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For Django 1.4, rearranged project structure for new manage.py.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sat, 05 May 2012 17:10:48 -0500
parents gpp/news/utils.py@24f1230f3ee3
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1 """
2 Common utility/helper code for the news app.
3
4 """
5 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
6
7 from comments.models import Comment
8 from tagging.models import TaggedItem
9 from news.models import Story
10
11
12 def attach_extra_attrs(stories):
13 """
14 For each story in the input stories list, attach 2 new attributes:
15 tag_list and comment_count. The tags and comment count info is pulled from
16 the database in bulk. This saves database queries when lots of news
17 stories are displayed at once. For best results, use ".defer('tags')"
18 when retrieve the stories from the database.
19
20 """
21 stories_dict = dict((story.id, story) for story in stories)
22 story_ids = stories_dict.keys()
23
24 # Get all the tags out in one query
25 ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(Story)
26 tagged_items = TaggedItem.objects.filter(content_type=ct,
27 object_id__in=story_ids).select_related('tag')
28
29 for story in stories_dict.values():
30 story.tag_list = []
31 story.comment_count = 0
32
33 # attach tags
34 for item in tagged_items:
35 stories_dict[item.object_id].tag_list.append(item.tag.name)
36
37 # Now get all the comment counts out in one fell swoop
38
39 story_ids = Comment.objects.filter(content_type=ct,
40 object_id__in=story_ids).values_list('object_id', flat=True)
41
42 # compute comment_count
43 for story_id in story_ids:
44 stories_dict[story_id].comment_count += 1