=====================
The Django admin site
=====================
.. module:: django.contrib.admin
:synopsis: Django's admin site.
One of the most powerful parts of Django is the automatic admin interface. It
reads metadata in your model to provide a powerful and production-ready
interface that content producers can immediately use to start adding content to
the site. In this document, we discuss how to activate, use and customize
Django's admin interface.
Overview
========
The admin is enabled in the default project template used by
:djadmin:`startproject`.
.. versionchanged:: 1.6
In previous versions, the admin wasn't enabled by default.
For reference, here are the requirements:
1. Add ``'django.contrib.admin'`` to your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`
setting.
2. The admin has four dependencies - :mod:`django.contrib.auth`,
:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`,
:mod:`django.contrib.messages` and
:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`. If these applications are not
in your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` list, add them.
3. Add ``django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages`` to
:setting:`TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS` as well as
:class:`django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware` and
:class:`django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware` to
:setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`. (These are all active by default, so
you only need to do this if you've manually tweaked the settings.)
4. Determine which of your application's models should be editable in the
admin interface.
5. For each of those models, optionally create a ``ModelAdmin`` class that
encapsulates the customized admin functionality and options for that
particular model.
6. Instantiate an ``AdminSite`` and tell it about each of your models and
``ModelAdmin`` classes.
7. Hook the ``AdminSite`` instance into your URLconf.
After you've taken these steps, you'll be able to use your Django admin site
by visiting the URL you hooked it into (``/admin/``, by default).
Other topics
------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
actions
admindocs
.. seealso::
For information about serving the static files (images, JavaScript, and
CSS) associated with the admin in production, see :ref:`serving-files`.
Having problems? Try :doc:`/faq/admin`.
``ModelAdmin`` objects
======================
.. class:: ModelAdmin
The ``ModelAdmin`` class is the representation of a model in the admin
interface. These are stored in a file named ``admin.py`` in your
application. Let's take a look at a very simple example of
the ``ModelAdmin``::
from django.contrib import admin
from myproject.myapp.models import Author
class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
pass
admin.site.register(Author, AuthorAdmin)
.. admonition:: Do you need a ``ModelAdmin`` object at all?
In the preceding example, the ``ModelAdmin`` class doesn't define any
custom values (yet). As a result, the default admin interface will be
provided. If you are happy with the default admin interface, you don't
need to define a ``ModelAdmin`` object at all -- you can register the
model class without providing a ``ModelAdmin`` description. The
preceding example could be simplified to::
from django.contrib import admin
from myproject.myapp.models import Author
admin.site.register(Author)
``ModelAdmin`` options
----------------------
The ``ModelAdmin`` is very flexible. It has several options for dealing with
customizing the interface. All options are defined on the ``ModelAdmin``
subclass::
from django.contrib import admin
class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
date_hierarchy = 'pub_date'
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions
A list of actions to make available on the change list page. See
:doc:`/ref/contrib/admin/actions` for details.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions_on_top
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions_on_bottom
Controls where on the page the actions bar appears. By default, the admin
changelist displays actions at the top of the page (``actions_on_top = True;
actions_on_bottom = False``).
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.actions_selection_counter
Controls whether a selection counter is displayed next to the action dropdown.
By default, the admin changelist will display it
(``actions_selection_counter = True``).
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.date_hierarchy
Set ``date_hierarchy`` to the name of a ``DateField`` or ``DateTimeField``
in your model, and the change list page will include a date-based drilldown
navigation by that field.
Example::
date_hierarchy = 'pub_date'
This will intelligently populate itself based on available data,
e.g. if all the dates are in one month, it'll show the day-level
drill-down only.
.. note::
``date_hierarchy`` uses :meth:`QuerySet.datetimes()
<django.db.models.query.QuerySet.datetimes>` internally. Please refer
to its documentation for some caveats when time zone support is
enabled (:setting:`USE_TZ = True <USE_TZ>`).
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.exclude
This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names to exclude from
the form.
For example, let's consider the following model::
from django.db import models
class Author(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
title = models.CharField(max_length=3)
birth_date = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)
If you want a form for the ``Author`` model that includes only the ``name``
and ``title`` fields, you would specify ``fields`` or ``exclude`` like
this::
from django.contrib import admin
class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
fields = ('name', 'title')
class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
exclude = ('birth_date',)
Since the Author model only has three fields, ``name``, ``title``, and
``birth_date``, the forms resulting from the above declarations will
contain exactly the same fields.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.fields
If you need to achieve simple changes in the layout of fields in the forms
of the "add" and "change" pages like only showing a subset of the available
fields, modifying their order or grouping them in rows you can use the
``fields`` option (for more complex layout needs see the
:attr:`~ModelAdmin.fieldsets` option described in the next section). For
example, you could define a simpler version of the admin form for the
:class:`django.contrib.flatpages.models.FlatPage` model as follows::
class FlatPageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
fields = ('url', 'title', 'content')
In the above example, only the fields ``url``, ``title`` and ``content``
will be displayed, sequentially, in the form. ``fields`` can contain
values defined in :attr:`ModelAdmin.readonly_fields` to be displayed as
read-only.
The ``fields`` option, unlike :attr:`~ModelAdmin.list_display`, may only
contain names of fields on the model or the form specified by
:attr:`~ModelAdmin.form`. It may contain callables only if they are listed
in :attr:`~ModelAdmin.readonly_fields`.
To display multiple fields on the same line, wrap those fields in their own
tuple. In this example, the ``url`` and ``title`` fields will display on the
same line and the ``content`` field will be displayed below them in its
own line::
class FlatPageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
fields = (('url', 'title'), 'content')
.. admonition:: Note
This ``fields`` option should not be confused with the ``fields``
dictionary key that is within the :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fieldsets` option,
as described in the next section.
If neither ``fields`` nor :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fieldsets` options are present,
Django will default to displaying each field that isn't an ``AutoField`` and
has ``editable=True``, in a single fieldset, in the same order as the fields
are defined in the model.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.fieldsets
Set ``fieldsets`` to control the layout of admin "add" and "change" pages.
``fieldsets`` is a list of two-tuples, in which each two-tuple represents a
``<fieldset>`` on the admin form page. (A ``<fieldset>`` is a "section" of
the form.)
The two-tuples are in the format ``(name, field_options)``, where ``name``
is a string representing the title of the fieldset and ``field_options`` is
a dictionary of information about the fieldset, including a list of fields
to be displayed in it.
A full example, taken from the
:class:`django.contrib.flatpages.models.FlatPage` model::
from django.contrib import admin
class FlatPageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
fieldsets = (
(None, {
'fields': ('url', 'title', 'content', 'sites')
}),
('Advanced options', {
'classes': ('collapse',),
'fields': ('enable_comments', 'registration_required', 'template_name')
}),
)
This results in an admin page that looks like:
.. image:: _images/flatfiles_admin.png
If neither ``fieldsets`` nor :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fields` options are present,
Django will default to displaying each field that isn't an ``AutoField`` and
has ``editable=True``, in a single fieldset, in the same order as the fields
are defined in the model.
The ``field_options`` dictionary can have the following keys:
* ``fields``
A tuple of field names to display in this fieldset. This key is
required.
Example::
{
'fields': ('first_name', 'last_name', 'address', 'city', 'state'),
}
As with the :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fields` option, to display multiple
fields on the same line, wrap those fields in their own tuple. In this
example, the ``first_name`` and ``last_name`` fields will display on
the same line::
{
'fields': (('first_name', 'last_name'), 'address', 'city', 'state'),
}
``fields`` can contain values defined in
:attr:`~ModelAdmin.readonly_fields` to be displayed as read-only.
If you add the name of a callable to ``fields``, the same rule applies
as with the :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fields` option: the callable must be
listed in :attr:`~ModelAdmin.readonly_fields`.
* ``classes``
A list containing extra CSS classes to apply to the fieldset.
Example::
{
'classes': ('wide', 'extrapretty'),
}
Two useful classes defined by the default admin site stylesheet are
``collapse`` and ``wide``. Fieldsets with the ``collapse`` style
will be initially collapsed in the admin and replaced with a small
"click to expand" link. Fieldsets with the ``wide`` style will be
given extra horizontal space.
* ``description``
A string of optional extra text to be displayed at the top of each
fieldset, under the heading of the fieldset. This string is not
rendered for :class:`~django.contrib.admin.TabularInline` due to its
layout.
