django/docs/ref/class-based-views.txt

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Class-Based Generic views
=========================

.. versionadded:: 1.3

.. note::
    Prior to Django 1.3, generic views were implemented as functions. The
    function-based implementation has been deprecated in favor of the
    class-based approach described here.

    For the reference to the old on details on the old implementation,
    see the :doc:`topic guide </topics/generic-views>` and
    :doc:`detailed reference </topics/generic-views>`.

Writing Web applications can be monotonous, because we repeat certain patterns
again and again. In Django, the most common of these patterns have been
abstracted into "generic views" that let you quickly provide common views of
an object without actually needing to write any Python code.

A general introduction to generic views can be found in the :doc:`topic guide
</topics/class-based-views>`.

This reference contains details of Django's built-in generic views, along with
a list of all keyword arguments that a generic view expects. Remember that
arguments may either come from the URL pattern or from the ``extra_context``
additional-information dictionary.

Most generic views require the ``queryset`` key, which is a ``QuerySet``
instance; see :doc:`/topics/db/queries` for more information about ``QuerySet``
objects.

Mixins
======

A mixin class is a way of using the inheritance capabilities of
classes to compose a class out of smaller pieces of behavior. Django's
class-based generic views are constructed by composing a mixins into
usable generic views.

For example, the :class:`~django.views.generic.base.detail.DetailView`
is composed from:

    * :class:`~django.db.views.generic.base.View`, which provides the
      basic class-based behavior
    * :class:`~django.db.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`, which
      provides the utilities for retrieving and displaying a single object
    * :class:`~django.db.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`,
      which provides the tools for rendering a single object into a
      template-based response.

When combined, these mixins provide all the pieces necessary to
provide a view over a single object that renders a template to produce
a response.

When the documentation for a view gives the list of mixins, that view
inherits all the properties and methods of that mixin.

Django provides a range of mixins. If you want to write your own
generic views, you can build classes that compose these mixins in
interesting ways. Alternatively, you can just use the pre-mixed
`Generic views`_ that Django provides.

Simple mixins
-------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.base

TemplateResponseMixin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: TemplateResponseMixin()

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: TemplateResponseMixin.template_name

    The path to the template to use when rendering the view.

**Methods**

.. method:: TemplateResponseMixin.render_to_response(context)

    Returns a full composed HttpResponse instance, ready to be
    returned to the user.

    Calls, :meth:`~TemplateResponseMixin.render_template()` to build
    the content of the response, and
    :meth:`~TemplateResponseMixin.get_response()` to construct the
    :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object.

.. method:: TemplateResponseMixin.get_response(content, **httpresponse_kwargs)

    Constructs the :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object around
    the given content. If any keyword arguments are provided, they
    will be passed to the constructor of the
    :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` instance.

.. method:: TemplateResponseMixin.render_template(context)

    Calls :meth:`~TemplateResponseMixin.get_context_instance()` to
    obtain the :class:`Context` instance to use for rendering, and
    calls :meth:`TemplateReponseMixin.get_template()` to load the
    template that will be used to render the final content.

.. method:: TemplateResponseMixin.get_context_instance(context)

    Turns the data dictionary ``context`` into an actual context
    instance that can be used for rendering.

    By default, constructs a :class:`~django.template.RequestContext`
    instance.

.. method:: TemplateResponseMixin.get_template()

    Calls :meth:`~TemplateResponseMixin.get_template_names()` to
    obtain the list of template names that will be searched looking
    for an existent template.

.. method:: TemplateResponseMixin.get_template_names()

    The list of template names to search for when rendering the
    template.

    If :attr:`TemplateResponseMixin.template_name` is specified, the
    default implementation will return a list containing
    :attr:`TemplateResponseMixin.template_name` (if it is specified).

.. method:: TemplateResponseMixin.load_template(names)

    Loads and returns a template found by searching the list of
    ``names`` for a match. Uses Django's default template loader.

