Awesome. I got it to work using this code in my view.
def artist_detail(request, slug):
album_list = Album.objects.all()
return list_detail.object_detail(
request,
queryset = Artist.objects.all(),
slug = slug,
template_object_name = 'artist',
extra_context={'album_list': album_list}
)
But the way you're doing it only calls the database once instead of
twice. Beautiful! Thank you. I'm going to try the query you
suggested.
queryset=Artist.objects.select_related().all()
I'd like to just pull in the albums, artwork, and tracks related to
the particular artist in the url slug, for instance
http://www.example.com/artists/artist-name
You've been a huge help. Thanks a ton!
Charlie
On Aug 22, 11:20 am, lingrlongr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also note, if your intentions were to grab all that information and
> just send the artist to the template, I think you'd get better
> performance if your queryset in the view looked like this:
>
> queryset=Artist.objects.select_related().all()
>
> Keith
>
> On Aug 22, 11:17 am, lingrlongr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Super easy :) Just to show you another way to implement generic
> > views, I used custom view that returns a generic view.
>
> > # urls.py
> > from myapp.views import artist
> > ...
> > (r'^artist/(?P<slug>\w+)/$', artist),
> > ...
>
> > #views.py
> > from django.views.generic.list_detail import object_detail
> > def artist(request, slug):
> > return object_detail(
> > request,
> > queryset=Artist.objects.all(),
> > slug = slug,
> > template_object_name = 'artist'
> > )
>
> > # <template_dir>/<app_name>/artist_list.html
> > <h1>{{ artist }}</h1>
> > <h2>Albums</h2>
> > <ul>
> > {% for album in artist.album_set.all %}
> > <li>{{ album.name }}</li>
> > <ul>
> > {% for track in album.track_set.all %}
> > <li>{{ track.name }}</li>
> > {% endfor %}
> > </ul>
> > {% endfor %}
> > </ul>
>
> > Django makes traversing relationships easy...
>
> > HTH
>
> > Keith
>
> > On Aug 22, 10:03 am, nek4life <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > So if I sent the artist to the template and wanted to grab the list of
> > > albums with all the album tracks how would I go about that. Would I
> > > have to pull in all the data with a custom view? So far I've only
> > > been using generic views. It definitely makes sense pulling in the
> > > information through the track back up through the album to the artist,
> > > how could I reverse the process so I can get all the artist vars plus
> > > the data I need from the track and album tables? Thanks a bunch,
> > > you've been very helpful already.
>
> > > Charlie
>
> > > On Aug 22, 12:26 am, lingrlongr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > One more note. You wouldn't NEED to explicitly grab all those vars,
> > > > as you can get them in a template too. I just wanted to show you the
> > > > relation.
> > > > If you sent the track to the template, you can get the artist by
> > > > using:
>
> > > > {{ track.album.artist }}
>
> > > > Keith
>
> > > > On Aug 22, 12:24 am, lingrlongr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > The only part you have that is redundant is the "artist" in your
> > > > > "Track" class. You can find out the artist because a track is related
> > > > > to an album, which in turn, is related to an artist.
>
> > > > > Some of the code you'd maybe see in a view would be:
>
> > > > > # views.py
> > > > > from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
> > > > > from models import Album, Track
>
> > > > > def album(request, slug):
> > > > > album = get_object_or_404(Album, slug=slug)
> > > > > artist = album.artist
> > > > > tracks = album.track_set.all()
> > > > > ...etc... return a response...
>
> > > > > def track(request, slug):
> > > > > track = get_object_or_404(Track, slug=slug)
> > > > > album = track.album
> > > > > artist = album.artist
> > > > > ..etc..
>
> > > > > HTH
>
> > > > > Keith
>
> > > > > On Aug 21, 11:44 pm, nek4life <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I'm trying to set up my first Django application and I'm trying to
> > > > > > figure out the database relationships. I want to be able to list
> > > > > > albums, with their corresponding tracks and album artwork. Right
> > > > > > now
> > > > > > I only have foreign keys defined in the Track class and on the
> > > > > > AlbumArt class pointing to the Album class. I'm doing this so I can
> > > > > > keep a record of which track or which album art goes to which album.
> > > > > > However I also would like to add a ManyToManyField on my Album class
> > > > > > so I can pull the album data in my view. Defining this is both
> > > > > > places
> > > > > > seems redundant to me, but I'm not sure how else I can accomplish
> > > > > > this. What would be best practice in this situation and how should
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > proceed?
>
> > > > > > class Album(models.Model):
> > > > > > title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
> > > > > > prefix = models.CharField(max_length=20, blank=True)
> > > > > > subtitle = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255)
> > > > > > slug = models.SlugField(unique=True)
> > > > > > artist = models.ForeignKey('Artist')
>
> > > > > > class AlbumArt(models.Model):
> > > > > > title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
> > > > > > slug = models.SlugField()
> > > > > > album = models.ForeignKey('Album')
>
> > > > > > class Track(models.Model):
> > > > > > title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
> > > > > > slug = models.SlugField(unique=True)
> > > > > > album = models.ForeignKey('Album')
> > > > > > artist = models.ForeignKey('Artist')
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