Note that this value is *not* HTML-escaped when it's displayed in
the admin interface. This lets you include HTML if you so desire.
Alternatively you can use plain text and
``django.utils.html.escape()`` to escape any HTML special
characters.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.filter_horizontal
By default, a :class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` is displayed in
the admin site with a ``<select multiple>``. However, multiple-select boxes
can be difficult to use when selecting many items. Adding a
:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` to this list will instead use
a nifty unobtrusive JavaScript "filter" interface that allows searching
within the options. The unselected and selected options appear in two boxes
side by side. See :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_vertical` to use a vertical
interface.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.filter_vertical
Same as :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_horizontal`, but uses a vertical display
of the filter interface with the box of unselected options appearing above
the box of selected options.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.form
By default a ``ModelForm`` is dynamically created for your model. It is
used to create the form presented on both the add/change pages. You can
easily provide your own ``ModelForm`` to override any default form behavior
on the add/change pages. Alternatively, you can customize the default
form rather than specifying an entirely new one by using the
:meth:`ModelAdmin.get_form` method.
For an example see the section `Adding custom validation to the admin`_.
.. admonition:: Note
.. versionchanged:: 1.6
If you define the ``Meta.model`` attribute on a
:class:`~django.forms.ModelForm`, you must also define the
``Meta.fields`` attribute (or the ``Meta.exclude`` attribute). However,
since the admin has its own way of defining fields, the ``Meta.fields``
attribute will be ignored.
If the ``ModelForm`` is only going to be used for the admin, the easiest
solution is to omit the ``Meta.model`` attribute, since ``ModelAdmin``
will provide the correct model to use. Alternatively, you can set
``fields = []`` in the ``Meta`` class to satisfy the validation on the
``ModelForm``.
.. admonition:: Note
If your ``ModelForm`` and ``ModelAdmin`` both define an ``exclude``
option then ``ModelAdmin`` takes precedence::
from django import forms
from django.contrib import admin
from myapp.models import Person
class PersonForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Person
exclude = ['name']
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
exclude = ['age']
form = PersonForm
In the above example, the "age" field will be excluded but the "name"
field will be included in the generated form.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.formfield_overrides
This provides a quick-and-dirty way to override some of the
:class:`~django.forms.Field` options for use in the admin.
``formfield_overrides`` is a dictionary mapping a field class to a dict of
arguments to pass to the field at construction time.
Since that's a bit abstract, let's look at a concrete example. The most
common use of ``formfield_overrides`` is to add a custom widget for a
certain type of field. So, imagine we've written a ``RichTextEditorWidget``
that we'd like to use for large text fields instead of the default
``<textarea>``. Here's how we'd do that::
from django.db import models
from django.contrib import admin
# Import our custom widget and our model from where they're defined
from myapp.widgets import RichTextEditorWidget
from myapp.models import MyModel
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
formfield_overrides = {
models.TextField: {'widget': RichTextEditorWidget},
}
Note that the key in the dictionary is the actual field class, *not* a
string. The value is another dictionary; these arguments will be passed to
the form field's ``__init__()`` method. See :doc:`/ref/forms/api` for
details.
.. warning::
If you want to use a custom widget with a relation field (i.e.
:class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey` or
:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`), make sure you haven't
included that field's name in ``raw_id_fields`` or ``radio_fields``.
``formfield_overrides`` won't let you change the widget on relation
fields that have ``raw_id_fields`` or ``radio_fields`` set. That's
because ``raw_id_fields`` and ``radio_fields`` imply custom widgets of
their own.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.inlines
See :class:`InlineModelAdmin` objects below as well as
:meth:`ModelAdmin.get_formsets`.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_display
Set ``list_display`` to control which fields are displayed on the change
list page of the admin.
Example::
list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name')
If you don't set ``list_display``, the admin site will display a single
column that displays the ``__unicode__()`` (``__str__()`` on Python 3)
representation of each object.
You have four possible values that can be used in ``list_display``:
* A field of the model. For example::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name')
* A callable that accepts one parameter for the model instance. For
example::
def upper_case_name(obj):
return ("%s %s" % (obj.first_name, obj.last_name)).upper()
upper_case_name.short_description = 'Name'
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = (upper_case_name,)
* A string representing an attribute on the ``ModelAdmin``. This
behaves same as the callable. For example::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('upper_case_name',)
def upper_case_name(self, obj):
return ("%s %s" % (obj.first_name, obj.last_name)).upper()
upper_case_name.short_description = 'Name'
* A string representing an attribute on the model. This behaves almost
the same as the callable, but ``self`` in this context is the model
instance. Here's a full model example::
from django.db import models
from django.contrib import admin
class Person(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
birthday = models.DateField()
def decade_born_in(self):
return self.birthday.strftime('%Y')[:3] + "0's"
decade_born_in.short_description = 'Birth decade'
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('name', 'decade_born_in')
A few special cases to note about ``list_display``:
* If the field is a ``ForeignKey``, Django will display the
``__unicode__()`` (``__str__()`` on Python 3) of the related object.
* ``ManyToManyField`` fields aren't supported, because that would
entail executing a separate SQL statement for each row in the table.
If you want to do this nonetheless, give your model a custom method,
and add that method's name to ``list_display``. (See below for more
on custom methods in ``list_display``.)
* If the field is a ``BooleanField`` or ``NullBooleanField``, Django
will display a pretty "on" or "off" icon instead of ``True`` or
``False``.
* If the string given is a method of the model, ``ModelAdmin`` or a
callable, Django will HTML-escape the output by default. If you'd
rather not escape the output of the method, give the method an
``allow_tags`` attribute whose value is ``True``. However, to avoid an
XSS vulnerability, you should use :func:`~django.utils.html.format_html`
to escape user-provided inputs.
Here's a full example model::
from django.db import models
from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils.html import format_html
class Person(models.Model):
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
color_code = models.CharField(max_length=6)
def colored_name(self):
return format_html('<span style="color: #{0};">{1} {2}</span>',
self.color_code,
self.first_name,
self.last_name)
colored_name.allow_tags = True
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'colored_name')
* If the string given is a method of the model, ``ModelAdmin`` or a
callable that returns True or False Django will display a pretty
"on" or "off" icon if you give the method a ``boolean`` attribute
whose value is ``True``.
Here's a full example model::
from django.db import models
from django.contrib import admin
class Person(models.Model):
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
birthday = models.DateField()
def born_in_fifties(self):
return self.birthday.strftime('%Y')[:3] == '195'
born_in_fifties.boolean = True
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('name', 'born_in_fifties')
* The ``__str__()`` and ``__unicode__()`` methods are just as valid in
``list_display`` as any other model method, so it's perfectly OK to
do this::
list_display = ('__unicode__', 'some_other_field')
* Usually, elements of ``list_display`` that aren't actual database
fields can't be used in sorting (because Django does all the sorting
at the database level).
However, if an element of ``list_display`` represents a certain
database field, you can indicate this fact by setting the
``admin_order_field`` attribute of the item.
For example::
from django.db import models
from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils.html import format_html
class Person(models.Model):
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
color_code = models.CharField(max_length=6)
def colored_first_name(self):
return format_html('<span style="color: #{0};">{1}</span>',
self.color_code,
self.first_name)
colored_first_name.allow_tags = True
colored_first_name.admin_order_field = 'first_name'
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('first_name', 'colored_first_name')
The above will tell Django to order by the ``first_name`` field when
trying to sort by ``colored_first_name`` in the admin.
* Elements of ``list_display`` can also be properties. Please note however,
that due to the way properties work in Python, setting
``short_description`` on a property is only possible when using the
``property()`` function and **not** with the ``@property`` decorator.
For example::
class Person(object):
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
def my_property(self):
return self.first_name + ' ' + self.last_name
my_property.short_description = "Full name of the person"
full_name = property(my_property)
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('full_name',)
* .. versionadded:: 1.6
The field names in ``list_display`` will also appear as CSS classes in
the HTML output, in the form of ``column-<field_name>`` on each ``<th>``
element. This can be used to set column widths in a CSS file for example.
* Django will try to interpret every element of ``list_display`` in this
order:
* A field of the model.
* A callable.
* A string representing a ``ModelAdmin`` attribute.
