding an object is permitted, ``False``
|
|
otherwise.
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_change_permission(self, request, obj=None)
|
|
|
|
Should return ``True`` if editing obj is permitted, ``False`` otherwise.
|
|
If obj is ``None``, should return ``True`` or ``False`` to indicate whether
|
|
editing of objects of this type is permitted in general (e.g., ``False``
|
|
will be interpreted as meaning that the current user is not permitted to
|
|
edit any object of this type).
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None)
|
|
|
|
Should return ``True`` if deleting obj is permitted, ``False`` otherwise.
|
|
If obj is ``None``, should return ``True`` or ``False`` to indicate whether
|
|
deleting objects of this type is permitted in general (e.g., ``False`` will
|
|
be interpreted as meaning that the current user is not permitted to delete
|
|
any object of this type).
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.queryset(self, request)
|
|
|
|
The ``queryset`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` returns a
|
|
:class:`~django.db.models.QuerySet` of all model instances that can be
|
|
edited by the admin site. One use case for overriding this method is
|
|
to show objects owned by the logged-in user::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
def queryset(self, request):
|
|
qs = super(MyModelAdmin, self).queryset(request)
|
|
if request.user.is_superuser:
|
|
return qs
|
|
return qs.filter(author=request.user)
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.message_user(request, message)
|
|
|
|
Sends a message to the user. The default implementation creates a message
|
|
using the :mod:`django.contrib.messages` backend. See the
|
|
:ref:`custom ModelAdmin example <custom-admin-action>`.
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_paginator(queryset, per_page, orphans=0, allow_empty_first_page=True)
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.3
|
|
|
|
Returns an instance of the paginator to use for this view. By default,
|
|
instantiates an instance of :attr:`paginator`.
|
|
|
|
Other methods
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.add_view(self, request, form_url='', extra_context=None)
|
|
|
|
Django view for the model instance addition page. See note below.
|
|
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.. method:: ModelAdmin.change_view(self, request, object_id, extra_context=None)
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|
Django view for the model instance edition page. See note below.
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|
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|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.changelist_view(self, request, extra_context=None)
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|
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|
Django view for the model instances change list/actions page. See note
|
|
below.
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|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_view(self, request, object_id, extra_context=None)
|
|
|
|
Django view for the model instance(s) deletion confirmation page. See note
|
|
below.
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|
|
|
.. method:: ModelAdmin.history_view(self, request, object_id, extra_context=None)
|
|
|
|
Django view for the page that shows the modification history for a given
|
|
model instance.
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|
|
|
Unlike the hook-type ``ModelAdmin`` methods detailed in the previous section,
|
|
these five methods are in reality designed to be invoked as Django views from
|
|
the admin application URL dispatching handler to render the pages that deal
|
|
with model instances CRUD operations. As a result, completely overriding these
|
|
methods will significantly change the behavior of the admin application.
|
|
|
|
One common reason for overriding these methods is to augment the context data
|
|
that is provided to the template that renders the view. In the following
|
|
example, the change view is overridden so that the rendered template is
|
|
provided some extra mapping data that would not otherwise be available::
|
|
|
|
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
|
|
# A template for a very customized change view:
|
|
change_form_template = 'admin/myapp/extras/openstreetmap_change_form.html'
|
|
|
|
def get_osm_info(self):
|
|
# ...
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|
pass
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|
|
|
def change_view(self, request, object_id, extra_context=None):
|
|
my_context = {
|
|
'osm_data': self.get_osm_info(),
|
|
}
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|
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).change_view(request, object_id,
|
|
extra_context=my_context)
|
|
|
|
``ModelAdmin`` media definitions
|
|
--------------------------------
|
|
|
|
There are times where you would like add a bit of CSS and/or JavaScript to
|
|
the add/change views. This can be accomplished by using a Media inner class
|
|
on your ``ModelAdmin``::
|
|
|
|
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
class Media:
|
|
css = {
|
|
"all": ("my_styles.css",)
|
|
}
|
|
js = ("my_code.js",)
|
|
|
|
.. versionchanged:: 1.3
|
|
|
|
The :doc:`staticfiles app </ref/contrib/staticfiles>` prepends
|
|
:setting:`STATIC_URL` (or :setting:`MEDIA_URL` if :setting:`STATIC_URL` is
|
|
``None``) to any media paths. The same rules apply as :ref:`regular media
|
|
definitions on forms <form-media-paths>`.
