When Twitter is down I hear about it on Facebook and other micro-blogging platforms. Pownce was down and there’s one post at Digg that it’s down and 2 people “dugg” it.

I like the service, and as a high profile Django powered site, I’m hoping the service succeeds. As I learn the framework, I’m also looking at Pownce for what’s possible with Django.

Anyway, it’s back up now, so disaster averted. Look me up on Pownce when you get a chance.

Here’s the urls.py file that creates the list and details:

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from podcastersfriend.podcast.models import Podcast
from django.views.generic.simple import direct_to_template
from django.views.generic import list_detail
from django.views.generic.create_update import create_object, update_object
from django.views import static
import podcastersfriend.podcasts.views

podcast_list_info = {
    "queryset" : Podcast.objects.all(),
}

podcast_detail_info = {
    "queryset" : Podcast.objects.all(),
    "template_object_name" : "podcast",
}

podcast_add_info = {
     "model" : Podcast,
     "post_save_redirect" : "/podcasts"
}

podcast_update_info = {"model" : Podcast }

urlpatterns = patterns('',

     (r'^$', podcastersfriend.podcasts.views.indexPage),
     (r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')),
     (r'^podcasts/?$', list_detail.object_list, podcast_list_info),
     (r'^podcasts/(?P<object_id>d+)/?$', list_detail.object_detail,podcast_detail_info),
     (r'^podcasts/add/?$', create_object, podcast_add_info),
     (r'^podcasts/edit/(?P<object_id>d+)/?$', update_object, podcast_update_info),
     (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': 'c:/projects/podcastersfriend/podcast/static'}),
)

Here’s a link to the file: Django URLs

If you see something wrong with this, please leave a comment explaining why and how I might make it better. The templates are working as well, except for they don’t validate the data being entered yet. That will be the next step, and I’ll post the templates in a couple of days.

I haven’t found a good way to include code in WordPress. If you have a solution, please let me know.

Here’s the model file:

from django.db import models

PODCAST_GENRE_CHOICES = (
    ('TE', 'Technology'),
    ('HF', 'Health'),
    ('MU', 'Music'),
    ('PB', 'Podiobook'),
    ('OU', 'Outdoor'),
    ('EN', 'Entertainment'),
    ('WA', 'World Affairs'),
    ('LS', 'Lifestyle'),
)

class Podcast(models.Model):
   url=models.URLField()
   feed_url=models.URLField()
   album_art=models.URLField(null=True, blank=True)
   itunes_feed_id=models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True, maxlength=10)
   title=models.CharField(maxlength=255)
   description=models.TextField()
   sample_podcast=models.URLField(null=True, blank=True)
   genre=models.CharField(maxlength=2, choices=PODCAST_GENRE_CHOICES)
   created_date=models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)
   modified_date=models.DateField(auto_now=True)

   def __str__(self):
       return self.title

   class Admin:
       pass

       list_display = ('title', 'url')

   def get_absolute_url(self):
    return "/podcasts/%i/" %self.id

Here’s a link to the file: Django Model

Well, that’s the model for the podcasts. I’m not planning on reading in the Feeds and displaying the episodes as of yet. One step at a time, right?

So you Pythonistas, Djangonauts…

What’s wrong with this?
What’s right with it?
What am I missing?

Next post will be a little about the generic views that I’ll be using to create the podcast listing and the detail pages. I’ve already got the podcast list done and the detail. I’ll post that soon. After that, I’ll tackle the CRUD of making changes to the podcast details. Finally, I’ll implement user login and then I’ll go from there.

I’ve selected a template from freecsstemplates.org to use in the site, just so it’s not so darn plain. I’ll also get that server up so others can add their data to the database and try out the application.