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Modify address in Django middleware

hello, I don't know if it's possible but I'd like to add few parameters at the end of the URL using middleware. Can it be done without redirect after modyfing requested URL? ie. user clicks: .../some_link and middleware rewrites it to: .../some_link?par1=1&par2=2 Other way is to modify reponse and replace every HTML link but it's not ...

Video file validation in django

First we upload the video file and try to convert in .flv video file if convert the video file in .flv file then no problem and if not able to convert in .flv file then show messages like this video format is not supported..bcz some video file not converted in .flv like(swf) ...

Is Django Book platform available?

The Django Book has a neat content publishing template. Anyone knows if it's available for public use? Alternatively, what Django sources would you recommend as an easy to use, out of the box CMS? ...

django-multilingual and switching between languages on template side

I am trying to use django-multilingual and setup it properly. But what I found is that everything is clear for django-multilingual except a template usage example. I just started to use django and I don't know, maybe because of this reason, I cannot figure out how to switch between languages on template side. Is there any example that ...

Django-imagekit: how to reduce image quality with a preprocessor_spec ?

Hi, please excuse me for my ugly english :p I've created this simple model class, with a Preprocessor to reduce my photos'quality (the photos'extension is .JPG): from django.db import models from imagekit.models import ImageModel from imagekit.specs import ImageSpec from imagekit import processors class Preprocessor(ImageSpec): qu...

Haystack search results: how to use different templates for different models in page.object_list?

I'm adding search to an existing Django site, using Haystack with a Solr backend. I want my search to work across several different models, and return a single set of of results. When iterating through the results, I would like to format each result based on what model type it is -- e.g. if the result is an Apple, use one result templa...

Getting Django Python data from views.py to javascript object in template.html

I'm using Django's render_to_response to write data out to an html page, but I'd also like that render_ to _response call to load a python dictionary into a javascript associative array. What's the best way to do this? ...

django & markdown issue: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'strip'

I have a problem about markdown and django integration. After I installed markdown and change my model class to: class Page(models.Model): class Translation(multilingual.Translation): title = models.CharField(verbose_name="Title", max_length=30, help_text="Put a title (max. 30 chars) of your page -e.g. About, CEO, ...

Events in Django

Hi, This might be a very dumb question but I can't find an answer anywhere. I was wondering how do you handle events in Django. I've read the tutorial in their webpage and I cant find a sign of explanation or I'm missing it. I work in ASP.NET webforms and the way to do that, as you probably know, is putting the event name in the ASP.NE...

Django: runtime url configuration

If there is a painless way of runtime urlconf modifications? e.g. based on database records? Bruteforce soluttion: r('^(.*)/', handmade_router_function) is too brutal for me :) Thanks in advance! UPD: I understand that i can directly modify urlpatterns from my code, but it is requires a lot of hand-coding (custom admin-save actions...

Django forms: how to display media (javascript) for a DateTimeInput widget ?

Hello (please excuse me for my bad english ;) ), Imagine the classes bellow: models.py from django import models class MyModel(models.Model): content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, verbose_name=_('content type')) object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField(_('object id')) content_object = generic.GenericForeignKey('con...

Efficiently search through a tree of ForeignKeys in Django

I have a tree like structure created out of models using ForeignKey linkages. As an example: Model Person: name = CharField Model Book: name = CharField author = FK(Person) Model Movie: name = CharField director = FK(Person) Model Album: name = CharField director = FK(Person) Model Chapter...

What are the "best practices" for AJAX with Django (or any web framework)

I am developing an issue tracking application in Django, mostly for a learning exercise but also for my own projects - and I am looking into using some AJAX for "enhanced" usability. For example, allowing users to "star" particular issues, which would add them to their watch list. This is implemented in a lot of sites, and is often AJAX ...

How can I add a related object to the Admin index view?

I want to be able to show if an Image has been associated with each Product from the list_display view. I seem to be having trouble because I'm dealing with an associated object. models.py class ImageMain(models.Model): """This is the Main Image of the product""" product = models.ForeignKey(Product) photo = models.ImageFiel...

Django generates 'WHERE ... BETWEEN ...' sentences ?

Actually, somewhere in the view: dif = datetime.timedelta(days=1) today = datetime.date.today() yesterday = today - dif ex = Fact.objects.filter(fecha_fact__lte=today ,fecha_fact__gte=yesterday ) It results to this SQL Query: SELECT `facts_fact`.`id` ... FROM `facts_fact` WHERE (`facts_fact`.`fecha_fact` >= 2009-09-21 AND `facts_fac...

django - using a common header with some dynamic elements.

I'm planning to create a website using django that will have a common header throughout the entire website. I've read django's documentation on templating inheritance, but I can't seem to find an elegant solution for the "dynamic" elements in my header. For example, the header in the website will include tabs, say similar to http://www...

How to create user defined fields in Django

Ok, I am working on a Django application with several different models, namely Accounts, Contacts, etc, each with a different set of fields. I need to be able to allow each of my users to define their own fields in addition to the existing fields. I have seen several different ways to implement this, from having a large number of Custo...

Django: how to including inline model fields in the list_display?

I'm attempting to extend django's contrib.auth User model, using an inline 'Profile' model to include extra fields. from django.contrib import admin from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin class Profile(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True, related_name='profil...

How do I pass template context information when using HttpResponseRedirect in Django?

I have a form that redirects to the same page after a user enters information (so that they can continue entering information). If the form submission is successful, I'm returning HttpResponseRedirect(request.path) which works fine. However, I'd also like to display some messages to the user in this case (e.g., "Your data has been s...

Windows impersonation for WMI calls via python?

I'm using PyWin32 to make WMI calls to the system in python from my django web application. My goal is to allow users to add printers to the system via a web interface. To do this, I'm using win32print.AddPrinterConnection. This works well running the development server under my user account. I can add all the printers I want. However, ...