* A string representing a model attribute.
For example if you have ``first_name`` as a model field and
as a ``ModelAdmin`` attribute, the model field will be used.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_display_links
Set ``list_display_links`` to control which fields in ``list_display``
should be linked to the "change" page for an object.
By default, the change list page will link the first column -- the first
field specified in ``list_display`` -- to the change page for each item.
But ``list_display_links`` lets you change which columns are linked. Set
``list_display_links`` to a list or tuple of fields (in the same
format as ``list_display``) to link.
``list_display_links`` can specify one or many fields. As long as the
fields appear in ``list_display``, Django doesn't care how many (or
how few) fields are linked. The only requirement is: If you want to use
``list_display_links``, you must define ``list_display``.
In this example, the ``first_name`` and ``last_name`` fields will be
linked on the change list page::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'birthday')
list_display_links = ('first_name', 'last_name')
.. _admin-list-editable:
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_editable
Set ``list_editable`` to a list of field names on the model which will
allow editing on the change list page. That is, fields listed in
``list_editable`` will be displayed as form widgets on the change list
page, allowing users to edit and save multiple rows at once.
.. note::
``list_editable`` interacts with a couple of other options in
particular ways; you should note the following rules:
* Any field in ``list_editable`` must also be in ``list_display``.
You can't edit a field that's not displayed!
* The same field can't be listed in both ``list_editable`` and
``list_display_links`` -- a field can't be both a form and
a link.
You'll get a validation error if either of these rules are broken.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_filter
Set ``list_filter`` to activate filters in the right sidebar of the change
list page of the admin, as illustrated in the following screenshot:
.. image:: _images/users_changelist.png
``list_filter`` should be a list or tuple of elements, where each element
should be of one of the following types:
* a field name, where the specified field should be either a
``BooleanField``, ``CharField``, ``DateField``, ``DateTimeField``,
``IntegerField``, ``ForeignKey`` or ``ManyToManyField``, for example::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_filter = ('is_staff', 'company')
Field names in ``list_filter`` can also span relations
using the ``__`` lookup, for example::
class PersonAdmin(admin.UserAdmin):
list_filter = ('company__name',)
* a class inheriting from ``django.contrib.admin.SimpleListFilter``,
which you need to provide the ``title`` and ``parameter_name``
attributes to and override the ``lookups`` and ``queryset`` methods,
e.g.::
from datetime import date
from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
class DecadeBornListFilter(admin.SimpleListFilter):
# Human-readable title which will be displayed in the
# right admin sidebar just above the filter options.
title = _('decade born')
# Parameter for the filter that will be used in the URL query.
parameter_name = 'decade'
def lookups(self, request, model_admin):
"""
Returns a list of tuples. The first element in each
tuple is the coded value for the option that will
appear in the URL query. The second element is the
human-readable name for the option that will appear
in the right sidebar.
"""
return (
('80s', _('in the eighties')),
('90s', _('in the nineties')),
)
def queryset(self, request, queryset):
"""
Returns the filtered queryset based on the value
provided in the query string and retrievable via
`self.value()`.
"""
# Compare the requested value (either '80s' or '90s')
# to decide how to filter the queryset.
if self.value() == '80s':
return queryset.filter(birthday__gte=date(1980, 1, 1),
birthday__lte=date(1989, 12, 31))
if self.value() == '90s':
return queryset.filter(birthday__gte=date(1990, 1, 1),
birthday__lte=date(1999, 12, 31))
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_filter = (DecadeBornListFilter,)
.. note::
As a convenience, the ``HttpRequest`` object is passed to the
``lookups`` and ``queryset`` methods, for example::
class AuthDecadeBornListFilter(DecadeBornListFilter):
def lookups(self, request, model_admin):
if request.user.is_superuser:
return super(AuthDecadeBornListFilter,
self).lookups(request, model_admin)
def queryset(self, request, queryset):
if request.user.is_superuser:
return super(AuthDecadeBornListFilter,
self).queryset(request, queryset)
Also as a convenience, the ``ModelAdmin`` object is passed to
the ``lookups`` method, for example if you want to base the
lookups on the available data::
class AdvancedDecadeBornListFilter(DecadeBornListFilter):
def lookups(self, request, model_admin):
"""
Only show the lookups if there actually is
anyone born in the corresponding decades.
"""
qs = model_admin.get_queryset(request)
if qs.filter(birthday__gte=date(1980, 1, 1),
birthday__lte=date(1989, 12, 31)).exists():
yield ('80s', _('in the eighties'))
if qs.filter(birthday__gte=date(1990, 1, 1),
birthday__lte=date(1999, 12, 31)).exists():
yield ('90s', _('in the nineties'))
* a tuple, where the first element is a field name and the second
element is a class inheriting from
``django.contrib.admin.FieldListFilter``, for example::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_filter = (
('is_staff', admin.BooleanFieldListFilter),
)
.. note::
The ``FieldListFilter`` API is considered internal and might be
changed.
It is possible to specify a custom template for rendering a list filter::
class FilterWithCustomTemplate(admin.SimpleListFilter):
template = "custom_template.html"
See the default template provided by django (``admin/filter.html``) for
a concrete example.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_max_show_all
Set ``list_max_show_all`` to control how many items can appear on a "Show
all" admin change list page. The admin will display a "Show all" link on the
change list only if the total result count is less than or equal to this
setting. By default, this is set to ``200``.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_per_page
Set ``list_per_page`` to control how many items appear on each paginated
admin change list page. By default, this is set to ``100``.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_select_related
Set ``list_select_related`` to tell Django to use
:meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.select_related` in retrieving
the list of objects on the admin change list page. This can save you a
bunch of database queries.
.. versionchanged:: 1.6
The value should be either a boolean, a list or a tuple. Default is
``False``.
When value is ``True``, ``select_related()`` will always be called. When
value is set to ``False``, Django will look at ``list_display`` and call
``select_related()`` if any ``ForeignKey`` is present.
If you need more fine-grained control, use a tuple (or list) as value for
``list_select_related``. Empty tuple will prevent Django from calling
``select_related`` at all. Any other tuple will be passed directly to
``select_related`` as parameters. For example::
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_select_related = ('author', 'category')
will call ``select_related('author', 'category')``.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.ordering
Set ``ordering`` to specify how lists of objects should be ordered in the
Django admin views. This should be a list or tuple in the same format as a
model's :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.ordering` parameter.
If this isn't provided, the Django admin will use the model's default
ordering.
If you need to specify a dynamic order (for example depending on user or
language) you can implement a :meth:`~ModelAdmin.get_ordering` method.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.paginator
The paginator class to be used for pagination. By default,
:class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator` is used. If the custom paginator
class doesn't have the same constructor interface as
:class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator`, you will also need to
provide an implementation for :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_paginator`.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields
Set ``prepopulated_fields`` to a dictionary mapping field names to the
fields it should prepopulate from::
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
When set, the given fields will use a bit of JavaScript to populate from
the fields assigned. The main use for this functionality is to
automatically generate the value for ``SlugField`` fields from one or more
other fields. The generated value is produced by concatenating the values
of the source fields, and then by transforming that result into a valid
slug (e.g. substituting dashes for spaces).
``prepopulated_fields`` doesn't accept ``DateTimeField``, ``ForeignKey``,
nor ``ManyToManyField`` fields.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.preserve_filters
.. versionadded:: 1.6
The admin now preserves filters on the list view after creating, editing
or deleting an object. You can restore the previous behavior of clearing
filters by setting this attribute to ``False``.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.radio_fields
By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for
fields that are ``ForeignKey`` or have ``choices`` set. If a field is
present in ``radio_fields``, Django will use a radio-button interface
instead. Assuming ``group`` is a ``ForeignKey`` on the ``Person`` model::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
radio_fields = {"group": admin.VERTICAL}
You have the choice of using ``HORIZONTAL`` or ``VERTICAL`` from the
``django.contrib.admin`` module.
Don't include a field in ``radio_fields`` unless it's a ``ForeignKey`` or has
``choices`` set.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.raw_id_fields
By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for
fields that are ``ForeignKey``. Sometimes you don't want to incur the
overhead of having to select all the related instances to display in the
drop-down.