|
|
|
|
Django admin Javascript makes use of the `jQuery`_ library. To avoid
|
|
conflict with user scripts, Django's jQuery is namespaced as
|
|
``django.jQuery``. If you want to use jQuery in your own admin
|
|
JavaScript without including a second copy, you can use the
|
|
``django.jQuery`` object on changelist and add/edit views.
|
|
|
|
.. _jQuery: http://jquery.com
|
|
|
|
Adding custom validation to the admin
|
|
-------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Adding custom validation of data in the admin is quite easy. The automatic
|
|
admin interface reuses :mod:`django.forms`, and the ``ModelAdmin`` class gives
|
|
you the ability define your own form::
|
|
|
|
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
form = MyArticleAdminForm
|
|
|
|
``MyArticleAdminForm`` can be defined anywhere as long as you import where
|
|
needed. Now within your form you can add your own custom validation for
|
|
any field::
|
|
|
|
class MyArticleAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
|
|
class Meta:
|
|
model = Article
|
|
|
|
def clean_name(self):
|
|
# do something that validates your data
|
|
return self.cleaned_data["name"]
|
|
|
|
It is important you use a ``ModelForm`` here otherwise things can break. See
|
|
the :doc:`forms </ref/forms/index>` documentation on :doc:`custom validation
|
|
</ref/forms/validation>` and, more specifically, the
|
|
:ref:`model form validation notes <overriding-modelform-clean-method>` for more
|
|
information.
|
|
|
|
.. _admin-inlines:
|
|
|
|
``InlineModelAdmin`` objects
|
|
============================
|
|
|
|
.. class:: InlineModelAdmin
|
|
|
|
The admin interface has the ability to edit models on the same page as a
|
|
parent model. These are called inlines. Suppose you have these two models::
|
|
|
|
class Author(models.Model):
|
|
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
|
|
|
|
class Book(models.Model):
|
|
author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
|
|
title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
|
|
|
|
You can edit the books authored by an author on the author page. You add
|
|
inlines to a model by specifying them in a ``ModelAdmin.inlines``::
|
|
|
|
class BookInline(admin.TabularInline):
|
|
model = Book
|
|
|
|
class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
inlines = [
|
|
BookInline,
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
Django provides two subclasses of ``InlineModelAdmin`` and they are:
|
|
|
|
* ``TabularInline``
|
|
* ``StackedInline``
|
|
|
|
The difference between these two is merely the template used to render
|
|
them.
|
|
|
|
``InlineModelAdmin`` options
|
|
-----------------------------
|
|
|
|
``InlineModelAdmin`` shares many of the same features as ``ModelAdmin``, and
|
|
adds some of its own (the shared features are actually defined in the
|
|
``BaseModelAdmin`` superclass). The shared features are:
|
|
|
|
- :attr:`~InlineModelAdmin.form`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fieldsets`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fields`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.exclude`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_horizontal`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_vertical`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.radio_fields`
|
|
- :attr:`~InlineModelAdmin.raw_id_fields`
|
|
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.formfield_for_foreignkey`
|
|
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.formfield_for_manytomany`
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.2
|
|
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.readonly_fields`
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.formfield_overrides`
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.3
|
|
|
|
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.ordering`
|
|
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.queryset`
|
|
|
|
The ``InlineModelAdmin`` class adds:
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.model
|
|
|
|
The model in which the inline is using. This is required.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.fk_name
|
|
|
|
The name of the foreign key on the model. In most cases this will be dealt
|
|
with automatically, but ``fk_name`` must be specified explicitly if there
|
|
are more than one foreign key to the same parent model.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.formset
|
|
|
|
This defaults to ``BaseInlineFormSet``. Using your own formset can give you
|
|
many possibilities of customization. Inlines are built around
|
|
:ref:`model formsets <model-formsets>`.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.form
|
|
|
|
The value for ``form`` defaults to ``ModelForm``. This is what is passed
|
|
through to ``inlineformset_factory`` when creating the formset for this
|
|
inline.
