django-generic-tagging

A generic tagging plugin for Django


Keywords
django, tagging, tag
License
MIT
Install
pip install django-generic-tagging==0.0.2

Documentation

django-generic-tagging

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Author
giginet <giginet.net@gmail.com>
Supported python versions
3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Supported django versions
Django 1.7 - 1.9

A generic tagging library which enables to attach tags for every objects.

Sample Application

https://django-generic-tagging.herokuapp.com/

Installation

Use pip like:

$ pip install django-generic-tagging

Requirements

Usage

You should refer the example application for detail.

Configuration

  1. Put generic_tagging into your INSTALLED_APPS at settings module

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
       ...
       'generic_tagging',
    )
  2. Add URL patterns into your urls.py

    from django.conf.urls import include, url
    from django.contrib import admin
    
    from generic_tagging.api.routers import TaggingAPIRouter
    
    tagging_router = TaggingAPIRouter(trailing_slash=True)
    
    urlpatterns = [
        ...
        url(r'^tags/', include('generic_tagging.urls')),
        url(r'^api/', include(tagging_router.urls)),
    ]
  3. Create generic_tagging database tables by running:

    $ python manage.py migrate
    

How to add tagging feature to your model

All you have to do is embed the two template tags into your models' templates.

  1. Add {% load tagging %} to load tagging module

  2. Place {% render_generic_tagging_head_tag %} into <HEAD> tag

  3. Place {% render_generic_tagging_component_tag_for object %} to where you like.

    {% load tagging %}
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
        {% render_generic_tagging_head_tag %}
        ...
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>{{ object.title }}</h1>
        {% render_generic_tagging_component_tag_for object %}
    </body>
    </html>

Views

This library has two default views.
Description Template path Reversed URL name
Tag list /templates/generic_tagging/tag_list.html generic_tagging_tag_list
Tag detail /templates/generic_tagging/tag_detail.html generic_tagging_tag_detail

Tag list

This view displays all tags.

templates/generic_tagging/tag_list.html should be used as the template.

<h1>All available tags</h1>
<ul>
    {% for tag in object_list %}
        <li><a href="{{ tag.get_absolute_url %}">{{ tag.label }}</a></li>
    {% endfor %}
</ul>

Tag detail

Each tags have permalinks to display all related objects.

templates/generic_tagging/tag_detail.html should be used as the template.

<h1>All contents relative with {{ object.label }}</h1>
<ul>
    {% for item in object.items.all %}
        <li><a href="{{ item.content_object.get_absolute_url %}">{{ item.content_object }}</a></li>
    {% endfor %}
</ul>

API

django-generic-tagging has REST-ful APIs.

List of API endpoints.
Endpoint Method Reversed URL name
/tag/ GET tag-list
/tagged_item/ GET tagged_item-list
/tagged_item/<pk>/ GET tagged_item-detail
/tagged_item/ CREATE tagged_item-list
/tagged_item/<pk>/ DELETE tagged_item-detail
/tagged_item/<pk>/lock/ PATCH tagged_item-lock
/tagged_item/<pk>/unlock/ PATCH tagged_item-unlock

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 giginet

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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