Single object mixins
--------------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.detail

SingleObjectMixin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: SingleObjectMixin()

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: SingleObjectMixin.model

    The model that this view will display data for. Specifying ``model
    = Foo`` is effectively the same as specifying ``queryset =
    Foo.objects.all()``.

.. attribute:: SingleObjectMixin.queryset

    A ``QuerySet`` that represents the objects. If provided, the
    value of :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.queryset` supersedes the
    value provided for :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.model`.

.. attribute:: SingleObjectMixin.slug_field

    The name of the field on the model that contains the slug. By
    default, ``slug_field`` is ``'slug'``.

.. attribute:: SingleObjectMixin.context_object_name

    Designates the name of the variable to use in the context.

**Methods**

.. method:: SingleObjectMixin.get_queryset()

    Returns the queryset that will be used to retrieve the object that
    this view will display.

.. method:: SingleObjectMixin.get_context_object_name(object_list)

    Return the context variable name that will be used to contain the
    list of data that this view is manipulating. If object_list is a
    queryset of Django objects, the context name will be verbose
    plural name of the model that the queryset is composed from.

.. method:: SingleObjectMixin.get_context_data(**kwargs)

    Returns context data for displaying the list of objects.

**Context**

    * ``object``: The object that this view is displaying. If
      ``context_object_name`` is specified, that variable will also be
      set in the context, with the same value as ``object``.

SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. class:: SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin()

A mixin class that performs template-based response rendering for
views that operate upon a single object instance. Requires that the
view it is mixed with provides ``self.object``, the object instance
that the view is operating on. ``self.object`` will usually be, but is
not required to be, an instance of a Django model. It may be ``None``
if the view is in the process of constructing a new instance.

**Extends**

    * :class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin.template_name_field

    The field on the current object instance that can be used to
    determine the name of a candidate template. If either
    ``template_name_field`` or the value of the
    ``template_name_field`` on the current object instance is
    ``None``, the object will not be interrogated for a candidate
    template name.

.. attribute:: SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin.template_name_suffix

    The suffix to append to the auto-generated candidate template name.
    Default suffix is ``_detail``.

**Methods**

.. method:: SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin.get_template_names()

    Returns a list of candidate template names. Returns the following
    list:

      * the value of ``template_name`` on the view (if provided)
      * the contents of the ``template_name_field`` field on the
        object instance that the view is operating upon (if available)
      * ``<app_label>/<object_name><template_name_suffix>.html``

Multiple object mixins
----------------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.list

MultipleObjectMixin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: MultipleObjectMixin()

A mixin that can be used to display a list of objects.

If ``paginate_by`` is specified, Django will paginate the results
returned by this. You can specify the page number in the URL in one of
two ways:

    * Use the ``page`` parameter in the URLconf. For example, this is
      what your URLconf might look like::

        (r'^objects/page(?P<page>[0-9]+)/$', PaginatedView.as_view())

    * Pass the page number via the ``page`` query-string parameter. For
      example, a URL would look like this::

        /objects/?page=3

These values and lists are 1-based, not 0-based, so the first page
would be represented as page ``1``.

For more on pagination, read the :doc:`pagination documentation
</topics/pagination>`.

As a special case, you are also permitted to use ``last`` as a value
for ``page``::

    /objects/?page=last

This allows you to access the final page of results without first
having to determine how many pages there are.

Note that ``page`` *must* be either a valid page number or the value
``last``; any other value for ``page`` will result in a 404 error.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: MultipleObjectMixin.allow_empty

    A boolean specifying whether to display the page if no objects are
    available. If this is ``False`` and no objects are available, the
    view will raise a 404 instead of displaying an empty page. By
    default, this is ``True``.

.. attribute:: MultipleObjectMixin.model

    The model that this view will display data for. Specifying ``model
    = Foo`` is effectively the same as specifying ``queryset =
    Foo.objects.all()``.

.. attribute:: MultipleObjectMixin.queryset

    A ``QuerySet`` that represents the objects. If provided, the
    value of :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.queryset` supersedes the
    value provided for :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.model`.

