In this article, we are going to learn how to add object's data tracking, deleted data recovery and recovery in objects. Reversion means getting back your deleted model data, it will recover all of your deleted data in a single click and it even gives tracking of each model object.First create a Django project and an app and add app inINSTALLED_APPS in settings.py.Setup your urls.py and install the django-reversion module −pip install django-reversionIn settings.py, add the following line −INSTALLED_APPS = ['reversion']ExampleI will not go to views.py and urls.py because they are not important for this task.Now in models.py, add the ... Read More

You can use the django-downloadview package to make any file that you have in your project downloadable. You can host the files on a server.In this article, we will see how to make a file downloadable in our Django project. It will be a fun topic and you will love it.First, install the package −pip install django-downloadviewNow create a Django project and an app. Set up urls and do some basic stuff like adding app in INSTALLED_APPS. Also set up MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL in settings.py.ExampleIn models.py, add the following lines −from django.db import models # Create your models here. ... Read More

Material Design is a design template that is very popular among developers. It is used at the frontend as CDN. In this article, we are going to see how to use material design on our form widgets and render that form from our views.Django-material is a library that will apply material design to rendered html file or form widget without CDN.First, install the django-material package.pip install django-materialSetup project and app and urls.In settings.py −INSTALLED_APPS+=['material']My app name is "myapp".ExampleIn models.py −from django.db import models # Create your models here. class Data(models.Model):    Name=models.CharField(max_length=100)    salary = models.CharField(max_length=20)Here, we created a ... Read More

We sometimes need to handle multiple forms in a single function or view. In this article, we will see how to write a function which will handle two forms at the same time and in same view. It is handy in many cases; we will handle more than two forms too.Create a Django project and an app, I named the project "multipleFormHandle" and the app as "formhandlingapp".Do some basic stuff like including app in settings.py INSTALLED_APPS and include app's url in project's url.Now create forms.py in app and a "templates" folder in the app directory. Add home.html in templates.Install the ... Read More

In many developer websites, we get to see Google social authentication which is very handy. In this article, we will see how to create a Django Google login project.First, go to https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboardand create a project .Go to Oauth consent screen and create a screen and save & continue.Go to credentials and click "create credentials" and then "OAuth client ID":Then, select web application, and add these two URLs −http://127.0.0.1:8000/http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/github/login/callback/Now, you will get a client ID and a secret key, keep them safe in your file.ExampleCreate a Django project and an app.In settings.py −SITE_ID = 1 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/" INSTALLED_APPS = [ ... Read More

In many developer websites, we get to see GitHub social authentication which is very handy. In this article, we will see how to add Github Auth in our Django website.Go to https://github.com/settings/developers/ and create an Oauth application and add these two URLshttp://127.0.0.1:8000/http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/github/login/callbackThen, you will get a Client ID and a secret key. Now, let's move to the coding part.ExampleInstall the django-allauth library −pip install django-allauthIn settings.py add the following lines of code −INSTALLED_APPS = [    ################## # # # #    'django.contrib.sites',    'allauth',    'allauth.account',    'allauth.socialaccount',    'allauth.socialaccount.providers.github',    'githubAuthentication' ] SITE_ID = 1 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS= ... Read More

In this article, we will see how to get the IP address of from where we get POST request. It is sometimes important to keep a check on the security parameters. Sometimes you might need to ban some IPs or you might need to check if anyone is sending too many requests from a single IP. Let's see how it can be done easily with a third-party package.ExampleCreate a Django project and an app. Setup urls and do some basic stuff like adding app in INSTALLED_APPS.We will not use any Django forms or models.First, install the django-ipware package −pip install ... Read More

In this article, we will see how to use widgets in a Django form. Widgets can be quiet helpful to make the frontend better. Widgets are html elements that are rendered from Django form, textarea, input, password input, etc., all are widgets.First let's create a Django project and an app. I created the project with the name "tutorial14" and app with the name "djangoFormWidget".Add app in settings.py and include app's URL in project urls.py.Make every basic files and folders like Templates, home.html, forms.py.ExampleIn app's urls.py −from django.urls import path, include from . import views urlpatterns = [    path('', views.home, ... Read More

   In this article, we will see how to export model data in .csv format. Sometimes, you might need to export your model data in different formats such as .csv or json or .xlsx for further work or reporting. You can do this by making some sort of script but I have a better way to do that.Create a Django project and add an App. Setup urls and do some basic stuff like adding app in INSTALLED_APPS.Create a model. Here, we don't have much to do with views.py, urls.py or any html file.We only have work with settings.py, admin.py, models.py ... Read More

While creating a Django website, sometimes you want a URL endpoint from where you can check your database, cache, and storage. In such cased, we can use a third-party package to keep a check on your system performance and other things and you can check your system even in production.In this article, we are going to make a URL endpoint which will give us system check.ExampleFirst of all, perform all the basic settings of apps and urls.Next, install the django-watchman package −pip install django-watchmanNow, in settings.py, add this −INSTALLED_APPS = (    ...    'watchman', )This will simply add watchman ... Read More