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- <span id="id1"></span><h1>Creating Custom Categories<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-custom-categories" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
- <p>Django Categories isn’t just for using a single category model. It allows you to create your own custom category-like models with as little or much customization as you need.</p>
- <div class="section" id="name-only">
- <h2>Name only<a class="headerlink" href="#name-only" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
- <p>For many cases, you want a simple user-managed lookup table. You can do this with just a little bit of code. The resulting model will include name, slug and active fields and a hierarchical admin.</p>
- <ol class="arabic">
- <li><p class="first">Create a model that subclasses <a class="reference internal" href="reference/models.html#CategoryBase" title="CategoryBase"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">CategoryBase</span></tt></a></p>
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- <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SimpleCategory</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">CategoryBase</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="sd">"""</span>
- <span class="sd"> A simple of catgorizing example</span>
- <span class="sd"> """</span>
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- <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Meta</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">verbose_name_plural</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">'simple categories'</span>
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- <li><p class="first">Create a subclass of CategoryBaseAdmin.</p>
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- <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">categories.admin</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">CategoryBaseAdmin</span>
- <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">.models</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">SimpleCategory</span>
- <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SimpleCategoryAdmin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">CategoryBaseAdmin</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">pass</span>
- <span class="n">admin</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">site</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SimpleCategory</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">SimpleCategoryAdmin</span><span class="p">)</span>
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- <li><p class="first">Register your model and custom model admin class.</p>
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- <div class="section" id="name-and-other-data">
- <h2>Name and other data<a class="headerlink" href="#name-and-other-data" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
- <p>Sometimes you need more functionality, such as extra metadata and custom functions. The <a class="reference internal" href="reference/models.html#Category" title="Category"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Category</span></tt></a> model in this package does this.</p>
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- <li><p class="first">Create a model that subclasses <a class="reference internal" href="reference/models.html#CategoryBase" title="CategoryBase"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">CategoryBase</span></tt></a> as above.</p>
- </li>
- <li><p class="first">Add new fields to the model. The <a class="reference internal" href="reference/models.html#Category" title="Category"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Category</span></tt></a> model adds these extra fields.</p>
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- <span class="n">thumbnail</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">FileField</span><span class="p">(</span>
- <span class="n">upload_to</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">THUMBNAIL_UPLOAD_PATH</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">null</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">storage</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">STORAGE</span><span class="p">(),)</span>
- <span class="n">thumbnail_width</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">IntegerField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">null</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">thumbnail_height</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">IntegerField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">null</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">order</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">IntegerField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">alternate_title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span>
- <span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">""</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">help_text</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"An alternative title to use on pages with this category."</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">alternate_url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span>
- <span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">200</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">help_text</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"An alternative URL to use instead of the one derived from "</span>
- <span class="s">"the category hierarchy."</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">description</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TextField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">null</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">meta_keywords</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span>
- <span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">""</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">255</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">help_text</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"Comma-separated keywords for search engines."</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">meta_extra</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TextField</span><span class="p">(</span>
- <span class="n">blank</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">""</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="n">help_text</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"(Advanced) Any additional HTML to be placed verbatim "</span>
- <span class="s">"in the &lt;head&gt;"</span><span class="p">)</span>
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- </li>
- <li><p class="first">Add new methods to the model. For example, the <a class="reference internal" href="reference/models.html#Category" title="Category"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Category</span></tt></a> model adds several new methods, including overriding the <tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">save()</span></tt> method.</p>
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- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">thumbnail</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">django.core.files.images</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">get_image_dimensions</span>
- <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">django</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">django</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">VERSION</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o"><</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">height</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">get_image_dimensions</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">thumbnail</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">height</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">get_image_dimensions</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">thumbnail</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">close</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">height</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">None</span>
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- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">thumbnail_width</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">width</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">thumbnail_height</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">height</span>
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- <span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Category</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">save</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">)</span>
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- <li><p class="first">Alter <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Meta</span></tt> or <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">MPTTMeta</span></tt> class. Either of these inner classes can be overridden, however your <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Meta</span></tt> class should inherit <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">CategoryBase.Meta</span></tt>. Options for <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Meta</span></tt> are in the <a class="reference external" href="http://readthedocs.org/docs/django-mptt/en/latest/models.html#model-options">Django-MPTT docs</a>.</p>
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- <span class="n">verbose_name_plural</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">'categories'</span>
- <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MPTTMeta</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">order_insertion_by</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'order'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'name'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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- <li><p class="first">For the admin, you must create a form that subclasses <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">CategoryBaseAdminForm</span></tt> and at least sets the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Meta.model</span></tt> attribute. You can also alter the form fields and cleaning methods, as <a class="reference internal" href="reference/models.html#Category" title="Category"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Category</span></tt></a> does.</p>
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- <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Meta</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">model</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Category</span>
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- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">clean_alternate_title</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">instance</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="bp">None</span> <span class="ow">or</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cleaned_data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">'alternate_title'</span><span class="p">]:</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cleaned_data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">'name'</span><span class="p">]</span>
- <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cleaned_data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">'alternate_title'</span><span class="p">]</span>
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- <span class="n">form</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">CategoryAdminForm</span>
- <span class="n">list_display</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'name'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'alternate_title'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'active'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">fieldsets</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span>
- <span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span>
- <span class="s">'fields'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'parent'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'name'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'thumbnail'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'active'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="p">}),</span>
- <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'Meta Data'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span>
- <span class="s">'fields'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'alternate_title'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'alternate_url'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'description'</span><span class="p">,</span>
- <span class="s">'meta_keywords'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'meta_extra'</span><span class="p">),</span>
- <span class="s">'classes'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'collapse'</span><span class="p">,),</span>
- <span class="p">}),</span>
- <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'Advanced'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span>
- <span class="s">'fields'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'order'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'slug'</span><span class="p">),</span>
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