.. attribute:: MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_by

    An integer specifying how many objects should be displayed per
    page. If this is given, the view will paginate objects with
    :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_by` objects per page. The view
    will expect either a ``page`` query string parameter (via ``GET``)
    or a ``page`` variable specified in the URLconf.

.. attribute:: MultipleObjectMixin.context_object_name

    Designates the name of the variable to use in the context.

**Methods**

.. method:: MultipleObjectMixin.get_queryset()

    Returns the queryset that represents the data this view will display.

.. method:: MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_queryset(queryset, page_size)

    Returns a 4-tuple containing::

        (``paginator``, ``page``, ``object_list``, ``is_paginated``)

    constructed by paginating ``queryset`` into pages of size ``page_size``.
    If the request contains a ``page`` argument, either as a captured
    URL argument or as a GET argument, ``object_list`` will correspond
    to the objects from that page.

.. method:: MultipleObjectMixin.get_paginate_by(queryset)

.. method:: MultipleObjectMixin.get_allow_empty()

    Return a boolean specifying whether to display the page if no objects are
    available. If this method returns ``False`` and no objects are available, the
    view will raise a 404 instead of displaying an empty page. By
    default, this is ``True``.

.. method:: MultipleObjectMixin.get_context_object_name(object_list)

    Return the context variable name that will be used to contain the
    list of data that this view is manipulating. If object_list is a
    queryset of Django objects, the context name will be verbose
    plural name of the model that the queryset is composed from.

.. method:: MultipleObjectMixin.get_context_data(**kwargs)

    Returns context data for displaying the list of objects.

**Context**

    * ``object_list``: The list of object that this view is
      displaying. If ``context_object_name`` is specified, that
      variable will also be set in the context, with the same value as
      ``object_list``.

    * ``is_paginated``: A boolean representing whether the results are
      paginated. Specifically, this is set to ``False`` if no page
      size has been specified, or if the number of available objects
      is less than or equal to ``paginate_by``.

    * ``paginator``: An instance of
      :class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator`. If the page is not
      paginated, this context variable will be ``None``

    * ``page_obj``: An instance of
      :class:`django.core.paginator.Page`. If the page is not
      paginated, this context variable will be ``None``

MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin()

A mixin class that performs template-based response rendering for
views that operate upon a list of object instances. Requires that the
view it is mixed with provides ``self.object_list``, the list of
object instances that the view is operating on. ``self.object_list``
may be, but is not required to be, a
:class:`~django.db.models.Queryset`.

**Extends**

    * :class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin.template_name_suffix

    The suffix to append to the auto-generated candidate template name.
    Default suffix is ``_list``.

**Methods**

.. method:: MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin.get_template_names()

    Returns a list of candidate template names. Returns the following
    list:

      * the value of ``template_name`` on the view (if provided)
      * ``<app_label>/<object_name><template_name_suffix>.html``

Editing mixins
--------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.edit

FormMixin
~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: FormMixin()

A mixin class that provides facilities for creating and displaying forms.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: FormMixin.initial

    A dictionary containing initial data for the form.

.. attribute:: FormMixin.form_class

    The form class to instantiate.

.. attribute:: FormMixin.success_url

    The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.

**Methods**

.. method:: FormMixin.get_initial()

    Retrieve initial data for the form. By default, returns
    :attr:`FormMixin.initial`.

.. method:: FormMixin.get_form_class()

    Retrieve the form class to instantiate. By default,
    :attr:`FormMixin.form_class`.

.. method:: FormMixin.get_form(form_class)

    Instantiate an instance of ``form_class``. If the request is a
    ``POST`` or ``PUT``, the request data (``request.POST`` and
    ``request.FILES``) will be provided to the form at time of
    construction

.. method:: FormMixin.get_success_url()

    Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully
    validated. Returns :attr:`FormMixin.success_url` by default.

.. method:: FormMixin.form_valid()

    Redirects to :attr:`ModelFormMixin.success_url`.

.. method:: FormMixin.form_invalid()

    Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.

.. method:: FormMixin.get_context_data(**kwargs)

    Populates a context containing the contents of ``kwargs``.

