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.. module:: django.contrib.admin

   :synopsis: Django's admin site.

.. currentmodule:: django.contrib.admin

One of the most powerful parts of Django is the automatic admin interface. It

reads metadata in your model to provide a powerful and production-ready

interface that content producers can immediately use to start adding content to

``ModelAdmin`` objects

======================

.. class:: ModelAdmin

The ``ModelAdmin`` class is the representation of a model in the admin

interface. These are stored in a file named ``admin.py`` in your application.

Let's take a look at a very simple example of the ``ModelAdmin``::

    class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

        date_hierarchy = 'pub_date'

``date_hierarchy``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.date_hierarchy

Set ``date_hierarchy`` to the name of a ``DateField`` or ``DateTimeField`` in

your model, and the change list page will include a date-based drilldown

    date_hierarchy = 'pub_date'

``form``

~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.form

By default a ``ModelForm`` is dynamically created for your model. It is used

to create the form presented on both the add/change pages. You can easily

For an example see the section `Adding custom validation to the admin`_.

``fieldsets``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.fieldsets

Set ``fieldsets`` to control the layout of admin "add" and "change" pages.

        ``django.utils.html.escape()`` to escape any HTML special

        characters.

``fields``

~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.fields

Use this option as an alternative to ``fieldsets`` if the layout does not

matter and if you want to only show a subset of the available fields in the

    dictionary key that is within the ``fieldsets`` option, as described in

    the previous section.

``exclude``

~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.exclude

This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names to exclude from the

form.

``birth_date``, the forms resulting from the above declarations will contain

exactly the same fields.

``filter_horizontal``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.filter_horizontal

Use a nifty unobtrusive JavaScript "filter" interface instead of the

usability-challenged ``<select multiple>`` in the admin form. The value is a

list of fields that should be displayed as a horizontal filter interface. See

``filter_vertical`` to use a vertical interface.

``filter_vertical``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.filter_vertical

Same as ``filter_horizontal``, but is a vertical display of the filter

interface.

``list_display``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_display

Set ``list_display`` to control which fields are displayed on the change list

page of the admin.

      The above will tell Django to order by the ``first_name`` field when

      trying to sort by ``colored_first_name`` in the admin.

``list_display_links``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_display_links

Set ``list_display_links`` to control which fields in ``list_display`` should

be linked to the "change" page for an object.

        list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'birthday')

        list_display_links = ('first_name', 'last_name')

``list_filter``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_filter

Set ``list_filter`` to activate filters in the right sidebar of the change list

page of the admin. This should be a list of field names, and each specified

(This example also has ``search_fields`` defined. See below.)

``list_per_page``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_per_page

Set ``list_per_page`` to control how many items appear on each paginated admin

change list page. By default, this is set to ``100``.

``list_select_related``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_select_related

Set ``list_select_related`` to tell Django to use ``select_related()`` in

retrieving the list of objects on the admin change list page. This can save you

For more on ``select_related()``, see

:ref:`the select_related() docs <select-related>`.

``inlines``

~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.inlines

See ``InlineModelAdmin`` objects below.

``ordering``

~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.ordering

Set ``ordering`` to specify how objects on the admin change list page should be

ordered. This should be a list or tuple in the same format as a model's

    Django will only honor the first element in the list/tuple; any others

    will be ignored.

``prepopulated_fields``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields

Set ``prepopulated_fields`` to a dictionary mapping field names to the fields

it should prepopulate from::

``prepopulated_fields`` doesn't accept ``DateTimeField``, ``ForeignKey``, nor

``ManyToManyField`` fields.

``radio_fields``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.radio_fields

By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for

fields that are ``ForeignKey`` or have ``choices`` set. If a field is present

Don't include a field in ``radio_fields`` unless it's a ``ForeignKey`` or has

``choices`` set.

``raw_id_fields``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.raw_id_fields

By default, Django's admin uses a select-box interface (<select>) for

fields that are ``ForeignKey``. Sometimes you don't want to incur the

    class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

        raw_id_fields = ("newspaper",)

``save_as``

~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.save_as

Set ``save_as`` to enable a "save as" feature on admin change forms.

By default, ``save_as`` is set to ``False``.

``save_on_top``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.save_on_top

Set ``save_on_top`` to add save buttons across the top of your admin change

forms.

By default, ``save_on_top`` is set to ``False``.

``search_fields``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. attribute:: ModelAdmin.search_fields

Set ``search_fields`` to enable a search box on the admin change list page.

This should be set to a list of field names that will be searched whenever

``ModelAdmin`` methods

----------------------

``save_model(self, request, obj, form, change)``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_model(self, request, obj, form, change)

The ``save_model`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, a model instance,

a ``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding or

            obj.user = request.user

            obj.save()

``save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change)``

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change)

The ``save_formset`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, the parent

``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding or

Implies setting :attr:`Field.db_index` to ``True``.

It is often useful to automatically prepopulate a SlugField based on the value

of some other value.  You can do this automatically in the admin using

:attr:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields`.

``SmallIntegerField``

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