``raw_id_fields`` is a list of fields you would like to change
into an ``Input`` widget for either a ``ForeignKey`` or
``ManyToManyField``::
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
raw_id_fields = ("newspaper",)
The ``raw_id_fields`` ``Input`` widget should contain a primary key if the
field is a ``ForeignKey`` or a comma separated list of values if the field
is a ``ManyToManyField``. The ``raw_id_fields`` widget shows a magnifying
glass button next to the field which allows users to search for and select
a value:
.. image:: _images/raw_id_fields.png
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.readonly_fields
By default the admin shows all fields as editable. Any fields in this
option (which should be a ``list`` or ``tuple``) will display its data
as-is and non-editable; they are also excluded from the
:class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` used for creating and editing. Note that
when specifying :attr:`ModelAdmin.fields` or :attr:`ModelAdmin.fieldsets`
the read-only fields must be present to be shown (they are ignored
otherwise).
If ``readonly_fields`` is used without defining explicit ordering through
:attr:`ModelAdmin.fields` or :attr:`ModelAdmin.fieldsets` they will be
added last after all editable fields.
A read-only field can not only display data from a model's field, it can
also display the output of a model's method or a method of the
``ModelAdmin`` class itself. This is very similar to the way
:attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display` behaves. This provides an easy way to use
the admin interface to provide feedback on the status of the objects being
edited, for example::
from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils.html import format_html_join
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
readonly_fields = ('address_report',)
def address_report(self, instance):
# assuming get_full_address() returns a list of strings
# for each line of the address and you want to separate each
# line by a linebreak
return format_html_join(
mark_safe('<br/>'),
'{0}',
((line,) for line in instance.get_full_address()),
) or "<span class='errors'>I can't determine this address.</span>"
# short_description functions like a model field's verbose_name
address_report.short_description = "Address"
# in this example, we have used HTML tags in the output
address_report.allow_tags = True
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.save_as
Set ``save_as`` to enable a "save as" feature on admin change forms.
Normally, objects have three save options: "Save", "Save and continue
editing" and "Save and add another". If ``save_as`` is ``True``, "Save
and add another" will be replaced by a "Save as" button.
"Save as" means the object will be saved as a new object (with a new ID),
rather than the old object.
By default, ``save_as`` is set to ``False``.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.save_on_top
Set ``save_on_top`` to add save buttons across the top of your admin change
forms.
Normally, the save buttons appear only at the bottom of the forms. If you
set ``save_on_top``, the buttons will appear both on the top and the
bottom.
By default, ``save_on_top`` is set to ``False``.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.search_fields
Set ``search_fields`` to enable a search box on the admin change list page.
This should be set to a list of field names that will be searched whenever
somebody submits a search query in that text box.
These fields should be some kind of text field, such as ``CharField`` or
``TextField``. You can also perform a related lookup on a ``ForeignKey`` or
``ManyToManyField`` with the lookup API "follow" notation::
search_fields = ['foreign_key__related_fieldname']
For example, if you have a blog entry with an author, the following
definition would enable search blog entries by the email address of the
author::
search_fields = ['user__email']
When somebody does a search in the admin search box, Django splits the
search query into words and returns all objects that contain each of the
words, case insensitive, where each word must be in at least one of
``search_fields``. For example, if ``search_fields`` is set to
``['first_name', 'last_name']`` and a user searches for ``john lennon``,
Django will do the equivalent of this SQL ``WHERE`` clause::
WHERE (first_name ILIKE '%john%' OR last_name ILIKE '%john%')
AND (first_name ILIKE '%lennon%' OR last_name ILIKE '%lennon%')
For faster and/or more restrictive searches, prefix the field name
with an operator:
``^``
Matches the beginning of the field. For example, if ``search_fields``
is set to ``['^first_name', '^last_name']`` and a user searches for
``john lennon``, Django will do the equivalent of this SQL ``WHERE``
clause::
WHERE (first_name ILIKE 'john%' OR last_name ILIKE 'john%')
AND (first_name ILIKE 'lennon%' OR last_name ILIKE 'lennon%')
This query is more efficient than the normal ``'%john%'`` query,
because the database only needs to check the beginning of a column's
data, rather than seeking through the entire column's data. Plus, if
the column has an index on it, some databases may be able to use the
index for this query, even though it's a ``LIKE`` query.
``=``
Matches exactly, case-insensitive. For example, if
``search_fields`` is set to ``['=first_name', '=last_name']`` and
a user searches for ``john lennon``, Django will do the equivalent
of this SQL ``WHERE`` clause::
WHERE (first_name ILIKE 'john' OR last_name ILIKE 'john')
AND (first_name ILIKE 'lennon' OR last_name ILIKE 'lennon')
Note that the query input is split by spaces, so, following this
example, it's currently not possible to search for all records in which
``first_name`` is exactly ``'john winston'`` (containing a space).
``@``
Performs a full-text match. This is like the default search method but
uses an index. Currently this is only available for MySQL.
If you need to customize search you can use
:meth:`ModelAdmin.get_search_results` to provide additional or alternate
search behavior.
Custom template options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `Overriding Admin Templates`_ section describes how to override or extend
the default admin templates. Use the following options to override the default
templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.add_form_template
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`add_view`.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.change_form_template
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`change_view`.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.change_list_template
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`changelist_view`.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.delete_confirmation_template
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`delete_view` for displaying a
confirmation page when deleting one or more objects.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.delete_selected_confirmation_template
Path to a custom template, used by the ``delete_selected`` action method
for displaying a confirmation page when deleting one or more objects. See
the :doc:`actions documentation</ref/contrib/admin/actions>`.
.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.object_history_template
Path to a custom template, used by :meth:`history_view`.
.. _model-admin-methods:
``ModelAdmin`` methods
----------------------
.. warning::
:meth:`ModelAdmin.save_model` and :meth:`ModelAdmin.delete_model` must
save/delete the object, they are not for veto purposes, rather they allow
you to perform extra operations.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_model(request, obj, form, change)
The ``save_model`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, a model instance,
a ``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding
or changing the object. Here you can do any pre- or post-save operations.
For example to attach ``request.user`` to the object prior to saving::
from django.contrib import admin
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
obj.user = request.user
obj.save()
.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_model(request, obj)
The ``delete_model`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and a model
instance. Use this method to do pre- or post-delete operations.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_formset(request, form, formset, change)
The ``save_formset`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, the parent
``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding or
changing the parent object.
For example to attach ``request.user`` to each changed formset
model instance::
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change):
instances = formset.save(commit=False)
for instance in instances:
instance.user = request.user
instance.save()
formset.save_m2m()
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_ordering(request)
The ``get_ordering`` method takes a``request`` as parameter and
is expected to return a ``list`` or ``tuple`` for ordering similar
to the :attr:`ordering` attribute. For example::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_ordering(self, request):
if request.user.is_superuser:
return ['name', 'rank']
else:
return ['name']
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_search_results(request, queryset, search_term)
.. versionadded:: 1.6
The ``get_search_results`` method modifies the list of objects displayed in
to those that match the provided search term. It accepts the request, a
queryset that applies the current filters, and the user-provided search term.
It returns a tuple containing a queryset modified to implement the search, and
a boolean indicating if the results may contain duplicates.
The default implementation searches the fields named in :attr:`ModelAdmin.search_fields`.
This method may be overridden with your own custom search method. For
example, you might wish to search by an integer field, or use an external
tool such as Solr or Haystack. You must establish if the queryset changes
implemented by your search method may introduce duplicates into the results,
and return ``True`` in the second element of the return value.
For example, to enable search by integer field, you could use::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('name', 'age')
search_fields = ('name',)
def get_search_results(self, request, queryset, search_term):
queryset, use_distinct = super(PersonAdmin, self).get_search_results(request, queryset, search_term)
try:
search_term_as_int = int(search_term)
except ValueError:
pass
else:
queryset |= self.model.objects.filter(age=search_term_as_int)
return queryset, use_distinct
.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_related(request, form, formsets, change)
The ``save_related`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, the parent
``ModelForm`` instance, the list of inline formsets and a boolean value
based on whether the parent is being added or changed. Here you can do any
pre- or post-save operations for objects related to the parent. Note
that at this point the parent object and its form have already been saved.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_readonly_fields(request, obj=None)
The ``get_readonly_fields`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the
``obj`` being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return
a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field names that will be displayed as read-only,
as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.readonly_fields` section.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_prepopulated_fields(request, obj=None)
The ``get_prepopulated_fields`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the
``obj`` being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return
a ``dictionary``, as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields`
section.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_display(request)
The ``get_list_display`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and is
expected to return a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field names that will be
displayed on the changelist view as described above in the
:attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display` section.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_display_links(request, list_display)
The ``get_list_display_links`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and
the ``list`` or ``tuple`` returned by :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_list_display`.
