The two following generic class-based views are designed to display data. On\nmany projects they are typically the most commonly used views.
\nDetailViewLink to this heading#While this view is executing, self.object will contain the object that\nthe view is operating upon.
Ancestors (MRO)
\nThis view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
\ndjango.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin
django.views.generic.detail.BaseDetailView
Method Flowchart
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Example myapp/views.py:
\nfrom django.utils import timezone\nfrom django.views.generic.detail import DetailView\n\nfrom articles.models import Article\n\nclass ArticleDetailView(DetailView):\n\n model = Article\n\n def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):\n context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)\n context['now'] = timezone.now()\n return context\nExample myapp/urls.py:
\nfrom django.urls import path\n\nfrom article.views import ArticleDetailView\n\nurlpatterns = [\n path('<slug:slug>/', ArticleDetailView.as_view(), name='article-detail'),\n]\nExample myapp/article_detail.html:
\n<h1>{{ object.headline }}</h1>\n<p>{{ object.content }}</p>\n<p>Reporter: {{ object.reporter }}</p>\n<p>Published: {{ object.pub_date|date }}</p>\n<p>Date: {{ now|date }}</p>\nListViewLink to this heading#A page representing a list of objects.
\nWhile this view is executing, self.object_list will contain the list of\nobjects (usually, but not necessarily a queryset) that the view is\noperating upon.
Ancestors (MRO)
\nThis view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
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Example views.py:
\nfrom django.utils import timezone\nfrom django.views.generic.list import ListView\n\nfrom articles.models import Article\n\nclass ArticleListView(ListView):\n\n model = Article\n paginate_by = 100 # if pagination is desired\n\n def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):\n context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)\n context['now'] = timezone.now()\n return context\nExample myapp/urls.py:
\nfrom django.urls import path\n\nfrom article.views import ArticleListView\n\nurlpatterns = [\n path('', ArticleListView.as_view(), name='article-list'),\n]\nExample myapp/article_list.html:
\n<h1>Articles</h1>\n<ul>\n{% for article in object_list %}\n <li>{{ article.pub_date|date }} - {{ article.headline }}</li>\n{% empty %}\n <li>No articles yet.</li>\n{% endfor %}\n</ul>\nIf you’re using pagination, you can adapt the example template from\nthe pagination docs. Change instances of\ncontacts in that example template to page_obj.
A base view for displaying a list of objects. It is not intended to be used\ndirectly, but rather as a parent class of the\ndjango.views.generic.list.ListView or other views representing\nlists of objects.
Ancestors (MRO)
\nThis view inherits methods and attributes from the following views:
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\nAdds object_list to the context. If\nallow_empty\nis True then display an empty list. If\nallow_empty is\nFalse then raise a 404 error.