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The Django admin documentation generator
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.. module:: django.contrib.admindocs
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:synopsis: Django's admin documentation generator.
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.. currentmodule:: django.contrib.admindocs
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Django's :mod:`~django.contrib.admindocs` app pulls documentation from the
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docstrings of models, views, template tags, and template filters for any app in
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:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` and makes that documentation available from the
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:mod:`Django admin <django.contrib.admin>`.
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Overview
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========
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To activate the :mod:`~django.contrib.admindocs`, you will need to do
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the following:
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* Add :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs` to your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`.
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* Add ``url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls'))`` to
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your ``urlpatterns``. Make sure it's included *before* the
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``r'^admin/'`` entry, so that requests to ``/admin/doc/`` don't get
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handled by the latter entry.
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* Install the docutils Python module (http://docutils.sf.net/).
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* **Optional:** Using the admindocs bookmarklets requires
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``django.contrib.admindocs.middleware.XViewMiddleware`` to be installed.
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Once those steps are complete, you can start browsing the documentation by
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going to your admin interface and clicking the "Documentation" link in the
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upper right of the page.
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Documentation helpers
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=====================
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The following special markup can be used in your docstrings to easily create
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hyperlinks to other components:
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================= =======================
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Django Component reStructuredText roles
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================= =======================
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Models ``:model:`app_label.ModelName```
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Views ``:view:`app_label.view_name```
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Template tags ``:tag:`tagname```
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Template filters ``:filter:`filtername```
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Templates ``:template:`path/to/template.html```
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================= =======================
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Model reference
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===============
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The **models** section of the ``admindocs`` page describes each model in the
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system along with all the fields and methods available on it. Relationships
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to other models appear as hyperlinks. Descriptions are pulled from ``help_text``
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attributes on fields or from docstrings on model methods.
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A model with useful documentation might look like this::
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class BlogEntry(models.Model):
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"""
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Stores a single blog entry, related to :model:`blog.Blog` and
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:model:`auth.User`.
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"""
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slug = models.SlugField(help_text="A short label, generally used in URLs.")
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author = models.ForeignKey(
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User,
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models.SET_NULL,
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blank=True, null=True,
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)
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blog = models.ForeignKey(Blog, models.CASCADE)
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...
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def publish(self):
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"""Makes the blog entry live on the site."""
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...
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View reference
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==============
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Each URL in your site has a separate entry in the ``admindocs`` page, and
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clicking on a given URL will show you the corresponding view. Helpful things
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you can document in your view function docstrings include:
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* A short description of what the view does.
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* The **context**, or a list of variables available in the view's template.
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* The name of the template or templates that are used for that view.
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For example::
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from django.shortcuts import render
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from myapp.models import MyModel
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def my_view(request, slug):
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"""
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Display an individual :model:`myapp.MyModel`.
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**Context**
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``mymodel``
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An instance of :model:`myapp.MyModel`.
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**Template:**
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:template:`myapp/my_template.html`
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"""
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context = {'mymodel': MyModel.objects.get(slug=slug)}
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return render(request, 'myapp/my_template.html', context)
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Template tags and filters reference
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===================================
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The **tags** and **filters** ``admindocs`` sections describe all the tags and
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filters that come with Django (in fact, the :ref:`built-in tag reference
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<ref-templates-builtins-tags>` and :ref:`built-in filter reference
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<ref-templates-builtins-filters>` documentation come directly from those
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pages). Any tags or filters that you create or are added by a third-party app
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will show up in these sections as well.
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Template reference
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==================
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While ``admindocs`` does not include a place to document templates by
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themselves, if you use the ``:template:`path/to/template.html``` syntax in a
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docstring the resulting page will verify the path of that template with
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Django's :ref:`template loaders <template-loaders>`. This can be a handy way to
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check if the specified template exists and to show where on the filesystem that
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template is stored.
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.. _admindocs-bookmarklets:
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Included Bookmarklets
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=====================
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One bookmarklet is available from the ``admindocs`` page:
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Documentation for this page
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Jumps you from any page to the documentation for the view that generates
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that page.
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Using this bookmarklet requires that ``XViewMiddleware`` is installed and that
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you are logged into the :mod:`Django admin <django.contrib.admin>` as a
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:class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` with
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:attr:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User.is_staff` set to ``True``.
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