Django is a Python-based framework for creating web applications.
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Python/Django Script - Is it crap? Objects duplicated or passed?
I've written a script using the Django ORM to store 'configuration settings' and interacting with the Google Drive API and another API. The script creates a base project folder and subfolders in ...
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POST data handler
I have written a function to handle post data received from a web page. The Emphasis is on making getting post data easy: using the function allows the coder to specify the required data, type, and ...
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Django how to make this view faster?
I have view and it works correct, but very slow
class Reading(models.Model):
meter = models.ForeignKey(Meter, verbose_name=_('meter'))
reading = models.FloatField(verbose_name=_('reading'))
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Optionality fields in Django model?
I have this model:
class Artist(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
pseudo = models.CharField(max_length=50)
birth_date = models.DateField()
country = ...
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Is there a neater way of finding the profile name for a join in my facebook auth backend?
I've written a project for handling various facebook things and I ran into the issue where one project named the users profile Profile while normally they would be named UserProfile so when I was ...
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Feedback on a small Python parser
I'm working on a feature for the HamlPy (Haml for Django) project:
About Haml
For those who don't know, Haml is an indentation-based markup language which compiles to HTML:
%ul#atheletes
- for ...
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Any issues with injecting data into a django form after creating an instance?
I have a django form CreateQuoteRequestForm and I wanted to populate a list of items from a query set. So I created a list and then assigned as seen below. The form and select box work well. Are ...
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Need advice of refactoring views.py
I setup simple CRUD in Django
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.template import RequestContext
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
from django.http import ...
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Building and getting a form of objects that have multiple properties
I'm building a form dynamically in a web app where I'm using product_id to keep track which product I'm reading and then product_<id>_property to grab the value of it. Then in my view I end up ...
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Django app proposal for father app probleme [closed]
I have a proposal for manage father apps urls, object and context in reusable apps (django).
I want to know if you think is a right aproache or if you see disadvantages or better ways to deal with ...
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Doubts about db_index, primary_key and unique parameters
I'm trying to improve my code. I've some doubts about db_index, primary_key and unique parameters.
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models ...
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Am I being too redundant in this Django view (or can I reduce the repetition in my code)?
I'm new to Django and learning my ways around it. I'm writing a fake basic CRUD app to get me started. In the following code I pretty much copy and paste the same code four times with minor ...
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Polymorphism in Django models
For flexing my newly acquired Django & Python muscles, I have set up to do a mobile content delivery system via Wap Push (Ringtones, wallpapers, etc), old fashion but it is an exercise!
I have a ...
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Refactoring advice needed for jQuery post
I have taken a stab at creating my first jQuery script from scratch. I use this to post an update to a Django application that allows a user to "follow" another user. I am sure that there are better ...
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Is this a good python design?
I'm using django and i wrote this decorator to take away some of the repetitive code i found for ajax views and i want to know your opinion (too basic, bad design, try this instead, ok, etc).
def ...
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Can you review my i18n/Jinja2/python code?
I'm learning to Jinja2 and what's important in this case isn't speed but i18n translations and functionality. With python 2.7 Jinja2 and not django seems to preferred way to go so I'm rewriting much ...
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Can you review 1 line of code here?
Hi I hope you can comment when I include the largest file of my largest project. There is more available if you feel like code review. I think my project needs daily code review for some time. The ...
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Python XML parsing and data presentation in Django
I hope this is not a duplicate.
For some time now, I've been using a pattern which I think could be done more elegantly.
I have a lot of XML files that need to be represented in a Django views. My ...
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Review of django view function
I have a view function that allows a user to Add / Edit / Delete an object. How does the following function look, and in what ways could I improve it? I was thinking about separating aspects of the ...
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Django Team Sport class
So this isn't EXACTLY my code but it is close enough to show what I have. Also the naming is only for this site so if its not really clear forgive me. Its much clearer in the actual code.
class ...
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Separating a view function by action
I have one large view function where a user can Add, Edit, Delete, and Update his education. I am currently doing this all in one view because I haven't yet learned how to split up views by function. ...
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Multiple forms in django
I have an account page where I have three forms. A user can change his name, his email address, and his password.
There are two difficulties I am having from trying to do this:
1) the request.user ...
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How would you rate this python code? (Django AJAX)
This code comes straight out from the example code in a Django book. I find it quite bad, mainly because the use of flags (if ajax then again if ajax) and unnecessarily bigger variable scope (set ...
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How to optimize the code?
q_sent = False
sent_failed = False
if request.method == 'POST':
form = FaqForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
q_sent = True
else:
sent_failed = ...
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Three-table queryset (full outer join?) in Django
I've got three tables I need query to display to a user for a web application I've written. Each table (Url, Note, Quote) has a foreign key relation to the User table. For every User, I need to sort ...
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Am I doing too much in my template?
The main view in my (toy!) Todo app is, of course, to display the list of tasks. These are grouped by some criterion, and the tasks structure below is actually a list of pairs (header, list of ...
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Review Request: Snippet of code that tries to convert an already uploaded file & save it into a model's FileField. Python + Django
from os import path, remove
try:
video = Video.objects.get(id=original_video_id)
except ObjectDoesNotExist:
return False
convert_command = ['ffmpeg', '-i', input_file, '-acodec',
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Django query_set filtering in the template
Can I make my template syntax simpler? I'm hoping to eliminate the if and maybe also the for block.
This worked in the shell but I can't figure out the template syntax.
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An idiom to use the same view function to create or edit an object?
Here is the skeleton of my (first!) Django app:
# models.py
class Task(models.Model):
description = models.CharField(max_length = 200)
...
# forms.py
class AddTaskForm(forms.ModelForm):
...
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Beginner Django Model code review
I'm learning Django as I go. I know this model is missing user authentication, registration, comments/comment threading, and voting. But this is my starting code for my model. What are some of the ...
