view gpp/weblinks/signals.py @ 322:c3d3d7114749

Fix #148; Django now requires AJAX posts to present the CSRF token. Added code suggested by Django docs to shoutbox.js. Since shoutbox.js is on every page, it should cover all cases.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:37:17 +0000
parents 3a4bbf9c2cce
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"""Signals for the weblinks application.
We use signals to compute the denormalized category counts whenever a weblink
is saved."""
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.db.models.signals import post_delete

from weblinks.models import Category, Link


def on_link_save(sender, **kwargs):
    """This function updates the count field for all categories.
    It is called whenever a link is saved via a signal.
    """
    if kwargs['created']:
        # we only have to update the parent category
        link = kwargs['instance']
        cat = link.category
        cat.count = Link.public_objects.filter(category=cat).count()
        cat.save()
    else:
        # update all categories just to be safe (an existing link could
        # have been moved from one category to another
        cats = Category.objects.all()
        for cat in cats:
            cat.count = Link.public_objects.filter(category=cat).count()
            cat.save()


def on_link_delete(sender, **kwargs):
    """This function updates the count field for the link's parent
    category. It is called when a link is deleted via a signal.
    """
    # update the parent category
    link = kwargs['instance']
    cat = link.category
    cat.count = Link.public_objects.filter(category=cat).count()
    cat.save()


post_save.connect(on_link_save, sender=Link, dispatch_uid='weblinks.signals')
post_delete.connect(on_link_delete, sender=Link, dispatch_uid='weblinks.signals')