It is expected to return a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field names on the
changelist that will be linked to the change view, as described in the
:attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display_links` section.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_fieldsets(request, obj=None)
The ``get_fieldsets`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the ``obj``
being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return a list
of two-tuples, in which each two-tuple represents a ``<fieldset>`` on the
admin form page, as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.fieldsets` section.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_filter(request)
.. versionadded:: 1.5
The ``get_list_filter`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and is expected
to return the same kind of sequence type as for the
:attr:`~ModelAdmin.list_filter` attribute.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_inline_instances(request, obj=None)
.. versionadded:: 1.5
The ``get_inline_instances`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the
``obj`` being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return
a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of :class:`~django.contrib.admin.InlineModelAdmin`
objects, as described below in the :class:`~django.contrib.admin.InlineModelAdmin`
section. For example, the following would return inlines without the default
filtering based on add, change, and delete permissions::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_inline_instances(self, request, obj=None):
return [inline(self.model, self.admin_site) for inline in self.inlines]
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_urls()
The ``get_urls`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` returns the URLs to be used for
that ModelAdmin in the same way as a URLconf. Therefore you can extend
them as documented in :doc:`/topics/http/urls`::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_urls(self):
urls = super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_urls()
my_urls = patterns('',
(r'^my_view/$', self.my_view)
)
return my_urls + urls
def my_view(self, request):
# custom view which should return an HttpResponse
pass
.. note::
Notice that the custom patterns are included *before* the regular admin
URLs: the admin URL patterns are very permissive and will match nearly
anything, so you'll usually want to prepend your custom URLs to the
built-in ones.
In this example, ``my_view`` will be accessed at
``/admin/myapp/mymodel/my_view/`` (assuming the admin URLs are included
at ``/admin/``.)
However, the ``self.my_view`` function registered above suffers from two
problems:
* It will *not* perform any permission checks, so it will be accessible
to the general public.
* It will *not* provide any header details to prevent caching. This means
if the page retrieves data from the database, and caching middleware is
active, the page could show outdated information.
Since this is usually not what you want, Django provides a convenience
wrapper to check permissions and mark the view as non-cacheable. This
wrapper is ``AdminSite.admin_view()`` (i.e. ``self.admin_site.admin_view``
inside a ``ModelAdmin`` instance); use it like so::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_urls(self):
urls = super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_urls()
my_urls = patterns('',
(r'^my_view/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.my_view))
)
return my_urls + urls
Notice the wrapped view in the fifth line above::
(r'^my_view/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.my_view))
This wrapping will protect ``self.my_view`` from unauthorized access and
will apply the ``django.views.decorators.cache.never_cache`` decorator to
make sure it is not cached if the cache middleware is active.
If the page is cacheable, but you still want the permission check to be
performed, you can pass a ``cacheable=True`` argument to
``AdminSite.admin_view()``::
(r'^my_view/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.my_view, cacheable=True))
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_form(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
Returns a :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` class for use in the admin add
and change views, see :meth:`add_view` and :meth:`change_view`.
If you wanted to hide a field from non-superusers, for example, you could
override ``get_form`` as follows::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
self.exclude = []
if not request.user.is_superuser:
self.exclude.append('field_to_hide')
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_form(request, obj, **kwargs)
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_formsets(request, obj=None)
Yields :class:`InlineModelAdmin`\s for use in admin add and change views.
For example if you wanted to display a particular inline only in the change
view, you could override ``get_formsets`` as follows::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = [MyInline, SomeOtherInline]
def get_formsets(self, request, obj=None):
for inline in self.get_inline_instances(request, obj):
# hide MyInline in the add view
if isinstance(inline, MyInline) and obj is None:
continue
yield inline.get_formset(request, obj)
.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs)
The ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` allows you to
override the default formfield for a foreign keys field. For example, to
return a subset of objects for this foreign key field based on the user::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
if db_field.name == "car":
kwargs["queryset"] = Car.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs)
This uses the ``HttpRequest`` instance to filter the ``Car`` foreign key
field to only display the cars owned by the ``User`` instance.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_manytomany(db_field, request, **kwargs)
Like the ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` method, the
``formfield_for_manytomany`` method can be overridden to change the
default formfield for a many to many field. For example, if an owner can
own multiple cars and cars can belong to multiple owners -- a many to
many relationship -- you could filter the ``Car`` foreign key field to
only display the cars owned by the ``User``::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def formfield_for_manytomany(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
if db_field.name == "cars":
kwargs["queryset"] = Car.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_manytomany(db_field, request, **kwargs)
.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_choice_field(db_field, request, **kwargs)
Like the ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` and ``formfield_for_manytomany``
methods, the ``formfield_for_choice_field`` method can be overridden to
change the default formfield for a field that has declared choices. For
example, if the choices available to a superuser should be different than
those available to regular staff, you could proceed as follows::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def formfield_for_choice_field(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
if db_field.name == "status":
kwargs['choices'] = (
('accepted', 'Accepted'),
('denied', 'Denied'),
)
if request.user.is_superuser:
kwargs['choices'] += (('ready', 'Ready for deployment'),)
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_choice_field(db_field, request, **kwargs)
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_changelist(request, **kwargs)
Returns the ``Changelist`` class to be used for listing. By default,
``django.contrib.admin.views.main.ChangeList`` is used. By inheriting this
class you can change the behavior of the listing.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_changelist_form(request, **kwargs)
Returns a :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` class for use in the ``Formset``
on the changelist page. To use a custom form, for example::
from django import forms
class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
pass
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_changelist_form(self, request, **kwargs):
return MyForm
.. admonition:: Note
.. versionchanged:: 1.6
If you define the ``Meta.model`` attribute on a
:class:`~django.forms.ModelForm`, you must also define the
``Meta.fields`` attribute (or the ``Meta.exclude`` attribute). However,
``ModelAdmin`` ignores this value, overriding it with the
:attr:`ModelAdmin.list_editable` attribute. The easiest solution is to
omit the ``Meta.model`` attribute, since ``ModelAdmin`` will provide the
correct model to use.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_changelist_formset(request, **kwargs)
Returns a :ref:`ModelFormSet <model-formsets>` class for use on the
changelist page if :attr:`~ModelAdmin.list_editable` is used. To use a
custom formset, for example::
from django.forms.models import BaseModelFormSet
class MyAdminFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
pass
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_changelist_formset(self, request, **kwargs):
kwargs['formset'] = MyAdminFormSet
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_changelist_formset(request, **kwargs)
.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_add_permission(request)
Should return ``True`` if adding an object is permitted, ``False``
otherwise.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_change_permission(request, obj=None)
Should return ``True`` if editing obj is permitted, ``False`` otherwise.
If obj is ``None``, should return ``True`` or ``False`` to indicate whether
editing of objects of this type is permitted in general (e.g., ``False``
will be interpreted as meaning that the current user is not permitted to
edit any object of this type).
.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_delete_permission(request, obj=None)
Should return ``True`` if deleting obj is permitted, ``False`` otherwise.
If obj is ``None``, should return ``True`` or ``False`` to indicate whether
deleting objects of this type is permitted in general (e.g., ``False`` will
be interpreted as meaning that the current user is not permitted to delete
any object of this type).
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_queryset(request)
The ``get_queryset`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` returns a
:class:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet` of all model instances that
can be edited by the admin site. One use case for overriding this method
is to show objects owned by the logged-in user::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_queryset(self, request):
qs = super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_queryset(request)
if request.user.is_superuser:
return qs
return qs.filter(author=request.user)
.. versionchanged:: 1.6
The ``get_queryset`` method was previously named ``queryset``.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.message_user(request, message, level=messages.INFO, extra_tags='', fail_silently=False)
Sends a message to the user using the :mod:`django.contrib.messages`
backend. See the :ref:`custom ModelAdmin example <custom-admin-action>`.
.. versionchanged:: 1.5
Keyword arguments were added in Django 1.5.
