Django Tools

Overview

Django-tools is a collection of miscellaneous tools designed to streamline and enhance the Django web framework experience. Whether you are managing user media files, implementing version protection for models, or improving logging capabilities, this toolkit provides robust solutions to various challenges that developers face. Its versatility and suite of features make it an invaluable addition to any Django project.

From serving user media files with proper permissions to handling email communications more efficiently, django-tools helps simplify common tasks. Not to mention, its additional features like per-site cache middleware and file management capabilities ensure that developers have the tools they need to build powerful applications without reinventing the wheel.

Features

• Serve User Media Files: Efficiently serve files from settings.MEDIA_ROOT while ensuring that only authorized users can access them.

• Model Version Protection: Prevents overwriting of newer model entries with older versions by introducing an auto-incremented version number.

• Overwrite FileSystemStorage: Allows for file overwrites while creating backups with sequential numbering to ensure data safety.

• Throttled Admin Email Handler: Regulates the number of admin emails sent over a specific time interval, reducing notification overload.

• DebugCacheLoader: Includes template names as HTML comments for easier debugging, especially useful when activated in DEBUG mode.

• Text + HTML Mail Sending: A specialized helper class to send rich emails using Django templates, streamlining the communication process.

• Session and Cache Delay Tools: Simulates processing delays for testing purposes, enriching user feedback and enhancing debugging capabilities.