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django-datatable

Build Status

preview

Overview

django-datatable is a simple Django app to origanize data in tabular form based on datatable and bootstrap.

It is worth mentioning that the design of this project makes reference to django-table2 and is mainly for the purpose of learning. I really appreciate anyone making a pull-request to improve it.

Requirements

  • Python 2.x

  • jQuery 1.6+

  • Django 1.5+

  • Bootstrap 3.0

Quick start

  • Setup Django-datatable application in Python environment:

      $ pip install django-datatable
    
  • Define a simple model named Person:

      # example/app/models.py
      class Person(models.Model):
          name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    
  • Add "table" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

      INSTALLED_APPS = (
          ...,
          'table',
      )
    
  • Add some data so you have something to display in the table. Now define a PersonTable class without any options in the table file.

      # example/app/tables.py
      from models import Person
      from table import Table
      from table.columns import Column
    
      class PersonTable(Table):
          id = Column(field='id')
          name = Column(field='name')
          class Meta:
              model = Person
    

    And pass a table instance to the view.

      # example/app/views.py
      from django.shortcuts import render
      from app.tables import PersonTable
    
      def people(request):
          people = PersonTable()
          return render(request, "index.html", {'people': people})
    
  • Finally, implement the template:

      {# example/templates/index.html}
      {% load static %}
      {% load table_tags %}
    
      <link href="{% static 'table/css/bootstrap.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet">
      <script src="{% static 'table/js/jquery.min.js' %}"></script>
      <script src="{% static 'table/js/bootstrap.min.js' %}"></script>
    
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html>
          <head>
              <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
              <title>person</title>
          </head>
          <body>
              <div class="container" style="margin-top: 10px">
                  <h1>people</h1>
                  <br />
                  {% render_table people %}
              </div>
          </body>
      </html>
    

Tag

Render the whole table by simple tag {% render_table %}, pass Table instance as single argument.

{% render_table table %}

DataSource

  • Model

    Uses a django MTV model as table data source, and queries all data in database by default. See model in table options for details.

  • QuerySet

    Similiar to Model, but pass queryset when you initialize the table instance instead of defining model option. Basically, it is used to filter or sort data you want to display in table.

    Models:

      # models.py
      class Person(models.Model):
          name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    

    Tables:

      # tables.py
      from models import Person
      from table import Table
          from table.columns import Column
    
      class PersonTable(Table):
          id = Column(field='id')
          name = Column(field='name')
    

    Views:

      # views.py
      from django.shortcuts import render
      from models import Person
      from app.tables import PersonTable
    
      def people(request):
          people = PersonTable(Person.objects.all())
          return render(request, "index.html", {'people': people})
    
  • Dict-List

    Use a list of dictionaries as table data source. Fields declared in columns correspond to the dictionary keys.

    Tables:

      # tables.py
      from table import Table
      from table.columns import Column
    
      class PersonTable(Table):
          id = Column(field='id')
          name = Column(field='name')
    

    Views:

      # views.py
      from django.shortcuts import render
      from app.tables import PersonTable
    
      def people(request):
      	data = [{'id': 1, 'name': 'John'}, {'id': 2, 'name': 'Tom'}]
          people = PersonTable(data)
          return render(request, "index.html", {'people': people})
    
  • Ajax

    For large amounts of data, loading them on front-end entirely is impossible. So, django-table provides a simle option 'ajax' to load data from the server-side asynchronously.

    Note that once toggling ajax, the model option is necessary. Django-table will do paging/searching/sorting based on ModelClass.objects.all().

    Urls:

      # urls.py
      urlpatterns = patterns('',
          url(r'^table/', include(table.urls')),
      )
    

    Tables:

      # tables.py
      from table import Table
      from table.columns import Column
    
      class PersonTable(Table):
          id = Column(field='id')
          name = Column(field='name')
    
          class Meta:
              model = Person
              ajax = True
    

    If you want to customize base data, use ajax_source option and implement your own Class-based View by subclassing FeedDataView.

    Tables:

      # tables.py
      class PersonTable(Table):
          id = Column(field='id')
          name = Column(field='name')
    
          class Meta:
              model = Person
              ajax = True
              ajax_source = reverse_lazy('table_data')
    

    Urls:

      # urls.py
      urlpatterns = patterns('',
          url(r'^table/data/$', MyDataView.as_view(), name='table_data'),
      )
    

    Views:

      # views.py
      from table.views import FeedDataView
      from app.tables import PersonTable
    
      class MyDataView(FeedDataView):
    
          token = PersonTable.token
    
          def get_queryset(self):
              return super(MyDataView, self).get_queryset().filter(id__gt=5)
    

Columns

  • Column

  • Link Column

  • Datetime Column

  • Checkbox Column

  • Sequence Column

  • Calendar Column

Widgets

  • search-box

  • info-label

  • pagination

  • length-menu

  • extense-button

API Reference