**Context**

    * ``form``: The form instance that was generated for the view.

**Notes**

    * Views mixing :class:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin` must
      provide an implementation of :meth:`~FormMixin.form_valid()` and
      :meth:`~FormMixin.form_invalid()`.

ModelFormMixin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: ModelFormMixin()

A form mixin that works on ModelForms, rather than a standalone form.

Since this is a subclass of
:class:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`, instances of
this mixin have access to the :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.model`` and
:attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.queryset`` attributes, describing the type of
object that the ModelForm is manipulating. The view also provides
``self.object``, the instance being manipulated. If the instance is
being created, ``self.object`` will be ``None``

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.forms.FormMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: ModelFormMixin.success_url

    The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.

**Methods**

.. method:: ModelFormMixin.get_form_class()

    Retrieve the form class to instantiate. If
    :attr:`FormMixin.form_class` is provided, that class will be used.
    Otherwise, a ModelForm will be instantiated using the model
    associated with the :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.queryset``, or with
    the :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.model``, depending on which
    attribute is provided.

.. method:: FormMixin.get_form(form_class)

    Instantiate an instance of ``form_class``. If the request is a
    ``POST`` or ``PUT``, the request data (``request.POST`` and
    ``request.FILES``) will be provided to the form at time of
    construction. The current instance (``self.object``) will also
    be provided.

.. method:: ModelFormMixin.get_success_url()

    Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully
    validated. Returns :attr:`FormMixin.success_url` if it is
    provided; otherwise, attempts to use the ``get_absolute_url()``
    of the object.

.. method:: ModelFormMixin.form_valid()

    Saves the form instance, sets the current object for the view,
    and redirects to :attr:`ModelFormMixin.success_url`.

.. method:: ModelFormMixin.form_invalid()

    Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.

ProcessFormView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: ProcessFormView()

A mixin that provides basic HTTP GET and POST workflow.

On GET:
    * Construct a form
    * Render a response using a context that contains that form

On POST:
    * Construct a form
    * Check the form for validity, and handle accordingly.

The PUT action is also handled, as an analog of POST.

DeletionMixin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: DeletionMixin()

Enables handling of the ``DELETE`` http action.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: DeletionMixin.success_url

    The url to redirect to when the nominated object has been
    successfully deleted.

**Methods**

.. attribute:: DeletionMixin.get_success_url(obj)

    Returns the url to redirect to when the nominated object has been
    successfully deleted. Returns
    :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.success_url` by
    default.

Date-based mixins
-----------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.dates

YearMixin
~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: YearMixin()

A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information
for a year component of a date.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: YearMixin.year_format

    The strftime_ format to use when parsing the year. By default,
    this is ``'%Y'``.

.. _strftime: http://docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strftime

.. attribute:: YearMixin.year

    **Optional** The value for the year (as a string). By default,
    set to ``None``, which means the year will be determined using
    other means.

**Methods**

.. method:: YearMixin.get_year_format()

    Returns the strftime_ format to use when parsing the year. Returns
    :attr:`YearMixin.year_format` by default.

.. method:: YearMixin.get_year()

    Returns the year for which this view will display data. Tries the
    following sources, in order:

        * The value of the :attr:`YearMixin.year` attribute.
        * The value of the `year` argument captured in the URL pattern
        * The value of the `year` GET query argument.

    Raises a 404 if no valid year specification can be found.

MonthMixin
~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: MonthMixin()

A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information
for a month component of a date.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: MonthMixin.month_format

    The strftime_ format to use when parsing the month. By default,
    this is ``'%b'``.

.. attribute:: MonthMixin.month

    **Optional** The value for the month (as a string). By default,
    set to ``None``, which means the month will be determined using
    other means.

**Methods**

.. method:: MonthMixin.get_month_format()

    Returns the strftime_ format to use when parsing the month. Returns
    :attr:`MonthMixin.month_format` by default.

