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Generic comment moderation
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==========================
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.. module:: django.contrib.comments.moderation
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:synopsis: Support for automatic comment moderation.
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.. warning::
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Django's comment framework has been deprecated and is no longer supported.
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Most users will be better served with a custom solution, or a hosted
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product like Disqus__.
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The code formerly known as ``django.contrib.comments`` is `still available
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in an external repository`__.
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__ https://disqus.com/
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__ https://github.com/django/django-contrib-comments
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Django's bundled comments application is extremely useful on its own,
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but the amount of comment spam circulating on the Web today
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essentially makes it necessary to have some sort of automatic
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moderation system in place for any application which makes use of
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comments. To make this easier to handle in a consistent fashion,
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``django.contrib.comments.moderation`` provides a generic, extensible
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comment-moderation system which can be applied to any model or set of
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models which want to make use of Django's comment system.
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Overview
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========
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The entire system is contained within ``django.contrib.comments.moderation``,
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and uses a two-step process to enable moderation for any given model:
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1. A subclass of :class:`CommentModerator`
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is defined which specifies the moderation options the model wants to
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enable.
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2. The model is registered with the moderation system, passing in the
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model class and the class which specifies its moderation options.
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A simple example is the best illustration of this. Suppose we have the
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following model, which would represent entries in a Weblog::
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from django.db import models
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class Entry(models.Model):
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title = models.CharField(maxlength=250)
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body = models.TextField()
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pub_date = models.DateField()
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enable_comments = models.BooleanField()
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Now, suppose that we want the following steps to be applied whenever a
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new comment is posted on an ``Entry``:
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1. If the ``Entry``'s ``enable_comments`` field is ``False``, the
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comment will simply be disallowed (i.e., immediately deleted).
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2. If the ``enable_comments`` field is ``True``, the comment will be
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allowed to save.
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3. Once the comment is saved, an email should be sent to site staff
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notifying them of the new comment.
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Accomplishing this is fairly straightforward and requires very little
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code::
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from django.contrib.comments.moderation import CommentModerator, moderator
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class EntryModerator(CommentModerator):
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email_notification = True
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enable_field = 'enable_comments'
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moderator.register(Entry, EntryModerator)
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The :class:`CommentModerator` class pre-defines a number of useful moderation
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options which subclasses can enable or disable as desired, and ``moderator``
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knows how to work with them to determine whether to allow a comment, whether
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to moderate a comment which will be allowed to post, and whether to email
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notifications of new comments.
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Built-in moderation options
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---------------------------
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.. class:: CommentModerator
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Most common comment-moderation needs can be handled by subclassing
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:class:`CommentModerator` and
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changing the values of pre-defined attributes; the full range of built-in
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options is as follows.
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.. attribute:: auto_close_field
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If this is set to the name of a
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:class:`~django.db.models.DateField` or
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:class:`~django.db.models.DateTimeField` on the model for which
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comments are being moderated, new comments for objects of that model
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will be disallowed (immediately deleted) when a certain number of days
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have passed after the date specified in that field. Must be
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used in conjunction with :attr:`close_after`, which specifies the
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number of days past which comments should be
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disallowed. Default value is ``None``.
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.. attribute:: auto_moderate_field
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Like :attr:`auto_close_field`, but instead of outright deleting
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new comments when the requisite number of days have elapsed,
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it will simply set the ``is_public`` field of new comments to
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``False`` before saving them. Must be used in conjunction with
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:attr:`moderate_after`, which specifies the number of days past
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which comments should be moderated. Default value is ``None``.
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.. attribute:: close_after
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If :attr:`auto_close_field` is used, this must specify the number
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of days past the value of the field specified by
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:attr:`auto_close_field` after which new comments for an object
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should be disallowed. Allowed values are ``None``, 0 (which disallows
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comments immediately), or any positive integer. Default value is
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``None``.
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.. attribute:: email_notification
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If ``True``, any new comment on an object of this model which
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survives moderation (i.e., is not deleted) will generate an
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email to site staff. Default value is ``False``.
