# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ 2. Adding __str__() or __unicode__() to models Although it's not a strict requirement, each model should have a ``_str__()`` or ``__unicode__()`` method to return a "human-readable" representation of the object. Do this not only for your own sanity when dealing with the interactive prompt, but also because objects' representations are used throughout Django's automatically-generated admin. Normally, you should write ``__unicode__``() method, since this will work for all field types (and Django will automatically provide an appropriate ``__str__()`` method). However, you can write a ``__str__()`` method directly, if you prefer. You must be careful to encode the results correctly, though. """ from django.db import models from django.utils.encoding import smart_str class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(maxlength=100) pub_date = models.DateTimeField() def __str__(self): # Caution: this is only safe if you are certain that headline will be # in ASCII. return self.headline class InternationalArticle(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(maxlength=100) pub_date = models.DateTimeField() def __unicode__(self): return self.headline __test__ = {'API_TESTS':ur""" # Create an Article. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> a = Article(headline='Area man programs in Python', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 28)) >>> a.save() >>> str(a) 'Area man programs in Python' >>> a >>> a1 = InternationalArticle(headline=u'Girl wins €12.500 in lottery', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 28)) # The default str() output will be the UTF-8 encoded output of __unicode__(). >>> str(a1) 'Girl wins \xe2\x82\xac12.500 in lottery' """}