How can I pass two models to a class based generic view

Question

I have an app called \"blog\" that has a model called \"Entry\". I use a class based generic to view this Entry and I am happy with this.

Now, along comes another app ca

Answer 1

Since you're using Django's class based views, just extend the class(es) you're using.

For the DetailView, in your app's views.py file, add your new view class:

from django.views.generic import DetailView
from blog.models import Entry
from eventapp.models import Event

class BlogEntryView(DetailView):
    """Extends the detail view to add Events to the context"""
    model = Entry

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super(BlogEntryView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        context['events'] = Event.objects.all()
        return context

We're leaving out the queryset and the slug field name because given the model name the DetailView class defaults to the Entry.objects.all() queryset, and 'slug' is the default slug field name. If you want to explicitly declare those, then add them right under the model assignment.

Then update your urls.py file like so:

from blog.views import BlogEntryView

urls = patterns('',
    url(r'^$', ArchiveIndexView.as_view(
        model=Entry, paginate_by=5,
        date_field='pub_date',template_name='homepage.html'),
    ),
    url(r'^(?P\d{4})/(?P[a-z]{3})/(?P\w{1,2})/(?P\w+)/$', 
        BlogEntryView.as_view()),
 )

This is detailed in the class based generic view documentation, to boot.