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thezeeshantariq
thezeeshantariq

Reputation: 318

How to use single Django Template for multiple purpose

I have different django models which are identical e.g

All of these models carry same attributes.

I want to use single html page which is category_list.html for displaying these models as list. I don't want to use different pages like item_category_list.html, inventroy_category_list.html, menu_category_list.html and so on. Every page contains page header which is actual kind of title of page represented in h1 tag. I want to change with respect to currently loaded page.

Note: I am using Generic Views for Listing Items and I am currently using context for recognizing which view is sending response.

Any help would be appreciated.

views.py

class ItemCategoryList(ListView):
    model = ItemCategory
    template_name = 'app/category_list.html'

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        # Call the base implementation first to get a context
        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        # Add in a QuerySet of all the books
        context['page'] = 'Item'
        return context


class InventoryCategoryList(ListView):
    model = InventoryCategory
    template_name = 'app/category_list.html'


class ExpenseCategoryList(ListView):
    model = ExpenseCategory
    template_name = 'app/category_list.html'

models.py

class ItemCategory(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=300, null=True, blank=True)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to="uploads/item_categories/", null=True, blank=True)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)


class InventoryCategory(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=300, null=True, blank=True)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to="uploads/inventory_categories/", null=True, blank=True)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

class ExpenseCategory(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=300, null=True, blank=True)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to="uploads/expense_categories/", null=True, blank=True)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 112

Answers (1)

ikonuk
ikonuk

Reputation: 652

Not class based but my solution for this simply would be :

models.py:

class Category(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=300, null=True, blank=True)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to="uploads/categories/", null=True, blank=True)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

urls.py:

url(r'^(?P<category>\w+)/$', views.ItemCategoryList, name='category')

home.html:

<a href="{% url 'category' 'ItemCategory' %}">Item Category</a>
<a href="{% url 'category' 'InventoryCategory' %}">Inventory Category</a>

category_list.html:

{% block title %}{{category.name}}{% endblock %}

{% for l in list %}
    {{l}}
{% endfor%}

views.py:

def ItemCategoryList(request, category):
    list = Category.objects.filter(name=category)
    category = category
    context{
      'list':list,
      'category':category
           }
    return render(request, 'app/category_list.html',context)

Upvotes: 2

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