Keyword arguments allow you to change the message level, add extra CSS
tags, or fail silently if the ``contrib.messages`` framework is not
installed. These keyword arguments match those for
:func:`django.contrib.messages.add_message`, see that function's
documentation for more details. One difference is that the level may be
passed as a string label in addition to integer/constant.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_paginator(queryset, per_page, orphans=0, allow_empty_first_page=True)
Returns an instance of the paginator to use for this view. By default,
instantiates an instance of :attr:`paginator`.
Other methods
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. method:: ModelAdmin.add_view(request, form_url='', extra_context=None)
Django view for the model instance addition page. See note below.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.change_view(request, object_id, form_url='', extra_context=None)
Django view for the model instance edition page. See note below.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.changelist_view(request, extra_context=None)
Django view for the model instances change list/actions page. See note
below.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_view(request, object_id, extra_context=None)
Django view for the model instance(s) deletion confirmation page. See note
below.
.. method:: ModelAdmin.history_view(request, object_id, extra_context=None)
Django view for the page that shows the modification history for a given
model instance.
Unlike the hook-type ``ModelAdmin`` methods detailed in the previous section,
these five methods are in reality designed to be invoked as Django views from
the admin application URL dispatching handler to render the pages that deal
with model instances CRUD operations. As a result, completely overriding these
methods will significantly change the behavior of the admin application.
One common reason for overriding these methods is to augment the context data
that is provided to the template that renders the view. In the following
example, the change view is overridden so that the rendered template is
provided some extra mapping data that would not otherwise be available::
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
# A template for a very customized change view:
change_form_template = 'admin/myapp/extras/openstreetmap_change_form.html'
def get_osm_info(self):
# ...
pass
def change_view(self, request, object_id, form_url='', extra_context=None):
extra_context = extra_context or {}
extra_context['osm_data'] = self.get_osm_info()
return super(MyModelAdmin, self).change_view(request, object_id,
form_url, extra_context=extra_context)
These views return :class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse`
instances which allow you to easily customize the response data before
rendering. For more details, see the :doc:`TemplateResponse documentation
</ref/template-response>`.
.. _modeladmin-asset-definitions:
``ModelAdmin`` asset definitions
--------------------------------
There are times where you would like add a bit of CSS and/or JavaScript to
the add/change views. This can be accomplished by using a ``Media`` inner class
on your ``ModelAdmin``::
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
class Media:
css = {
"all": ("my_styles.css",)
}
js = ("my_code.js",)
The :doc:`staticfiles app </ref/contrib/staticfiles>` prepends
:setting:`STATIC_URL` (or :setting:`MEDIA_URL` if :setting:`STATIC_URL` is
``None``) to any asset paths. The same rules apply as :ref:`regular asset
definitions on forms <form-asset-paths>`.
jQuery
~~~~~~
Django admin Javascript makes use of the `jQuery`_ library.
To avoid conflicts with user-supplied scripts or libraries, Django's jQuery
(version 1.9.1) is namespaced as ``django.jQuery``. If you want to use jQuery
in your own admin JavaScript without including a second copy, you can use the
``django.jQuery`` object on changelist and add/edit views.
.. versionchanged:: 1.6
The embedded jQuery has been upgraded from 1.4.2 to 1.9.1.
The :class:`ModelAdmin` class requires jQuery by default, so there is no need
to add jQuery to your ``ModelAdmin``âs list of media resources unless you have
a specifc need. For example, if you require the jQuery library to be in the
global namespace (for example when using third-party jQuery plugins) or if you
need a newer version of jQuery, you will have to include your own copy.
Django provides both uncompressed and 'minified' versions of jQuery, as
``jquery.js`` and ``jquery.min.js`` respectively.
:class:`ModelAdmin` and :class:`InlineModelAdmin` have a ``media`` property
that returns a list of ``Media`` objects which store paths to the JavaScript
files for the forms and/or formsets. If :setting:`DEBUG` is ``True`` it will
return the uncompressed versions of the various JavaScript files, including
``jquery.js``; if not, it will return the 'minified' versions.
.. _jQuery: http://jquery.com
Adding custom validation to the admin
-------------------------------------
Adding custom validation of data in the admin is quite easy. The automatic
admin interface reuses :mod:`django.forms`, and the ``ModelAdmin`` class gives
you the ability define your own form::
class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
form = MyArticleAdminForm
``MyArticleAdminForm`` can be defined anywhere as long as you import where
needed. Now within your form you can add your own custom validation for
any field::
class MyArticleAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
def clean_name(self):
# do something that validates your data
return self.cleaned_data["name"]
It is important you use a ``ModelForm`` here otherwise things can break. See
the :doc:`forms </ref/forms/index>` documentation on :doc:`custom validation
</ref/forms/validation>` and, more specifically, the
:ref:`model form validation notes <overriding-modelform-clean-method>` for more
information.
.. _admin-inlines:
``InlineModelAdmin`` objects
============================
.. class:: InlineModelAdmin
.. class:: TabularInline
.. class:: StackedInline
The admin interface has the ability to edit models on the same page as a
parent model. These are called inlines. Suppose you have these two models::
from django.db import models
class Author(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
class Book(models.Model):
author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
You can edit the books authored by an author on the author page. You add
inlines to a model by specifying them in a ``ModelAdmin.inlines``::
from django.contrib import admin
class BookInline(admin.TabularInline):
model = Book
class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = [
BookInline,
]
Django provides two subclasses of ``InlineModelAdmin`` and they are:
* :class:`~django.contrib.admin.TabularInline`
* :class:`~django.contrib.admin.StackedInline`
The difference between these two is merely the template used to render
them.
``InlineModelAdmin`` options
-----------------------------
``InlineModelAdmin`` shares many of the same features as ``ModelAdmin``, and
adds some of its own (the shared features are actually defined in the
``BaseModelAdmin`` superclass). The shared features are:
- :attr:`~InlineModelAdmin.form`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fieldsets`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.fields`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.formfield_overrides`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.exclude`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_horizontal`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.filter_vertical`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.ordering`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields`
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.get_queryset`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.radio_fields`
- :attr:`~ModelAdmin.readonly_fields`
- :attr:`~InlineModelAdmin.raw_id_fields`
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.formfield_for_choice_field`
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.formfield_for_foreignkey`
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.formfield_for_manytomany`
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.has_add_permission`
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.has_change_permission`
- :meth:`~ModelAdmin.has_delete_permission`
The ``InlineModelAdmin`` class adds:
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.model
The model which the inline is using. This is required.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.fk_name
The name of the foreign key on the model. In most cases this will be dealt
with automatically, but ``fk_name`` must be specified explicitly if there
are more than one foreign key to the same parent model.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.formset
This defaults to :class:`~django.forms.models.BaseInlineFormSet`. Using
your own formset can give you many possibilities of customization. Inlines
are built around :ref:`model formsets <model-formsets>`.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.form
The value for ``form`` defaults to ``ModelForm``. This is what is passed
through to :func:`~django.forms.models.inlineformset_factory` when
creating the formset for this inline.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.extra
This controls the number of extra forms the formset will display in
addition to the initial forms. See the
:doc:`formsets documentation </topics/forms/formsets>` for more
information.
For users with JavaScript-enabled browsers, an "Add another" link is
provided to enable any number of additional inlines to be added in addition
to those provided as a result of the ``extra`` argument.
The dynamic link will not appear if the number of currently displayed forms
exceeds ``max_num``, or if the user does not have JavaScript enabled.
.. versionadded:: 1.6
:meth:`InlineModelAdmin.get_extra` also allows you to customize the number
of extra forms.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.max_num
This controls the maximum number of forms to show in the inline. This
doesn't directly correlate to the number of objects, but can if the value
is small enough. See :ref:`model-formsets-max-num` for more information.
.. versionadded:: 1.6
:meth:`InlineModelAdmin.get_max_num` also allows you to customize the
maximum number of extra forms.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.raw_id_fields
By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for
fields that are ``ForeignKey``. Sometimes you don't want to incur the
overhead of having to select all the related instances to display in the
drop-down.
``raw_id_fields`` is a list of fields you would like to change into a
``Input`` widget for either a ``ForeignKey`` or ``ManyToManyField``::
class BookInline(admin.TabularInline):
model = Book
raw_id_fields = ("pages",)
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.template
The template used to render the inline on the page.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name
An override to the ``verbose_name`` found in the model's inner ``Meta``
class.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.verbose_name_plural
An override to the ``verbose_name_plural`` found in the model's inner
``Meta`` class.
