22
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11answers
17k views

Python: How to find script's directory

Consider the following python code: import os print os.getcwd() I use os.getcwd() to get the script file's directory location. When I run the script from the command line it gives me the correct ...
22
votes
1answer
4k views

How do I use Logging in the Django Debug Toolbar?

I would like to output debug messages in my django app at different points in a view function. The docs for the django-debug-toolbar say it uses the build in python logging but I can't find any more ...
12
votes
1answer
2k views

Test Django views that require login using RequestFactory

I'm new to Django and I'd like to unit test a view that requires the user to be logged in (@login_requred). Django kindly provides the RequestFactory, which I can theoretically use to call the view ...
9
votes
5answers
2k views

django-admin: Add extra row with totals

I'm using the standard django admin module to display a list of rows. One of the columns is a numerical field. I'd like to display an extra 'totals' row that has most of the columns as blank, except ...
9
votes
4answers
7k views

Django - Getting last object created, simultaneous filters

Apologies, I am completely new to Django and Python. I have 2 questions. First, how would I go about getting the last object created (or highest pk) in a list of objects? For example, I know that I ...
9
votes
1answer
269 views

Why do django templates render dictionaries so slowly?

When I render a moderately complex dictionary (4 levels deep, ~2K data points) using django 1.4's default template system the template rendering step takes over 2800ms. When I do html-gen directly ...
7
votes
4answers
15k views

Django Foreign key queries

In the following model: class header(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length = 255) created_by = models.CharField(max_length = 255) def __unicode__(self): return ...
7
votes
3answers
3k views

Django language codes

What is the link to find the list of languages i.e, language_code (Swedish,sv) (English,en) .......... Please provide the link Thanks..
7
votes
1answer
930 views

Django Passing data between views

I was wondering what is the 'best' way of passing data between views. Is it better to create invisible fields and pass it using POST or should I encode it in my URLS? Or is there a better/easier way ...
6
votes
2answers
4k views

Django check for any exists for a query

In django how to check whether any entry exists for a query sc=scorm.objects.filter(Header__id=qp.id) This was how it was done in php if(mysql_num_rows($resultn)) { } ...
6
votes
1answer
2k views

Why am I getting this error, "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'csrf_exempt'?

I am attempting to invoke /save_calendar, mapped to pim_calendar.save_calendar(), which begins: @csrf_exempt @login_required def save_calendar(request): ...
6
votes
3answers
281 views

Display table of objects django

I need to display a table from my database with Django. The obvious way is to manually type in the table headings and loop through query results of model.objects.all(). However, being quite lazy, I ...
5
votes
2answers
8k views

matching query does not exist Error in Django

HI..I have implemented a password recovery functioanlity in django. With my method the new password will be sent to his email id entered. And its working fine when i give the correct email (e-mail id ...
5
votes
3answers
1k views

How to send a session message to an anonymous user in a Django site?

I often show messages about user actions to logged in users in my Django app views using: request.user.message_set.create("message to user") How could I do the same for anonymous (not logged in) ...
5
votes
2answers
463 views

Getting all items less than a month old

Is there a way to get all objects with a date less than a month ago in django. Something like: items = Item.objects.filter(less than a month old).order_by(...)

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