|
|
|
|
.. _ref-contrib-admin-inline-extra:
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.extra
|
|
|
|
This controls the number of extra forms the formset will display in
|
|
addition to the initial forms. See the
|
|
:doc:`formsets documentation </topics/forms/formsets>` for more
|
|
information.
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.2
|
|
|
|
For users with JavaScript-enabled browsers, an "Add another" link is
|
|
provided to enable any number of additional inlines to be added in addition
|
|
to those provided as a result of the ``extra`` argument.
|
|
|
|
The dynamic link will not appear if the number of currently displayed forms
|
|
exceeds ``max_num``, or if the user does not have JavaScript enabled.
|
|
|
|
.. _ref-contrib-admin-inline-max-num:
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.max_num
|
|
|
|
This controls the maximum number of forms to show in the inline. This
|
|
doesn't directly correlate to the number of objects, but can if the value
|
|
is small enough. See :ref:`model-formsets-max-num` for more information.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.raw_id_fields
|
|
|
|
By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for
|
|
fields that are ``ForeignKey``. Sometimes you don't want to incur the
|
|
overhead of having to select all the related instances to display in the
|
|
drop-down.
|
|
|
|
``raw_id_fields`` is a list of fields you would like to change into a
|
|
``Input`` widget for either a ``ForeignKey`` or ``ManyToManyField``::
|
|
|
|
class BookInline(admin.TabularInline):
|
|
model = Book
|
|
raw_id_fields = ("pages",)
|
|
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.template
|
|
|
|
The template used to render the inline on the page.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name
|
|
|
|
An override to the ``verbose_name`` found in the model's inner ``Meta``
|
|
class.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name_plural
|
|
|
|
An override to the ``verbose_name_plural`` found in the model's inner
|
|
``Meta`` class.
|
|
|
|
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.can_delete
|
|
|
|
Specifies whether or not inline objects can be deleted in the inline.
|
|
Defaults to ``True``.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working with a model with two or more foreign keys to the same parent model
|
|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
It is sometimes possible to have more than one foreign key to the same model.
|
|
Take this model for instance::
|
|
|
|
class Friendship(models.Model):
|
|
to_person = models.ForeignKey(Person, related_name="friends")
|
|
from_person = models.ForeignKey(Person, related_name="from_friends")
|
|
|
|
If you wanted to display an inline on the ``Person`` admin add/change pages
|
|
you need to explicitly define the foreign key since it is unable to do so
|
|
automatically::
|
|
|
|
class FriendshipInline(admin.TabularInline):
|
|
model = Friendship
|
|
fk_name = "to_person"
|
|
|
|
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
inlines = [
|
|
FriendshipInline,
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
Working with many-to-many models
|
|
--------------------------------
|
|
|
|
.. versionadded:: 1.2
|
|
|
|
By default, admin widgets for many-to-many relations will be displayed
|
|
on whichever model contains the actual reference to the
|
|
:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`. Depending on your ``ModelAdmin``
|
|
definition, each many-to-many field in your model will be represented by a
|
|
standard HTML ``<select multiple>``, a horizontal or vertical filter, or a
|
|
``raw_id_admin`` widget. However, it is also possible to to replace these
|
|
widgets with inlines.