.. method:: MonthMixin.get_month()

    Returns the month for which this view will display data. Tries the
    following sources, in order:

        * The value of the :attr:`MonthMixin.month` attribute.
        * The value of the `month` argument captured in the URL pattern
        * The value of the `month` GET query argument.

    Raises a 404 if no valid month specification can be found.

.. method:: MonthMixin.get_next_month(date)

    Returns a date object containing the first day of the month after
    the date provided. Returns `None`` if mixed with a view that sets
    ``allow_future = False``, and the next month is in the future.
    If ``allow_empty = False``, returns the next month that contains
    data.

.. method:: MonthMixin.get_prev_month(date)

    Returns a date object containing the first day of the month before
    the date provided. If ``allow_empty = False``, returns the previous
    month that contained data.

DayMixin
~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: DayMixin()

A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information
for a day component of a date.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: DayMixin.day_format

    The strftime_ format to use when parsing the day. By default,
    this is ``'%d'``.

.. attribute:: DayMixin.day

    **Optional** The value for the day (as a string). By default,
    set to ``None``, which means the day will be determined using
    other means.

**Methods**

.. method:: DayMixin.get_day_format()

    Returns the strftime_ format to use when parsing the day. Returns
    :attr:`DayMixin.day_format` by default.

.. method:: DayMixin.get_day()

    Returns the day for which this view will display data. Tries the
    following sources, in order:

        * The value of the :attr:`DayMixin.day` attribute.
        * The value of the `day` argument captured in the URL pattern
        * The value of the `day` GET query argument.

    Raises a 404 if no valid day specification can be found.

.. method:: MonthMixin.get_next_day(date)

    Returns a date object containing the next day after the date
    provided. Returns `None`` if mixed with a view that sets
    ``allow_future = False``, and the next day is in the future. If
    ``allow_empty = False``, returns the next day that contains
    data.

.. method:: MonthMixin.get_prev_day(date)

    Returns a date object containing the previous day. If
    ``allow_empty = False``, returns the previous day that contained
    data.

WeekMixin
~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: WeekMixin()

A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information
for a week component of a date.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: WeekMixin.week_format

    The strftime_ format to use when parsing the week. By default,
    this is ``'%U'``.

.. attribute:: WeekMixin.week

    **Optional** The value for the week (as a string). By default,
    set to ``None``, which means the week will be determined using
    other means.

**Methods**

.. method:: WeekMixin.get_week_format()

    Returns the strftime_ format to use when parsing the week. Returns
    :attr:`WeekMixin.week_format` by default.

.. method:: WeekMixin.get_week()

    Returns the week for which this view will display data. Tries the
    following sources, in order:

        * The value of the :attr:`WeekMixin.week` attribute.
        * The value of the `week` argument captured in the URL pattern
        * The value of the `week` GET query argument.

    Raises a 404 if no valid week specification can be found.


DateMixin
~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: DateMixin()

A mixin class providing common behavior for all date-based views.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: BaseDateListView.date_field

    The name of the ``DateField`` or ``DateTimeField`` in the
    ``QuerySet``'s model that the date-based archive should use to
    determine the objects on the page.

.. attribute:: BaseDateListView.allow_future

    A boolean specifying whether to include "future" objects on this
    page, where "future" means objects in which the field specified in
    ``date_field`` is greater than the current date/time. By default,
    this is ``False``.

**Methods**

.. method:: BaseDateListView.get_date_field()

    Returns the name of the field that contains the date data that
    this view will operate on. Returns :attr:`DateMixin.date_field` by
    default.

.. method:: BaseDateListView.get_allow_future()

    Determine whether to include "future" objects on this page, where
    "future" means objects in which the field specified in
    ``date_field`` is greater than the current date/time. Returns
    :attr:`DateMixin.date_field` by default.

BaseDateListView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseDateListView()

A base class that provides common behavior for all date-based views.
There won't normally be a reason to instantiate
:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`; instantiate one of
the subclasses instead.