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.. attribute:: enable_field
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If this is set to the name of a
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:class:`~django.db.models.BooleanField` on the model
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for which comments are being moderated, new comments on
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objects of that model will be disallowed (immediately deleted)
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whenever the value of that field is ``False`` on the object
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the comment would be attached to. Default value is ``None``.
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.. attribute:: moderate_after
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If :attr:`auto_moderate_field` is used, this must specify the number
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of days past the value of the field specified by
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:attr:`auto_moderate_field` after which new comments for an object
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should be marked non-public. Allowed values are ``None``, 0 (which
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moderates comments immediately), or any positive integer. Default
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value is ``None``.
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Simply subclassing :class:`CommentModerator` and changing the values of these
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options will automatically enable the various moderation methods for any
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models registered using the subclass.
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Adding custom moderation methods
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For situations where the built-in options listed above are not
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sufficient, subclasses of :class:`CommentModerator` can also override
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the methods which actually perform the moderation, and apply any logic
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they desire. :class:`CommentModerator` defines three methods which
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determine how moderation will take place; each method will be called
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by the moderation system and passed two arguments: ``comment``, which
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is the new comment being posted, ``content_object``, which is the
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object the comment will be attached to, and ``request``, which is the
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:class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` in which the comment is being submitted:
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.. method:: CommentModerator.allow(comment, content_object, request)
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Should return ``True`` if the comment should be allowed to
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post on the content object, and ``False`` otherwise (in which
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case the comment will be immediately deleted).
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.. method:: CommentModerator.email(comment, content_object, request)
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If email notification of the new comment should be sent to
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site staff or moderators, this method is responsible for
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sending the email.
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.. method:: CommentModerator.moderate(comment, content_object, request)
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Should return ``True`` if the comment should be moderated (in
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which case its ``is_public`` field will be set to ``False``
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before saving), and ``False`` otherwise (in which case the
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``is_public`` field will not be changed).
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Registering models for moderation
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The moderation system, represented by
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``django.contrib.comments.moderation.moderator`` is an instance of the class
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:class:`Moderator`, which allows registration and "unregistration" of models
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via two methods:
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.. function:: moderator.register(model_or_iterable, moderation_class)
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Takes two arguments: the first should be either a model class
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or list of model classes, and the second should be a subclass
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of ``CommentModerator``, and register the model or models to
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be moderated using the options defined in the
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``CommentModerator`` subclass. If any of the models are
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already registered for moderation, the exception
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``AlreadyModerated`` will be raised.
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.. function:: moderator.unregister(model_or_iterable)
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Takes one argument: a model class or list of model classes,
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and removes the model or models from the set of models which
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are being moderated. If any of the models are not currently
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being moderated, the exception ``NotModerated`` will be raised.
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Customizing the moderation system
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Most use cases will work easily with simple subclassing of
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:class:`CommentModerator` and registration with the provided
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:class:`Moderator` instance, but customization of global moderation behavior
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can be achieved by subclassing :class:`Moderator` and instead registering
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models with an instance of the subclass.
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.. class:: Moderator
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In addition to the :func:`moderator.register` and
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:func:`moderator.unregister` methods detailed above, the following methods
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on :class:`Moderator` can be overridden to achieve customized behavior:
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.. method:: connect
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Determines how moderation is set up globally. The base
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implementation in
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:class:`Moderator` does this by
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attaching listeners to the :data:`~django.contrib.comments.signals.comment_will_be_posted`
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and :data:`~django.contrib.comments.signals.comment_was_posted` signals from the
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comment models.
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.. method:: pre_save_moderation(sender, comment, request, **kwargs)
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In the base implementation, applies all pre-save moderation
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steps (such as determining whether the comment needs to be
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deleted, or whether it needs to be marked as non-public or
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generate an email).
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.. method:: post_save_moderation(sender, comment, request, **kwargs)
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In the base implementation, applies all post-save moderation
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steps (currently this consists entirely of deleting comments
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which were disallowed).
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