How to create a Django model with a SlugField



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In Django, a SlugField is often used to store URL-friendly versions of a string. It is commonly used to generate human-readable and SEO-friendly URLs for your models. To create a Django model with a SlugField, you can follow these steps:

  1. Import the necessary modules: Import the models module from the django.db package.

    python
    from django.db import models

  2. Define your model: Create a class for your model, subclassing models.Model. Add the fields you need, including the SlugField for the URL-friendly version.

    python
    class YourModel(models.Model):
    # Your other fields go here
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    content = models.TextField()

    # Slug field for URL
    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=255, unique=True)

    In this example, replace YourModel, title, and content with your actual model name and other fields.

  3. Override the save method: You may want to override the save method to automatically generate the slug when an instance is saved. You can use the slugify function from django.utils.text to create a slug from a string.

    python
    from django.utils.text import slugify

class YourModel(models.Model):
    # Your other fields go here
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    content = models.TextField()

    # Slug field for URL
    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=255, unique=True)

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        # Generate the slug from the title
        self.slug = slugify(self.title)

        super().save(*args, **kwargs)

    This ensures that whenever an instance of YourModel is saved, the slug field is populated based on the title.

  4. Run migrations: After defining your model, run Django migrations to create the database table.

    bash
    python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Now, you have a Django model with a SlugField that will automatically generate a slug based on the title when an instance is saved. You can use this slug for creating SEO-friendly URLs for your model instances.

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