Views

PostListView(ListView)

PostListView class lists all the posts objects.

The following list contains the components that I used to make this view in case you need to customize it to fit your need.
    1. model = Post
    2. context_object_name = 'posts'
    3. template_name = 'blog/post_list.html'
    4. ordering = ['-id']
    5. paginate_by = 4
    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        return the following contexts:
            'objects': Post.objects.all().order_by('-published')[:5],
            'year':datetime.now().year,
            'tags': Tag.objects.all()

The 'urlpatterns' info: ::

    path('', PostListView.as_view(), name='post_list')

TagPostListView(ListView)

TagPostListView lists all the posts under a particular tag.

The following list contains the components that I used to make this view in case you need to customize it to fit your need.
    1. model = Post
    2. context_object_name = 'posts'
    3. template_name = 'blog/post_list.html'
    4. ordering = ['-id']
    5. paginate_by = 4
    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        return the following contexts:
            'objects': Post.objects.all().order_by('-published')[:5],
            'year':datetime.now().year,
            'tags': Tag.objects.all()

The `urlpatterns` info: ::

    path('category/<str:name>', TagPostListView.as_view(), name='post_tag')

AuthorPostListView(ListView)

AuthorPostListView lists all the posts by a particular user(author).

The following list contains the components that I used to make this view in case you need to customize it to fit your need.
    1. model = Post
    2. context_object_name = 'posts'
    3. template_name = 'blog/post_list.html'
    4. ordering = ['-published']
    5. paginate_by = 4
    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        return the following contexts:
            'objects': Post.objects.all().order_by('-published')[:5],
            'year':datetime.now().year,
            'tags': Tag.objects.all()

The `urlpatterns` info: ::

    path('post/<str:username>', AuthorPostListView.as_view(), name='user_post')

PostCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView)

PostCreateView creates a new post.

NOTE: user has to be authenticated to create a post.

The following list contains the components that I used to make this view in case you need to customize it to fit your need.
1. model = Post
2. fields = ['title', 'image', 'body', 'tag']

The urlpatterns info:

path('create/new/', PostCreateView.as_view(), name='post_create')

PostUpdateView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, UpdateView)

PostUpdateView updates an existing post.

NOTE:

1. user must be authenticated to delete a post.

2. user must be author of a post to delete that post.

   The following list contains the components that I used to make this view in case you need to customize it to fit your need.
   model = Post
   fields = ['title', 'image', 'body', 'tag']
   

The urlpatterns info:

path('post/<int:pk>-<str:slug>/update/', PostUpdateView.as_view(), name='post_update')

PostDeleteView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, DeleteView)

PostDeleteView deletes an existing post.

NOTE:

1. user must be authenticated to delete a post.

2. user must be author of a post to delete that post.

   The following list contains the components that I used to make this view in case you need to customize it to fit your need.
   model = Post
   success_url = '/blog'
   

The urlpatterns info:

path('post/<int:pk>-<str:slug>/delete/', PostDeleteView.as_view(), name='post_delete')

postDetailView(request, pk, slug)

postDetailView displays the details of a post.

Args:

1. pk (int) This is the unique primary key(id number) of each post.

2. slug (slug) This is the unique slug auto generated from the title of each post.

It checks for request method. if request method is POST, it takes in the required field to create a comment object related to the particular post.

It displays all the comment associated with a post on the detail page of that post.

The urlpatterns info:

path('blog/<int:pk>-<str:slug>/', postDetailView, name='post_detail')

search_view(request)

search_view searches through the Post objects.

It uses the GET request to take in the query and searches through the Post title and Post body.

The urlpatterns info:

path('search/', search_view, name='search_blog')