.. attribute:: InlineModelAdmin.can_delete
Specifies whether or not inline objects can be deleted in the inline.
Defaults to ``True``.
.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_formset(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
Returns a :class:`~django.forms.models.BaseInlineFormSet` class for use in
admin add/change views. See the example for
:class:`ModelAdmin.get_formsets`.
.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_extra(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
.. versionadded:: 1.6
Returns the number of extra inline forms to use. By default, returns the
:attr:`InlineModelAdmin.extra` attribute.
Override this method to programmatically determine the number of extra
inline forms. For example, this may be based on the model instance
(passed as the keyword argument ``obj``)::
class BinaryTreeAdmin(admin.TabularInline):
model = BinaryTree
def get_extra(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
extra = 2
if obj:
return extra - obj.binarytree_set.count()
return extra
.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_max_num(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
.. versionadded:: 1.6
Returns the maximum number of extra inline forms to use. By default,
returns the :attr:`InlineModelAdmin.max_num` attribute.
Override this method to programmatically determine the maximum number of
inline forms. For example, this may be based on the model instance
(passed as the keyword argument ``obj``)::
class BinaryTreeAdmin(admin.TabularInline):
model = BinaryTree
def get_max_num(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
max_num = 10
if obj.parent:
return max_num - 5
return max_num
Working with a model with two or more foreign keys to the same parent model
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is sometimes possible to have more than one foreign key to the same model.
Take this model for instance::
from django.db import models
class Friendship(models.Model):
to_person = models.ForeignKey(Person, related_name="friends")
from_person = models.ForeignKey(Person, related_name="from_friends")
If you wanted to display an inline on the ``Person`` admin add/change pages
you need to explicitly define the foreign key since it is unable to do so
automatically::
from django.contrib import admin
from myapp.models import Friendship
class FriendshipInline(admin.TabularInline):
model = Friendship
fk_name = "to_person"
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = [
FriendshipInline,
]
Working with many-to-many models
--------------------------------
By default, admin widgets for many-to-many relations will be displayed
on whichever model contains the actual reference to the
:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`. Depending on your ``ModelAdmin``
definition, each many-to-many field in your model will be represented by a
standard HTML ``<select multiple>``, a horizontal or vertical filter, or a
``raw_id_admin`` widget. However, it is also possible to replace these
widgets with inlines.
Suppose we have the following models::
from django.db import models
class Person(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
class Group(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
members = models.ManyToManyField(Person, related_name='groups')
If you want to display many-to-many relations using an inline, you can do
so by defining an ``InlineModelAdmin`` object for the relationship::
from django.contrib import admin
class MembershipInline(admin.TabularInline):
model = Group.members.through
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = [
MembershipInline,
]
class GroupAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = [
MembershipInline,
]
exclude = ('members',)
There are two features worth noting in this example.
Firstly - the ``MembershipInline`` class references ``Group.members.through``.
The ``through`` attribute is a reference to the model that manages the
many-to-many relation. This model is automatically created by Django when you
define a many-to-many field.
Secondly, the ``GroupAdmin`` must manually exclude the ``members`` field.
Django displays an admin widget for a many-to-many field on the model that
defines the relation (in this case, ``Group``). If you want to use an inline
model to represent the many-to-many relationship, you must tell Django's admin
to *not* display this widget - otherwise you will end up with two widgets on
your admin page for managing the relation.
In all other respects, the ``InlineModelAdmin`` is exactly the same as any
other. You can customize the appearance using any of the normal
``ModelAdmin`` properties.
Working with many-to-many intermediary models
---------------------------------------------
When you specify an intermediary model using the ``through`` argument to a
:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`, the admin will not display a
widget by default. This is because each instance of that intermediary model
requires more information than could be displayed in a single widget, and the
layout required for multiple widgets will vary depending on the intermediate
model.
However, we still want to be able to edit that information inline. Fortunately,
this is easy to do with inline admin models. Suppose we have the following
models::
from django.db import models
class Person(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
class Group(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
members = models.ManyToManyField(Person, through='Membership')
class Membership(models.Model):
person = models.ForeignKey(Person)
group = models.ForeignKey(Group)
date_joined = models.DateField()
invite_reason = models.CharField(max_length=64)
The first step in displaying this intermediate model in the admin is to
define an inline class for the ``Membership`` model::
class MembershipInline(admin.TabularInline):
model = Membership
extra = 1
This simple example uses the default ``InlineModelAdmin`` values for the
``Membership`` model, and limits the extra add forms to one. This could be
customized using any of the options available to ``InlineModelAdmin`` classes.
Now create admin views for the ``Person`` and ``Group`` models::
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = (MembershipInline,)
class GroupAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = (MembershipInline,)
Finally, register your ``Person`` and ``Group`` models with the admin site::
admin.site.register(Person, PersonAdmin)
admin.site.register(Group, GroupAdmin)
Now your admin site is set up to edit ``Membership`` objects inline from
either the ``Person`` or the ``Group`` detail pages.
.. _using-generic-relations-as-an-inline:
Using generic relations as an inline
------------------------------------
It is possible to use an inline with generically related objects. Let's say
you have the following models::
from django.db import models
class Image(models.Model):
image = models.ImageField(upload_to="images")
content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType)
object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField()
content_object = generic.GenericForeignKey("content_type", "object_id")
class Product(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
If you want to allow editing and creating ``Image`` instance on the ``Product``
add/change views you can use ``GenericTabularInline`` or
``GenericStackedInline`` (both subclasses of ``GenericInlineModelAdmin``)
provided by ``django.contrib.contenttypes.generic``, they implement tabular and
stacked visual layouts for the forms representing the inline objects
respectively just like their non-generic counterparts and behave just like any
other inline. In your ``admin.py`` for this example app::
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
from myproject.myapp.models import Image, Product
class ImageInline(generic.GenericTabularInline):
model = Image
class ProductAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
inlines = [
ImageInline,
]
admin.site.register(Product, ProductAdmin)
See the :doc:`contenttypes documentation </ref/contrib/contenttypes>` for more
specific information.
Overriding admin templates
==========================
It is relatively easy to override many of the templates which the admin module
uses to generate the various pages of an admin site. You can even override a
few of these templates for a specific app, or a specific model.
Set up your projects admin template directories
-----------------------------------------------
The admin template files are located in the ``contrib/admin/templates/admin``
directory.
In order to override one or more of them, first create an ``admin`` directory
in your project's ``templates`` directory. This can be any of the directories
you specified in :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS`.
Within this ``admin`` directory, create sub-directories named after your app.
Within these app subdirectories create sub-directories named after your models.
Note, that the admin app will lowercase the model name when looking for the
directory, so make sure you name the directory in all lowercase if you are
going to run your app on a case-sensitive filesystem.
To override an admin template for a specific app, copy and edit the template
from the ``django/contrib/admin/templates/admin`` directory, and save it to one
of the directories you just created.
For example, if we wanted to add a tool to the change list view for all the
models in an app named ``my_app``, we would copy
``contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html`` to the
``templates/admin/my_app/`` directory of our project, and make any necessary
changes.
If we wanted to add a tool to the change list view for only a specific model
named 'Page', we would copy that same file to the
``templates/admin/my_app/page`` directory of our project.
Overriding vs. replacing an admin template
------------------------------------------
Because of the modular design of the admin templates, it is usually neither
necessary nor advisable to replace an entire template. It is almost always
better to override only the section of the template which you need to change.
To continue the example above, we want to add a new link next to the
``History`` tool for the ``Page`` model. After looking at ``change_form.html``
we determine that we only need to override the ``object-tools-items`` block.
Therefore here is our new ``change_form.html`` :
.. code-block:: html+django
{% extends "admin/change_form.html" %}
{% load i18n admin_urls %}
{% block object-tools-items %}
<li>
<a href="{% url opts|admin_urlname:'history' original.pk|admin_urlquote %}" class="historylink">{% trans "History" %}</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="mylink/" class="historylink">My Link</a>
</li>
{% if has_absolute_url %}
<li>
<a href="{% url 'admin:view_on_site' content_type_id original.pk %}" class="viewsitelink">{% trans "View on site" %}</a>
</li>
{% endif%}
{% endblock %}
And that's it! If we placed this file in the ``templates/admin/my_app``
directory, our link would appear on the change form for all models within
my_app.