|
|
|
|
Suppose we have the following models::
|
|
|
|
class Person(models.Model):
|
|
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
|
|
|
|
class Group(models.Model):
|
|
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
|
|
members = models.ManyToManyField(Person, related_name='groups')
|
|
|
|
If you want to display many-to-many relations using an inline, you can do
|
|
so by defining an ``InlineModelAdmin`` object for the relationship::
|
|
|
|
class MembershipInline(admin.TabularInline):
|
|
model = Group.members.through
|
|
|
|
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
inlines = [
|
|
MembershipInline,
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
class GroupAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
inlines = [
|
|
MembershipInline,
|
|
]
|
|
exclude = ('members',)
|
|
|
|
There are two features worth noting in this example.
|
|
|
|
Firstly - the ``MembershipInline`` class references ``Group.members.through``.
|
|
The ``through`` attribute is a reference to the model that manages the
|
|
many-to-many relation. This model is automatically created by Django when you
|
|
define a many-to-many field.
|
|
|
|
Secondly, the ``GroupAdmin`` must manually exclude the ``members`` field.
|
|
Django displays an admin widget for a many-to-many field on the model that
|
|
defines the relation (in this case, ``Group``). If you want to use an inline
|
|
model to represent the many-to-many relationship, you must tell Django's admin
|
|
to *not* display this widget - otherwise you will end up with two widgets on
|
|
your admin page for managing the relation.
|
|
|
|
In all other respects, the ``InlineModelAdmin`` is exactly the same as any
|
|
other. You can customize the appearance using any of the normal
|
|
``ModelAdmin`` properties.
|
|
|
|
Working with many-to-many intermediary models
|
|
---------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
When you specify an intermediary model using the ``through`` argument to a
|
|
:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`, the admin will not display a
|
|
widget by default. This is because each instance of that intermediary model
|
|
requires more information than could be displayed in a single widget, and the
|
|
layout required for multiple widgets will vary depending on the intermediate
|
|
model.
|
|
|
|
However, we still want to be able to edit that information inline. Fortunately,
|
|
this is easy to do with inline admin models. Suppose we have the following
|
|
models::
|
|
|
|
class Person(models.Model):
|
|
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
|
|
|
|
class Group(models.Model):
|
|
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
|
|
members = models.ManyToManyField(Person, through='Membership')
|
|
|
|
class Membership(models.Model):
|
|
person = models.ForeignKey(Person)
|
|
group = models.ForeignKey(Group)
|
|
date_joined = models.DateField()
|
|
invite_reason = models.CharField(max_length=64)
|
|
|
|
The first step in displaying this intermediate model in the admin is to
|
|
define an inline class for the ``Membership`` model::
|
|
|
|
class MembershipInline(admin.TabularInline):
|
|
model = Membership
|
|
extra = 1
|
|
|
|
This simple example uses the default ``InlineModelAdmin`` values for the
|
|
``Membership`` model, and limits the extra add forms to one. This could be
|
|
customized using any of the options available to ``InlineModelAdmin`` classes.
|
|
|
|
Now create admin views for the ``Person`` and ``Group`` models::
|
|
|
|
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
inlines = (MembershipInline,)
|
|
|
|
class GroupAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
inlines = (MembershipInline,)
|
|
|
|
Finally, register your ``Person`` and ``Group`` models with the admin site::
|
|
|
|
admin.site.register(Person, PersonAdmin)
|
|
admin.site.register(Group, GroupAdmin)
|
|
|
|
Now your admin site is set up to edit ``Membership`` objects inline from
|
|
either the ``Person`` or the ``Group`` detail pages.
