django-rest-framework-datatables-editor
Overview
This package provides seamless integration between Django REST framework and Datatables with supporting Datatables editor.
- It handles searching, filtering, ordering and most usecases you can imagine with Datatables.
- You don't have to create a different API, your API still work exactly the same .
How to use
Install
$ pip install djangorestframework-datatables-editorIf you need the functionality of the editor, you also need to download the data editor from here, the JS+CSS version, and put the downloaded files in static folder.
Configuration
To enable Datatables support in your project, add 'rest_framework_datatables_editor' to your INSTALLED_APPS, and modify your REST_FRAMEWORK settings like this:
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer',
'rest_framework_datatables_editor.renderers.DatatablesRenderer',
),
'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
'rest_framework_datatables_editor.filters.DatatablesFilterBackend',
),
'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework_datatables_editor.pagination.DatatablesPageNumberPagination',
'PAGE_SIZE': 50,
}For using Datatables editor you should use DatatablesEditorModelViewSet instead ModelViewSet or add EditorModelMixin to your views.
And that's it !
Your API is now fully compatible with Datatables and will provide searching, filtering, ordering and pagination without any modification of your API code ! For using Datatables editor you should use DatatablesEditorModelViewSet instead ModelViewSet or add EditorModelMixin to your views.
Configuring Datatables and Datatables editor
- The URL for connecting datatables is the URL of your view with
?format=datatables - The URL connecting datatables editor is the URL of your view with
editor/ - Full documentation is available on Read the Docs !
- Also you'll need download Datatables editor.
Example of HTML code:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Rolling Stone Top 500 albums of all time</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/css/dataTables.bootstrap4.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.5.6/css/buttons.bootstrap4.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/select/1.3.0/css/select.bootstrap4.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/editor.bootstrap4.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container" style="font-size: .9em;">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-12">
<table id="albums" class="table table-striped table-bordered" style="width:100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>Artist</th>
<th>Album name</th>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Genres</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/js/dataTables.bootstrap4.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.5.6/js/dataTables.buttons.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.5.6/js/buttons.bootstrap4.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/select/1.3.0/js/dataTables.select.min.js"></script>
<script src="/static/js/dataTables.editor.js"></script>
<script src="/static/js/editor.bootstrap4.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor({
ajax: "/api/albums/editor/?format=datatables",
table: "#albums",
fields: [{
label: "rank",
name: "rank",
}, {
label: "artist:",
name: "artist.id",
type: "select"
}, {
label: "name:",
name: "name",
}, {
label: "year:",
name: "year",
}]
});
var table = $('#albums').DataTable({
"serverSide": true,
dom: "Bfrtip",
"ajax": "/api/albums/?format=datatables",
"columns": [
{"data": "rank", "searchable": false},
{"data": "artist.name", "name": "artist.name"},
{"data": "name"},
{"data": "year"},
{"data": "genres", "name": "genres.name", "sortable": false},
],
select: true,
buttons: [
{extend: "create", editor: editor},
{extend: "edit", editor: editor},
{extend: "remove", editor: editor}
]
});
table.buttons().container()
.appendTo($('.col-md-6:eq(0)', table.table().container()));
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Thanks
The project is based on the project django-rest-framework-datatables by David Jean Louis
Requirements
- Python (2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8)
- Django (1.9, 1.11, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0)
- Django REST Framework (3.9, 3.10, 3.11)
Example project
To play with the example project, just clone the repository and run the dev server.
$ git clone https://github.com/VVyacheslav/DRF-datatables-editor.git
$ cd DRF-datatables-editor
Activate virtualenv.
$ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
$ python example/manage.py runserver
$ firefox http://127.0.0.1:8000Testing
Install development requirements.
$ pip install -r requirements-dev.txtRun the tests.
$ python example/manage.py testYou can also use the excellent tox testing tool to run the tests against all supported versions of Python and Django. Install tox globally, and then simply run:
$ toxIf you want to check the coverage, use:
$ coverage run ./example/manage.py test
$ coverage report -m