While this view (and it's subclasses) are executing,
``self.object_list`` will contain the list of objects that the view is
operating upon, and ``self.date_list`` will contain the list of dates
for which data is available.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
    * :class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: BaseDateListView.allow_empty

    A boolean specifying whether to display the page if no objects are
    available. If this is ``False`` and no objects are available, the
    view will raise a 404 instead of displaying an empty page. By
    default, this is ``True``.

**Methods**

.. method:: ArchiveView.get_dated_items():

    Returns a 3-tuple containing::

        (date_list, latest, extra_context)

    ``date_list`` is the list of dates for which data is available.
    ``object_list`` is the list of objects ``extra_context`` is a
    dictionary of context data that will be added to any context data
    provided by the
    :class:`~django.db.views.generic.list.MultiplObjectMixin`.

.. method:: BaseDateListView.get_dated_queryset(**lookup)

    Returns a queryset, filtered using the query arguments defined by
    ``lookup``. Enforces any restrictions on the queryset, such as
    ``allow_empty`` and ``allow_future``.

.. method:: BaseDateListView.get_date_list(queryset, date_type)

    Returns the list of dates of type ``date_type`` for which
    ``queryset`` contains entries. For example, ``get_date_list(qs,
    'year')`` will return the list of years for which ``qs`` has
    entries. See :meth:``~django.db.models.QuerySet.dates()` for the
    ways that the ``date_type`` argument can be used.


Generic views
=============

Simple generic views
--------------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.base