|
|
|
|
.. _using-generic-relations-as-an-inline:
|
|
|
|
Using generic relations as an inline
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
It is possible to use an inline with generically related objects. Let's say
|
|
you have the following models::
|
|
|
|
class Image(models.Model):
|
|
image = models.ImageField(upload_to="images")
|
|
content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType)
|
|
object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField()
|
|
content_object = generic.GenericForeignKey("content_type", "object_id")
|
|
|
|
class Product(models.Model):
|
|
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
|
|
|
|
If you want to allow editing and creating ``Image`` instance on the ``Product``
|
|
add/change views you can use ``GenericTabularInline`` or
|
|
``GenericStackedInline`` (both subclasses of ``GenericInlineModelAdmin``)
|
|
provided by ``django.contrib.contenttypes.generic``, they implement tabular and
|
|
stacked visual layouts for the forms representing the inline objects
|
|
respectively just like their non-generic counterparts and behave just like any
|
|
other inline. In your ``admin.py`` for this example app::
|
|
|
|
from django.contrib import admin
|
|
from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
|
|
|
|
from myproject.myapp.models import Image, Product
|
|
|
|
class ImageInline(generic.GenericTabularInline):
|
|
model = Image
|
|
|
|
class ProductAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
|
|
inlines = [
|
|
ImageInline,
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
admin.site.register(Product, ProductAdmin)
|
|
|
|
See the :doc:`contenttypes documentation </ref/contrib/contenttypes>` for more
|
|
specific information.
|
|
|
|
Overriding admin templates
|
|
==========================
|
|
|
|
It is relatively easy to override many of the templates which the admin module
|
|
uses to generate the various pages of an admin site. You can even override a
|
|
few of these templates for a specific app, or a specific model.
|
|
|
|
Set up your projects admin template directories
|
|
-----------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
The admin template files are located in the ``contrib/admin/templates/admin``
|
|
directory.
|
|
|
|
In order to override one or more of them, first create an ``admin`` directory
|
|
in your project's ``templates`` directory. This can be any of the directories
|
|
you specified in :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS`.
|
|
|
|
Within this ``admin`` directory, create sub-directories named after your app.
|
|
Within these app subdirectories create sub-directories named after your models.
|
|
Note, that the admin app will lowercase the model name when looking for the
|
|
directory, so make sure you name the directory in all lowercase if you are
|
|
going to run your app on a case-sensitive filesystem.
|
|
|
|
To override an admin template for a specific app, copy and edit the template
|
|
from the ``django/contrib/admin/templates/admin`` directory, and save it to one
|
|
of the directories you just created.
|
|
|
|
For example, if we wanted to add a tool to the change list view for all the
|
|
models in an app named ``my_app``, we would copy
|
|
``contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html`` to the
|
|
``templates/admin/my_app/`` directory of our project, and make any necessary
|
|
changes.
|
|
|
|
If we wanted to add a tool to the change list view for only a specific model
|
|
named 'Page', we would copy that same file to the
|
|
``templates/admin/my_app/page`` directory of our project.
|
|
|
|
Overriding vs. replacing an admin template
|
|
------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Because of the modular design of the admin templates, it is usually neither
|
|
necessary nor advisable to replace an entire template. It is almost always
|
|
better to override only the section of the template which you need to change.
|
|
|
|
To continue the example above, we want to add a new link next to the ``History``
|
|
tool for the ``Page`` model. After looking at ``change_form.html`` we determine
|
|
that we only need to override the ``object-tools`` block. Therefore here is our
|
|
new ``change_form.html`` :
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: html+django
|
|
|
|
{% extends "admin/change_form.html" %}
|
|
{% load i18n %}
|
|
{% block object-tools %}
|
|
{% if change %}{% if not is_popup %}
|
|
<ul class="object-tools">
|
|
<li><a href="history/" class="historylink">{% trans "History" %}</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="mylink/" class="historylink">My Link</a></li>
|
|
{% if has_absolute_url %}
|
|
<li><a href="../../../r/{{ content_type_id }}/{{ object_id }}/" class="viewsitelink">
|
|
{% trans "View on site" %}</a>
|
|
</li>
|
|
{% endif%}
|
|
</ul>
|
|
{% endif %}{% endif %}
|
|
{% endblock %}
|
|
|
|
And that's it! If we placed this file in the ``templates/admin/my_app``
|
|
directory, our link would appear on every model's change form.
