Python-Django/C2/How-to-use-Django-Admin-app/English
Title of script: How to Use Django admin app
Keywords: Video tutorial, Django Admin App, Web Application Framework
Visual cue | Narration |
Slide: Use Django Admin App | Hello and welcome to the spoken tutorial on “How to use Django admin app” |
Slide: Learning Objectives | In this tutorial, we will learn to
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Slide: System Requirements | To record this tutorial, I am using
However you may use any other browser and editor of your choice. |
Slide: Prerequisites | To follow this tutorial, you need to know
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Slide: What is Django Admin App? | The Django admin app is a feature that provides an interface to
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Open a Terminal window
Press CTRl+ALT+T simultaneously |
Let us open the terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T keys simultaneously on your keyboard. |
[Terminal]
cd my-django [Enter] |
Now using cd command, go to the folder my hyphen django which we had created earlier. |
[Terminal]
Type source myapp_env/bin/activate and press Enter |
Let us activate the virtual environment myapp underscore env
Type source <space> myapp underscore env slash bin slash activate And press Enter. |
[Terminal]
cd mysite & Press Enter |
Now let us go to the mysite folder by typing
cd <space> mysite and press Enter. |
Here onwards, please remember to press the Enter key after typing each command. | |
[Terminal]
Type ls blog [Enter] |
Type ls <space> blog |
[Terminal]
Highlight models.py |
In our previous tutorial, we have created the models within the blog app.
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[Terminal] | For this, we need to have credentials to log in.
Django provides an easy way to generate a super-user account. |
[Terminal]
Type python manage.py createsuperuser and press Enter |
Let’s create a superuser to login to the admin interface.
Type python <space> manage dot py <space> createsuperuser |
[Terminal]
Point to the Shell prompt |
We will be prompted to fill in some details.
Fill the information as per your own preferences. |
[Terminal]
Username: root Email address: stdjango@gmail.com Password: Sample123 Password(again): Sample123 |
I will type the following details.
Username as root Email address as stdjango@gmail.com Password as Sample123 Enter the same password once again. |
[Terminal]
Highlight Superuser created successfully. |
Now, the superuser has been created successfully.
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[Terminal]
Type python manage.py runserver and press Enter |
Let's run the Django development server.
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Open a browser and type http://localhost:8000/admin | Now, open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8000/admin |
On browser
Enter Username as root Password as Sample123 |
We can see a Django administration login page.
I will enter the username as root and password as Sample123 |
On browser
Point to Groups and User app |
Here we can see “Authentication and Authorization”, and its modules Groups and Users.
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[Terminal]
Press Ctrl+C simultaneously |
Switch back to the terminal.
Stop the server by pressing Ctrl and C keys simultaneously. |
[Terminal]
Type gedit blog/admin.py & press Enter |
Let us open the admin.py file with any text editor.
I will be using gedit text editor. Type gedit <space> blog slash admin dot py <space> ampersand |
[admin.py]
from django.contrib import admin # Register your models here. |
We are now inside the admin.py file. |
[admin.py]
from django.contrib import admin from blog.models import Blog, Article |
Let us import our app models.
This enables the admin interface to pick the models. And then show it to the user who logs in to the admin site. |
[admin.py]
# Register your models here. admin.site.register(Blog) admin.site.register(Article) |
Below the line Register your models here, type the code as shown here. |
[admin.py]
Highlight admin.site.register(Blog) admin.site.register(Article) |
This is to make our models visible on the admin page.
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[admin.py]
Highlight from django.contrib import admin # Register your models here. |
Note that, it already imported django.contrib.admin |
[admin.py]
Highlight import admin |
The admin class is the representation of a model in the admin interface. |
[admin.py]
Highlight from .models import Blog, Article |
We are importing our models here. |
Highlight
admin.site.register (Blog) admin.site.register (Article) |
We have now registered the Blog and Article models. |
Press Ctrl+S | Save and close the file. |
Switch to Terminal | Switch back to the terminal. |
[Terminal]
Run the server Type python manage.py runserver and press Enter |
Let's now run the Django development server.
To do that, type python <space> manage dot py <space> runserver |
Switch to browser & refresh the page
Point to Blogs and Articles |
Then switch to the browser and refresh the page.
Now, we can see our blog app and its models in the admin page. |
[On browser]
Highlight Click Add (besides Blogs) |
Let us now add a blog.
Click on the Add link next to Blogs. |
[On browser]
Add blog Name: My First Blog |
Let’s fill the form for a New Blog.
I will enter the Name as My First Blog. |
[On browser]
(Pointing cursor on the web page) |
Note that the created_on field is not shown here.
As per our model definition, it will be auto added by Django. |
Click on Save button | Click on the Save button to submit the form. |
[On browser]
Highlight The blog “Blog Object(1) was added successfully” |
We get a message that the Blog Object has been added successfully. |
[On browser]
Click on Home |
Let us go back to the admin’s home page.
To do that, go to the top left and click on the link Home. |
[On browser]
Click on Add (besides Articles) |
Let us now add an Article to our blog app.
Click on the Add link next to Articles. |
[On browser]
Blog:Blog object1 Title:My Article Body:Article object |
Let’s fill the form for New Article.
I will fill the details as follows
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Click on Save button | Click on Save button to submit the form. |
[On browser]
Highlight The article “Article Object was added successfully” |
We see a message that the Article Object 1 was added successfully. |
[On browser]
Click on Home |
Let us go back to the admin’s home page.
Go to the top left and click on the link Home. |
[On browser] | You can click on the blog and article created, to view or edit or delete. |
[On browser] | At the top right corner, click on the LOG OUT link to logout from the admin’s interface. |
Switch to Slide from browser | We have successfully added database entries for our models. |
Slide:
Image of web application from the overview tutorial here |
We have already discussed about web application and web framework in our earlier tutorial.
Let’s revisit the same. |
In the image:
Hover from client to web app to and fro Hover from web app to database to and fro |
We see the following:
This exactly what we did while adding the blog and the article. |
Slide: Web framework |
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[Terminal]
Press Ctrl+C keys |
Let us now stop the server and deactivate the virtual environment.
Press Ctrl and C keys to stop the server. |
[Terminal]
Type deactivate [Enter] |
Then type deactivate and press Enter. |
With this, we come to the end of this tutorial
Let us summarize. | |
Slide: Summary | In this tutorial, we have learnt to
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Slide: Assignment | Here is an assignment for you.
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Slide: Thanks Slide | This script has been contributed by Thiagarajar College of Engineering and the FOSSEE Project, IIT Bombay.
The video has been recorded by Praveen from Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay. Thanks for watching. |