# Django-object-tool
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**django-object-tool** let you can customize django administration's object-tools bar. You can add actions to object-tools bar beside add-object button. The definition of object-tool action are almost same as django's default action.
> This is a pre alpha version without any unittest, there may have serveral problems and not compatible with some django or python versions.
![](docs/static/images/example.jpg?raw=true)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Write your first admin](#write-your-first-admin)
- [Specific view only object tools](#specific-view-only-object-tools)
- [Shortcuts](#shortcuts)
- [Shortcut for hyperlinks](#shortcut-for-hyperlinks)
- [Execute after confirmation](#execute-after-confirmation)
- [Create a form](#create-a-form)
- [Advanced usage](#advanced-usage)
- [Site wide object tools](#site-wide-object-tools)
- [Work with your own admin template](#work-with-your-own-admin-template)
- [Use in reusable apps](#use-in-reusable-apps)
- [Ordering of object tools](#ordering-of-object-tools)
- [Customize button styles](#customize-button-styles)
- [Configurations](#configurations)
- [Compatibilities](#compatibilities)
- [django-import-export](#django-import-export)
- [Example app](#example-app)
- [TODOS](#todos)
- [Change logs](#change-logs)
- [0.0.1](#001)
## Quick Start
### Installation
Install django-object-tool by using pip
pip install django-object-tool
then add it to your INSTALLED_APP
# settings
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
"object-tool",
"your app needs object-tool"
)
All prequisites are set up! See [Write your first admin](#Write-your-first-admin) to learn how to use django-object-tool in your project.
> Note: We've patched django's default admin site(`django.contrib.admin.site`) by default, if you want to write your own admin site, please mix `object_tool.CustomObjectToolAdminSiteMixin` in your admin site class or direct inherit from `object_tool.CustomObjectToolAdminSite`.
>
> If you don't want to change the default site generate by django, you can set `OBJECT_TOOL_PATCHADMINSITE` to `False` in your settings file.
### Write your first admin
The object tool takes a request and an optional object, when this tool called inside a change view, the current editing object will be passed in.
from object_tool import CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin
class SomeModelAdmin(CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
object_tools = ("some_action",)
def some_action(self, request, obj=None):
if obj:
obj.some_property = "value"
obj.save()
else:
self.get_queryset(request).all().update(some_property="value")
> The definition of object tool's action is almost same as django's default action, except the third parameter of the function is a optional current editing object rather than a queryset.
### Specific view only object tools
You can define a object tool only show in changelist view or change view by register it to changelist_object_tools or change_object_tools in your model admin.
from object_tool import CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin
class SomeModelAdmin(CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
changelist_object_tools = ("changelist_view_only_action",)
change_object_tools = ("change_view_only_action", )
### Shortcuts
#### Shortcut for hyperlinks
You can create a hyperlink object tool like add-object by using `object_tool.link`, it takes a url as the first parameter and optional short_description as the second parameter.
from object_tool import CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin, link
class SomeModelAdmin(CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
object_tools = ("forkme", )
forkme = link(
"https://github.com/Xavier-Lam/django-object-tool",
"Fork me on github")
#### Execute after confirmation
@object_tool.confirm("are you sure to edit %(obj)s??", "confirm-tool")
def confirm_action(self, request, obj=None):
messages.success(request, "success!")
#### Create a form
With `object_tool.form` decorator, it is very easy to create a form view. This decorator takes a Form class as first parameter and it will auto render the form. When form is cleaned, it will actually execute decorated codes.
from object_tool import CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin, form
class Form(forms.Form):
text = forms.CharField()
class UserAdmin(CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
object_tools = ("greetings", )
@form(Form, "greetings")
def greetings(self, request, form, obj=None):
text = form.cleaned_data["text"]
tpl = "greetings to {name}: {text}"
if obj:
msg = tpl.format(name=obj.name, text=text)
else:
msg = tpl.format(name="all users", text=text)
messages.info(request, msg)
## Advanced usage
### Site wide object tools
You can create a site wide object tool by register your object tool to the admin site which inherited from `object_tool.CustomObjectToolAdminSiteMixin`. You can set the second parameter of `object_tool.CustomObjectToolAdminSiteMixin.add_object_tool` to *changelist* or *change* if you want to make your object tool appear in changelist view or change view only.
admin_site.add_object_tool(lambda modeladmin, request, obj=None: "some action")
> Note: Apparantly, you need to set your model admin's admin_site to the above site which your object tool registered to.
### Work with your own admin template
In a `object_tool.CustomObjectToolAdminSiteMixin` class, rather than extends your template from `admin/change_list.html` or `admin/change_form.html`, you should extends `admin/object_tool/object-tool-items.html` instead.
* admin.py
class SomeModelAdmin(CustomObjectToolModelAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
change_list_template = "template.html"
* template.html
{% extends 'admin/object_tool/baseview.html' %}
...your template code goes here...
### Use in reusable apps
You may run `object_tool.ObjectToolConfig.register()` in your reusable app's ready method. By doing this, users who use your reusable app needn't to add `object_tool` to their INSTALLED_APPS. By default this will not replace the default admin site and modeladmin, you need inherit your modeladmin class from `object_tool.ObjectToolModelAdminMixin`, if you still want to replace the default modeladmin, you need pass True to the register method, but we don't recommend you to do so, this have a side-effect on other apps your installed.
class AppConfig(AppConfig):
name = 'app'
def ready(self):
import object_tool
object_tool.ObjectToolConfig.register()
### Ordering of object tools
Refer to the below table which lists the object tools' registration with the highest precedence at the top and lowest at the bottom.
* admin site global tools
* admin site global specify view tools
* tools defined in parent model admins
* specify view tools defined in parent model admins
* tools defined in current model admin
* specify view tools defined in current model admin
### Customize button styles
Assign *classes* property to object tool action can add classes to the object tool button.
def some_action(self, request, obj=None):
pass
some_action.classes = "addlink"
## Configurations
| name | default | description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| OBJECT_TOOL_PATCHADMINSITE | True | replace `django.contrib.admin.sites.site` with `object_tool.CustomObjectToolAdminSite` when app loaded |
| OBJECT_TOOL_PATCHMODELADMIN | False | replace `django.contrib.admin.options.ModelAdmin` with `object_tool.CustomObjectToolModelAdmin` when app loaded |
## Compatibilities
### django-import-export
We do not support [django-import-export](https://github.com/django-import-export/django-import-export/tree/master/import_export) yet, but we have plan support django-import-export in the future.
## Example app
We provided an example app
git clone git@github.com:Xavier-Lam/django-object-tool.git
cd django-object-tool/example
pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver
Then visit ***http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin*** and login as super admin by using account ***admin*** with password ***123456***.
## TODOS
* unittests
* permissions
* [django-import-export](https://github.com/django-import-export/django-import-export/tree/master/import_export) compatibility
## Change logs
### 0.0.1
* custom object tools