Django Code Audit

Django Code Audit is a reusable Django app that automates Python code quality checks using Pylint, stores audit reports in the database, and provides an admin interface to view both latest and historical scores.

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🚀 Features

• Run Pylint checks on Django apps, modules, or files
• Store audit reports and pylint scores in the database
• View latest score and all past runs in Django Admin
• Generate HTML reports for detailed review
• Supports project-specific .pylintrc configuration
• Easy integration with existing Django projects

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⚡ Installation

1. Install the package via pip:

pip install django-code-audit

2. Add the app to INSTALLED_APPS in your Django project’s settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'code_audit',
    ...
]


CODE_AUDIT = {
    "DEFAULT_PYLINTRC": True,  
    # If True, uses the default pylint configuration it's self
    # If False, you must specify a custom path in PYLINTRC_PATH

    "PYLINTRC_PATH": "",  
    # Path to a custom pylint configuration file. ex: '~/.pylintrc'
    # generate file like: pylint --generate-rcfile > ${HOME}/.pylintrc
    # Only used if DEFAULT_PYLINTRC is False

    "BASE_DIR": True,  
    # If True, generates per-author level reports relative to the project base directory
    # If False, uses full paths without truncation
}

3. Run migrations to create necessary database tables:

python manage.py migrate code_audit

4. Usage Instructions (via Django Admin)

Follow these steps to create and run a code audit report efficiently:

Step 1: Login

🔑 Login to your Django Admin dashboard.

Step 2: Navigate to Code Audit Reports

📂 In the admin sidebar, click on Code Audit Reports.

Step 3: Add a New Report

➕ Click Add Code Audit Report.

Step 4: Fill Mandatory Fields

Fill in the following fields:

• Module Name – The Django app or module you want to audit.
• File Name – Python file or app to audit.
• Report Path – Directory where the HTML report will be stored (e.g., /tmp/).

Make sure all mandatory fields are filled; otherwise, the report cannot be generated.

Step 5: Save the Report

💾 Click Save to create the audit report entry.

Step 6: Run the Audit

▶️ After saving, click Run Report to generate the code audit using Pylint.

Step 7: View the Report

👀 Once the audit is complete, click View Report to open the HTML report in your browser.

Step 8: Check Scores

📊 In the admin interface, you can:

• View the latest pylint score for this report.
• Browse all historical scores for each run.

4.File Author Level Reports

Django Code Audit supports generating per-author reports by filtering files that explicitly declare a maintainer or author inside the file itself.

Author Declaration Format

To be included in an author-specific audit, each file must contain a docstring with one of the following patterns (case-insensitive):

"""
current maintainer: ravi
"""

or

"""
author: ravi
"""

The system will scan all .py files in the given app/module and include only those files where the declared author matches the File Author field specified in the report.

Example

chat.py:

"""
current maintainer: ravi
"""
def send_message():
    return "ok"

utils.py:

"""
author: john
"""

If you create a Code Audit Report with:

File Author = ravi

✅ chat.py will be included in the audit.

❌ utils.py will be excluded.

5. Run Audits via Django Management Command

Alongside the Django Admin interface, you can now run code audits directly from the command line with the code_audit management command.

1.🔧 Usage

python manage.py code_audit

2. Options

1.Audit the whole project (all apps):

python manage.py code_audit

2. Audit a specific file:

python manage.py code_audit --file myapp/views.py

3. Audit a specific Django app:

python manage.py code_audit --file myapp

4. Audit a specific directory:

python manage.py code_audit --file backend/utils/

5. Audit only files maintained by a specific author:

python manage.py code_audit --file_author ravi

6. Audit only files changed by a Git user

python manage.py code_audit --git-user RaviK

7.If you just want to use the currently configured Git username automatically:

python manage.py code_audit --git-user

8. Customize minimum pass score (default = 8.0):

python manage.py code_audit --file myapp/models.py --fail_under 6.5

Tip: You can customize Pylint rules by providing a .pylintrc file in your project.

## 🛠️ Configuration

You can customize the behavior of Django Code Audit by adding the following settings to your settings.py:

By default, the app uses the project’s .pylintrc if available.