Templates which may be overridden per app or model
--------------------------------------------------
Not every template in ``contrib/admin/templates/admin`` may be overridden per
app or per model. The following can:
* ``app_index.html``
* ``change_form.html``
* ``change_list.html``
* ``delete_confirmation.html``
* ``object_history.html``
For those templates that cannot be overridden in this way, you may still
override them for your entire project. Just place the new version in your
``templates/admin`` directory. This is particularly useful to create custom 404
and 500 pages.
.. note::
Some of the admin templates, such as ``change_list_results.html`` are used
to render custom inclusion tags. These may be overridden, but in such cases
you are probably better off creating your own version of the tag in
question and giving it a different name. That way you can use it
selectively.
Root and login templates
------------------------
If you wish to change the index, login or logout templates, you are better off
creating your own ``AdminSite`` instance (see below), and changing the
:attr:`AdminSite.index_template` , :attr:`AdminSite.login_template` or
:attr:`AdminSite.logout_template` properties.
``AdminSite`` objects
=====================
.. class:: AdminSite(name='admin')
A Django administrative site is represented by an instance of
``django.contrib.admin.sites.AdminSite``; by default, an instance of
this class is created as ``django.contrib.admin.site`` and you can
register your models and ``ModelAdmin`` instances with it.
If you'd like to set up your own administrative site with custom
behavior, however, you're free to subclass ``AdminSite`` and override
or add anything you like. Then, simply create an instance of your
``AdminSite`` subclass (the same way you'd instantiate any other
Python class), and register your models and ``ModelAdmin`` subclasses
with it instead of using the default.
When constructing an instance of an ``AdminSite``, you are able to provide
a unique instance name using the ``name`` argument to the constructor. This
instance name is used to identify the instance, especially when
:ref:`reversing admin URLs <admin-reverse-urls>`. If no instance name is
provided, a default instance name of ``admin`` will be used.
``AdminSite`` attributes
------------------------
Templates can override or extend base admin templates as described in
`Overriding Admin Templates`_.
.. attribute:: AdminSite.index_template
Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site main index
view.
.. attribute:: AdminSite.app_index_template
Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site app index view.
.. attribute:: AdminSite.login_template
Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site login view.
.. attribute:: AdminSite.login_form
Subclass of :class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` that
will be used by the admin site login view.
.. attribute:: AdminSite.logout_template
Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site logout view.
.. attribute:: AdminSite.password_change_template
Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site password
change view.
.. attribute:: AdminSite.password_change_done_template
Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site password
change done view.
Hooking ``AdminSite`` instances into your URLconf
-------------------------------------------------
The last step in setting up the Django admin is to hook your ``AdminSite``
instance into your URLconf. Do this by pointing a given URL at the
``AdminSite.urls`` method.
In this example, we register the default ``AdminSite`` instance
``django.contrib.admin.site`` at the URL ``/admin/`` ::
# urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)
Above we used ``admin.autodiscover()`` to automatically load the
:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` admin.py modules.
In this example, we register the ``AdminSite`` instance
``myproject.admin.admin_site`` at the URL ``/myadmin/`` ::
# urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
from myproject.admin import admin_site
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'^myadmin/', include(admin_site.urls)),
)
There is really no need to use autodiscover when using your own ``AdminSite``
instance since you will likely be importing all the per-app admin.py modules
in your ``myproject.admin`` module.
Multiple admin sites in the same URLconf
----------------------------------------
It's easy to create multiple instances of the admin site on the same
Django-powered Web site. Just create multiple instances of ``AdminSite`` and
root each one at a different URL.
In this example, the URLs ``/basic-admin/`` and ``/advanced-admin/`` feature
separate versions of the admin site -- using the ``AdminSite`` instances
``myproject.admin.basic_site`` and ``myproject.admin.advanced_site``,
respectively::
# urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
from myproject.admin import basic_site, advanced_site
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'^basic-admin/', include(basic_site.urls)),
(r'^advanced-admin/', include(advanced_site.urls)),
)
``AdminSite`` instances take a single argument to their constructor, their
name, which can be anything you like. This argument becomes the prefix to the
URL names for the purposes of :ref:`reversing them<admin-reverse-urls>`. This
is only necessary if you are using more than one ``AdminSite``.
Adding views to admin sites
---------------------------
Just like :class:`ModelAdmin`, :class:`AdminSite` provides a
:meth:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_urls()` method
that can be overridden to define additional views for the site. To add
a new view to your admin site, extend the base
:meth:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_urls()` method to include
a pattern for your new view.
.. note::
Any view you render that uses the admin templates, or extends the base
admin template, should provide the ``current_app`` argument to
:class:`~django.template.RequestContext` or
:class:`~django.template.Context` when rendering the template. It should
be set to either ``self.name`` if your view is on an ``AdminSite`` or
``self.admin_site.name`` if your view is on a ``ModelAdmin``.
.. _auth_password_reset:
Adding a password-reset feature
-------------------------------
You can add a password-reset feature to the admin site by adding a few lines to
your URLconf. Specifically, add these four patterns:
.. code-block:: python
url(r'^admin/password_reset/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', name='admin_password_reset'),
url(r'^admin/password_reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_done', name='password_reset_done'),
url(r'^reset/(?P<uidb64>[0-9A-Za-z_\-]+)/(?P<token>.+)/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_confirm', name='password_reset_confirm'),
url(r'^reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_complete', name='password_reset_complete'),
.. versionchanged:: 1.6
The pattern for :func:`~django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_confirm`
changed as the ``uid`` is now base 64 encoded.
(This assumes you've added the admin at ``admin/`` and requires that you put
the URLs starting with ``^admin/`` before the line that includes the admin app
itself).
The presence of the ``admin_password_reset`` named URL will cause a "forgotten
your password?" link to appear on the default admin log-in page under the
password box.
.. _admin-reverse-urls:
Reversing admin URLs
====================
When an :class:`AdminSite` is deployed, the views provided by that site are
accessible using Django's :ref:`URL reversing system <naming-url-patterns>`.
The :class:`AdminSite` provides the following named URL patterns:
========================= ======================== ==================================
Page URL name Parameters
========================= ======================== ==================================
Index ``index``
Logout ``logout``
Password change ``password_change``
Password change done ``password_change_done``
i18n javascript ``jsi18n``
Application index page ``app_list`` ``app_label``
Redirect to object's page ``view_on_site`` ``content_type_id``, ``object_id``
========================= ======================== ==================================
Each :class:`ModelAdmin` instance provides an additional set of named URLs:
====================== =============================================== =============
Page URL name Parameters
====================== =============================================== =============
Changelist ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_changelist``
Add ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_add``
History ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_history`` ``object_id``
Delete ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_delete`` ``object_id``
Change ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_change`` ``object_id``
====================== =============================================== =============
These named URLs are registered with the application namespace ``admin``, and
with an instance namespace corresponding to the name of the Site instance.
So - if you wanted to get a reference to the Change view for a particular
``Choice`` object (from the polls application) in the default admin, you would
call::
>>> from django.core import urlresolvers
>>> c = Choice.objects.get(...)
>>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('admin:polls_choice_change', args=(c.id,))
This will find the first registered instance of the admin application
(whatever the instance name), and resolve to the view for changing
``poll.Choice`` instances in that instance.
If you want to find a URL in a specific admin instance, provide the name of
that instance as a ``current_app`` hint to the reverse call. For example,
if you specifically wanted the admin view from the admin instance named
``custom``, you would need to call::
>>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('admin:polls_choice_change',
... args=(c.id,), current_app='custom')
For more details, see the documentation on :ref:`reversing namespaced URLs
<topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`.
To allow easier reversing of the admin urls in templates, Django provides an
``admin_urlname`` filter which takes an action as argument:
.. code-block:: html+django
{% load admin_urls %}
<a href="{% url opts|admin_urlname:'add' %}">Add user</a>
<a href="{% url opts|admin_urlname:'delete' user.pk %}">Delete this user</a>
The action in the examples above match the last part of the URL names for
:class:`ModelAdmin` instances described above. The ``opts`` variable can be any
object which has an ``app_label`` and ``model_name`` attributes and is usually
supplied by the admin views for the current model.
