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django-modelhistory

https://github.com/xando/django-modelhistory

Description:

Simple model logging helper for django projects. Covers functionality of discovering action taken on object: DELETE, UPDATE, CREATE and creates and saves suitable message to database. Supports simple db.models.Models objects as well as forms, formset and inlineformset based on Django ORM Models

Status:

This application is pretty much in alpha stage, so be careful :)

Installation:

pip install django-modelhistory

or

easy_install django-modelhistory

Configuration:

First you have to add modelhistory do your INSTALLED_APPS inside settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'modelhistory'
)

and to create tables for history records run:

python manage.py syncdb

Everywhere where you want to use History you have to place this import.

from django_history.models import History

Usage:

objects

obj = SimpleModel.objects.create(name="So cool name")
History.log.obj(obj)

forms (model forms)

form = SimpleModelForm(request.POST)
...
form.save()
log = History.log.form(form)

formsets (model formsets)

formset = ModelFormSet(request.POST)
...
formset.save()
log = History.log.formset(formset)

inline formsets (inline model formsets)

obj = SimpleModel.objects.create(name="So cool name")
formset = ModelInlineFormSet(request.POST, instance=obj)
...
formset.save()
log = History.log.inlineformset(formset)

implicite usage

Just create an object, form or formset. Do what to you whant to do with it and pass

History.log(obj)
# where object could be an instance of model, form or formset.
```

## Tests:
Tests are [here](https://github.com/xando/django-modelhistory/tree/master/modelhistory/tests).

```sh
./runtests.py
```

runs them.
## License:
(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2011 Sebastian Pawluś

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