View
~~~~
.. class:: View()

The master class-based base view. All other generic class-based views
inherit from this base class.

Each request served by a :class:`~django.views.generic.base.View` has
an independent state; therefore, it is safe to store state variables
on the instance (i.e., ``self.foo = 3`` is a thread-safe operation).

A class-based view is deployed into a URL pattern using the
:meth:`~View.as_view()` classmethod::

    urlpatterns = patterns('',
            (r'^view/$', MyView.as_view(size=42)),
        )

Any argument passed into :meth:`~View.as_view()` will be assigned onto
the instance that is used to service a request. Using the previous
example, this means that every request on ``MyView`` is able to
interrogate ``self.size``.

.. admonition:: Thread safety with view arguments

    Arguments passed to a view are shared between every instance of a
    view. This means that you shoudn't use a list, dictionary, or any
    other variable object as an argument to a view. If you did, the
    actions of one user visiting your view could have an effect on
    subsequent users visiting the same view.

**Methods**

.. method:: View.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

    The ``view`` part of the view -- the method that accepts a
    ``request`` argument plus arguments, and returns a HTTP response.

    The default implementation will inspect the HTTP method and
    attempt to delegate to a method that matches the HTTP method; a
    ``GET`` will be delegated to :meth:`~View.get()`, a ``POST`` to
    :meth:`~View.post()`, and so on.

    The default implementation also sets ``request``, ``args`` and
    ``kwargs`` as instance variables, so any method on the view can
    know the full details of the request that was made to invoke the
    view.

.. method:: View.http_method_not_allowed(request, *args, **kwargs)

    If the view was called with HTTP method it doesn't support, this
    method is called instead.

    The default implementation returns ``HttpResponseNotAllowed``
    with list of allowed methods in plain text.

TemplateView
~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: TemplateView()

Renders a given template, passing it a ``{{ params }}`` template
variable, which is a dictionary of the parameters captured in the URL.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: TemplateView.template_name

    The full name of a template to use.

**Methods**

.. method:: TemplateView.get_context_data(**kwargs)

    Return a context data dictionary consisting of the contents of
    ``kwargs`` stored in the context variable ``params``.

**Context**

    * ``params``: The dictionary of keyword arguments captured from
      the URL pattern that served the view.

RedirectView
~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: RedirectView()

Redirects to a given URL.

The given URL may contain dictionary-style string formatting, which
will be interpolated against the parameters captured in the URL.
Because keyword interpolation is *always* done (even if no arguments
are passed in), any ``"%"`` characters in the URL must be written as
``"%%"`` so that Python will convert them to a single percent sign on
output.

If the given URL is ``None``, Django will return an
``HttpResponseGone`` (410).

**Mixins**

None.

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: RedirectView.url

    The URL to redirect to, as a string. Or ``None`` to raise a 410
    (Gone) HTTP error.

.. attribute:: RedirectView.permanent

    Whether the redirect should be permanent. The only difference here
    is the HTTP status code returned. If ``True``, then the redirect
    will use status code 301. If ``False``, then the redirect will use
    status code 302. By default, ``permanent`` is ``True``.

.. attribute:: RedirectView.query_string

    Whether to pass along the GET query string to the new location. If
    ``True``, then the query string is appended to the URL. If
    ``False``, then the query string is discarded. By default,
    ``query_string`` is ``False``.

**Methods**

.. method:: RedirectView.get_redirect_url(**kwargs)

    Constructs the target URL for redirection.

    The default implementation uses :attr:`~RedirectView.url` as a
    starting string, performs expansion of ``%`` parameters in that
    string, as well as the appending of query string if requested by
    :attr:`~RedirectView.query_string`. Subclasses may implement any
    behavior they wish, as long as the method returns a redirect-ready
    URL string.

Detail views
------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.detail

DetailView
~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseDetailView()
.. class:: DetailView()

A page representing an individual object.

While this view is executing, ``self.object`` will contain the object that
the view is operating upon.

:class:`~django.views.generic.base.BaseDetailView` implements the same
behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.base.DetailView`, but doesn't
include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

  * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
  * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`

List views
----------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.list

ListView
~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseListView()
.. class:: ListView()

A page representing a list of objects.

While this view is executing, ``self.object_list`` will contain the
list of objects (usually, but not necessarily a queryset) that the
view is operating upon.

:class:`~django.views.generic.list.BaseListView` implements the same
behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.list.ListView`, but doesn't
include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

  * :class:`django.views.generic.base.MultipleObjectMixin`
  * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`


Editing views
-------------

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.edit

FormView
~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseFormView()
.. class:: FormView()

A view that displays a form. On error, redisplays the form with
validation errors; on success, redirects to a new URL.

:class:`~django.views.generic.edit.BaseFormView` implements the same
behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormView`, but doesn't
include the :class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`

CreateView
~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseCreateView()
.. class:: CreateView()

A view that displays a form for creating an object, redisplaying the
form with validation errors (if there are any) and saving the object.

:class:`~django.views.generic.edit.BaseCreateView` implements the same
behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.edit.CreateView`, but
doesn't include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin`
  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`

UpdateView
~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseUpdateView()
.. class:: UpdateView()

A view that displays a form for editing an existing object,
redisplaying the form with validation errors (if there are any) and
saving changes to the object. This uses a form automatically generated
from the object's model class (unless a form class is manually
specified).

:class:`~django.views.generic.edit.BaseUpdateView` implements the same
behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.edit.UpdateView`, but
doesn't include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin`
  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`

DeleteView
~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseDeleteView()
.. class:: DeleteView()

A view that displays a confirmation page and deletes an existing object. The
given object will only be deleted if the request method is ``POST``. If this
view is fetched via ``GET``, it will display a confirmation page that should
