History Model¶
Model to save changes to specific fields any time the template is saved
Required fields¶
history_model
Field with the model where will save the changes
history_parent_field_name
Field used in the foreign key in the template where the changes will be stored. The default value is parent
Example¶
from django_models.models import HistoryModel
class HistoryTestModel(models.Model):
parent = models.ForeignKey('TestHistoryModel', related_name='history', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
email = models.CharField(max_length=32, default='example@example.com')
class TestHistoryModel(HistoryModel):
history_model = HistoryTestModel
name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
email = models.CharField(max_length=32, default='example@example.com')
description = models.CharField(max_length=32,blank=True)
Note: In this example, only the name and email will only be saved in the change history.