|
|
|
|
Templates which may be overridden per app or model
|
|
--------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Not every template in ``contrib/admin/templates/admin`` may be overridden per
|
|
app or per model. The following can:
|
|
|
|
* ``app_index.html``
|
|
* ``change_form.html``
|
|
* ``change_list.html``
|
|
* ``delete_confirmation.html``
|
|
* ``object_history.html``
|
|
|
|
For those templates that cannot be overridden in this way, you may still
|
|
override them for your entire project. Just place the new version in your
|
|
``templates/admin`` directory. This is particularly useful to create custom 404
|
|
and 500 pages.
|
|
|
|
.. note::
|
|
|
|
Some of the admin templates, such as ``change_list_request.html`` are used
|
|
to render custom inclusion tags. These may be overridden, but in such cases
|
|
you are probably better off creating your own version of the tag in
|
|
question and giving it a different name. That way you can use it
|
|
selectively.
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Root and login templates
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------------------------
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If you wish to change the index, login or logout templates, you are better off
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creating your own ``AdminSite`` instance (see below), and changing the
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:attr:`AdminSite.index_template` , :attr:`AdminSite.login_template` or
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:attr:`AdminSite.logout_template` properties.
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``AdminSite`` objects
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=====================
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.. class:: AdminSite(name=None)
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A Django administrative site is represented by an instance of
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``django.contrib.admin.sites.AdminSite``; by default, an instance of
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this class is created as ``django.contrib.admin.site`` and you can
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register your models and ``ModelAdmin`` instances with it.
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If you'd like to set up your own administrative site with custom
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behavior, however, you're free to subclass ``AdminSite`` and override
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or add anything you like. Then, simply create an instance of your
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``AdminSite`` subclass (the same way you'd instantiate any other
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Python class), and register your models and ``ModelAdmin`` subclasses
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with it instead of using the default.
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When constructing an instance of an ``AdminSite``, you are able to provide
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a unique instance name using the ``name`` argument to the constructor. This
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instance name is used to identify the instance, especially when
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:ref:`reversing admin URLs <admin-reverse-urls>`. If no instance name is
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provided, a default instance name of ``admin`` will be used.
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``AdminSite`` attributes
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------------------------
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Templates can override or extend base admin templates as described in
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`Overriding Admin Templates`_.
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.. attribute:: AdminSite.index_template
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Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site main index
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view.
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.. attribute:: AdminSite.login_template
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Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site login view.
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.. attribute:: AdminSite.login_form
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.. versionadded:: 1.3
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Subclass of :class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` that
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will be used by the admin site login view.
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.. attribute:: AdminSite.logout_template
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.. versionadded:: 1.2
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Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site logout view.
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.. attribute:: AdminSite.password_change_template
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.. versionadded:: 1.2
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Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site password
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change view.
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.. attribute:: AdminSite.password_change_done_template
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.. versionadded:: 1.2
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Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site password
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change done view.
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Hooking ``AdminSite`` instances into your URLconf
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-------------------------------------------------
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The last step in setting up the Django admin is to hook your ``AdminSite``
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instance into your URLconf. Do this by pointing a given URL at the
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``AdminSite.urls`` method.
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In this example, we register the default ``AdminSite`` instance
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``django.contrib.admin.site`` at the URL ``/admin/`` ::
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# urls.py
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from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
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from django.contrib import admin
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admin.autodiscover()
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urlpatterns = patterns('',
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(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
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)
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Above we used ``admin.autodiscover()`` to automatically load the
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``INSTALLED_APPS`` admin.py modules.