contain a form that POSTs to the same URL.

:class:`~django.views.generic.edit.BaseDeleteView` implements the same
behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.edit.DeleteView`, but
doesn't include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin`
  * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`

**Notes**

   * The delete confirmation page displayed to a GET request uses a
     ``template_name_suffix`` of ``'_confirm_delete'``.

Date-based views
----------------

Date-based generic views (in the module :mod:`django.views.generic.dates`)
are views for displaying drilldown pages for date-based data.

.. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.dates

ArchiveIndexView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseArchiveIndexView()
.. class:: ArchiveIndexView()

A top-level index page showing the "latest" objects, by date. Objects
with a date in the *future* are not included unless you set
``allow_future`` to ``True``.

:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseArchiveIndexView` implements
the same behavior as
:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.ArchiveIndexView`, but doesn't
include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`

**Notes**

    * Uses a default ``context_object_name`` of ``latest``.

    * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive``.

YearArchiveView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseYearArchiveView()
.. class:: YearArchiveView()

A yearly archive page showing all available months in a given year.
Objects with a date in the *future* are not displayed unless you set
``allow_future`` to ``True``.

:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseYearArchiveView` implements the
same behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.YearArchiveView`,
but doesn't include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`

**Attributes**

.. attribute:: YearArchiveView.make_object_list

    A boolean specifying whether to retrieve the full list of objects
    for this year and pass those to the template. If ``True``, the
    list of objects will be made available to the context. By default,
    this is ``False``.

**Methods**

.. method:: YearArchiveView.get_make_object_list()

    Determine if an object list will be returned as part of the context.
    If ``False``, the ``None`` queryset will be used as the object list.

**Context**

In addition to the context provided by
:class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
:class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
context will be:

    * ``date_list``: A ``DateQuerySet`` object containing all months that have
      have objects available according to ``queryset``, represented as
      ``datetime.datetime`` objects, in ascending order.

    * ``year``: The given year, as a four-character string.

**Notes**

    * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_year``.

MonthArchiveView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseMonthArchiveView()
.. class:: MonthArchiveView()

A monthly archive page showing all objects in a given month. Objects with a
date in the *future* are not displayed unless you set ``allow_future`` to
``True``.

:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseMonthArchiveView` implements
the same behavior as
:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.MonthArchiveView`, but doesn't
include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`

**Attributes**

**Methods**

**Context**

In addition to the context provided by
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
context will be:

    * ``date_list``: A ``DateQuerySet`` object containing all days that have
      have objects available in the given month, according to ``queryset``,
      represented as ``datetime.datetime`` objects, in ascending order.

    * ``month``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the given month.

    * ``next_month``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the first day of
      the next month. If the next month is in the future, this will be
      ``None``.

    * ``previous_month``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the first day
      of the previous month. Unlike ``next_month``, this will never be
      ``None``.

**Notes**

    * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_month``.

WeekArchiveView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseWeekArchiveView()
.. class:: WeekArchiveView()

A weekly archive page showing all objects in a given week. Objects with a date
in the *future* are not displayed unless you set ``allow_future`` to ``True``.

:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseWeekArchiveView` implements the
same behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.WeekArchiveView`,
but doesn't include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`

**Context**

In addition to the context provided by
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
context will be:

    * ``week``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the first day of the
      given week.

**Notes**

    * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_week``.

DayArchiveView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseDayArchiveView()
.. class:: DayArchiveView()

A day archive page showing all objects in a given day. Days in the future throw
a 404 error, regardless of whether any objects exist for future days, unless
you set ``allow_future`` to ``True``.

:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDayArchiveView` implements the
same behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.DayArchiveView`,
but doesn't include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`

**Context**

In addition to the context provided by
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
context will be:

    * ``day``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the given day.

    * ``next_day``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the next day. If
      the next day is in the future, this will be ``None``.

    * ``previous_day``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the previous day.
      Unlike ``next_day``, this will never be ``None``.

    * ``next_month``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the first day of
      the next month. If the next month is in the future, this will be
      ``None``.

    * ``previous_month``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the first day
      of the previous month. Unlike ``next_month``, this will never be
      ``None``.

**Notes**

    * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_day``.

TodayArchiveView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseTodayArchiveView()
.. class:: TodayArchiveView()

A day archive page showing all objects for *today*. This is exactly the same as
``archive_day``, except the ``year``/``month``/``day`` arguments are not used,

:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseTodayArchiveView` implements
the same behavior as
:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.TodayArchiveView`, but doesn't
include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayArchiveView`

DateDetailView
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. class:: BaseDateDetailView()
.. class:: DateDetailView()

A page representing an individual object. If the object has a date value in the
future, the view will throw a 404 error by default, unless you set
``allow_future`` to ``True``.

:class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateDetailView` implements the
same behavior as :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.DateDetailView`,
but doesn't include the
:class:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.

**Mixins**

    * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayMixin`
    * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`