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In this example, we register the ``AdminSite`` instance
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``myproject.admin.admin_site`` at the URL ``/myadmin/`` ::
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# urls.py
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from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
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from myproject.admin import admin_site
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urlpatterns = patterns('',
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(r'^myadmin/', include(admin_site.urls)),
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)
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There is really no need to use autodiscover when using your own ``AdminSite``
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instance since you will likely be importing all the per-app admin.py modules
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in your ``myproject.admin`` module.
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Multiple admin sites in the same URLconf
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----------------------------------------
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It's easy to create multiple instances of the admin site on the same
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Django-powered Web site. Just create multiple instances of ``AdminSite`` and
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root each one at a different URL.
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In this example, the URLs ``/basic-admin/`` and ``/advanced-admin/`` feature
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separate versions of the admin site -- using the ``AdminSite`` instances
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``myproject.admin.basic_site`` and ``myproject.admin.advanced_site``,
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respectively::
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# urls.py
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from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
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from myproject.admin import basic_site, advanced_site
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urlpatterns = patterns('',
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(r'^basic-admin/', include(basic_site.urls)),
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(r'^advanced-admin/', include(advanced_site.urls)),
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)
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``AdminSite`` instances take a single argument to their constructor, their
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name, which can be anything you like. This argument becomes the prefix to the
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URL names for the purposes of :ref:`reversing them<admin-reverse-urls>`. This
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is only necessary if you are using more than one ``AdminSite``.
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Adding views to admin sites
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---------------------------
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Just like :class:`ModelAdmin`, :class:`AdminSite` provides a
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:meth:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_urls()` method
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that can be overridden to define additional views for the site. To add
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a new view to your admin site, extend the base
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:meth:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_urls()` method to include
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a pattern for your new view.
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.. note::
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Any view you render that uses the admin templates, or extends the base
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admin template, should provide the ``current_app`` argument to
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:class:`~django.template.RequestContext` or :class:`~django.template.Context`
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when rendering the template. It should be set to either ``self.name`` if
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your view is on an ``AdminSite`` or ``self.admin_site.name`` if your view
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is on a ``ModelAdmin``.
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.. _admin-reverse-urls:
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Reversing admin URLs
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====================
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When an :class:`AdminSite` is deployed, the views provided by that site are
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accessible using Django's :ref:`URL reversing system <naming-url-patterns>`.
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The :class:`AdminSite` provides the following named URL patterns:
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====================== ======================== =============
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Page URL name Parameters
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====================== ======================== =============
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Index ``index``
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Logout ``logout``
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Password change ``password_change``
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Password change done ``password_change_done``
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i18n javascript ``jsi18n``
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Application index page ``app_list`` ``app_label``
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====================== ======================== =============
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Each :class:`ModelAdmin` instance provides an additional set of named URLs:
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====================== =============================================== =============
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Page URL name Parameters
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====================== =============================================== =============
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Changelist ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_changelist``
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Add ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_add``
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History ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_history`` ``object_id``
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Delete ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_delete`` ``object_id``
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Change ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_change`` ``object_id``
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====================== =============================================== =============
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These named URLs are registered with the application namespace ``admin``, and
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with an instance namespace corresponding to the name of the Site instance.
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So - if you wanted to get a reference to the Change view for a particular
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``Choice`` object (from the polls application) in the default admin, you would
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call::
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>>> from django.core import urlresolvers
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>>> c = Choice.objects.get(...)
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>>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('admin:polls_choice_change', args=(c.id,))
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This will find the first registered instance of the admin application
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(whatever the instance name), and resolve to the view for changing
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``poll.Choice`` instances in that instance.
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If you want to find a URL in a specific admin instance, provide the name of
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that instance as a ``current_app`` hint to the reverse call. For example,
|
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if you specifically wanted the admin view from the admin instance named
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``custom``, you would need to call::
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|
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>>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('custom:polls_choice_change', args=(c.id,))
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For more details, see the documentation on :ref:`reversing namespaced URLs
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<topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`.
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