django-json-ld

This is a django template tag to help developers render structured data tags inside their django templates.

Furthermore a collection of views and mixins are included:

• JsonLdContextMixin, JsonLdView
• JsonLdSingleObjectMixin, JsonLdDetailView

Installation

Install using pip:

pip install django-json-ld

Add django_json_ld to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # Other apps...
    'django_json_ld',
]

Settings

You can override the following options in settings.py:

JSON_LD_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE: the context attribute name used in django_json_ld's Class-Based Views (CBV). Defaults to 'sd'.

JSON_LD_MODEL_ATTRIBUTE: the model attribute name used by JsonLdDetailView to get the model's structured data. Defaults to 'sd'.

JSON_LD_DEFAULT_CONTEXT: default json-ld context when using django_json_ld's CBVs. Defaults to 'https://schema.org/'.

JSON_LD_INDENT: indent are used by json.dumps function to prettify output. Valid values are None or a non-negative integer. Defaults to None - outputs on a single line. This setting is used only if DEBUG is True

JSON_LD_DEFAULT_TYPE: default json-ld type when using django_json_ld's CBVs. Defaults to 'Thing'.

JSON_LD_GENERATE_URL: generate json-ld's url field when using django_json_ld's CBVs. Defaults to True.

JSON_LD_EMPTY_INPUT_RENDERING: behavior when the template tag receives an empty object. Possible values:

• strict default, raise TemplateSyntaxError.
• silent renders nothing.
• generate_thing creates object with URL of current page. eg:

structured_data = {
                "@context": <JSON_LD_DEFAULT_CONTEXT>,
                "@type": <JSON_LD_DEFAULT_TYPE>,
                "url": <current_page_url>,
                }

Usage Example

Assuming you have a structured data sd like the following in your context (copied from the link above).

sd = {
  "@context": "https://schema.org/",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "url": "http://www.example.com/",
  "name": "Unlimited Ball Bearings Corp.",
  "contactPoint": {
    "@type": "ContactPoint",
    "telephone": "+1-401-555-1212",
    "contactType": "Customer service"
    }
}

Then, in your template:

{% load render_json_ld from json_ld %}
{% render_json_ld sd %}

Would render into:

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org/",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "url": "http://www.example.com/",
  "name": "Unlimited Ball Bearings Corp.",
  "contactPoint": {
    "@type": "ContactPoint",
    "telephone": "+1-401-555-1212",
    "contactType": "Customer service"
  }
}
</script>

Class-Based View example

Simple View

views.py

from django_json_ld.views import JsonLdContextMixin

class HomeView(JsonLdContextMixin, generic.ListView):
    structured_data = {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "The Company",
        "description": _("A great company."),
    }
    
    def get_structured_data(self):
        structured_data = super(HomeView, self).get_structured_data()
        structured_data["event"] = get_next_event()
        return structured_data

By using {% render_json_ld sd %}, as explained in the previous example, would render into something like:

{
    "@context":"https://schema.org/",    
    "@type":"Organization",
    "name":"The Company",
    "description":"Uma grande empresa.",
    "url":"http://example.org/",
    "event": {
        "@type": "Event",
        "about": ["Hodler","Monet","Munch"],
        "name": "Peindre l'impossible",
        "startDate": "2016-09-15",
        "endDate": "2017-01-22"
    }
}

In the above example JsonLdContextMixin adds sd to HomeView's context. django_json_ld supports lazy translations, hence "description" showing the translated version of its original value.

Detail View

views.py

from django_json_ld.views import JsonLdDetailView

class ProductDetailView(JsonLdDetailView):
    model=Product

models.py

class Product(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(_('Name'), max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField(_('Description'))
    
    @property
    def sd(self):
        return {
            "@type": 'Product',
            "description": self.description,
            "name": self.name,
        }

By using {% render_json_ld sd %}, as explained previously, would render into something like:

{
    "@context":"https://schema.org/",    
    "@type":"Product",
    "name":"The Product",
    "description":"A great product.",
    "url":"http://example.org/products/1/the-product/"
}

In the above example JsonLdDetailView adds sd to ProductDetailView's context, using Product's own sd property. The url is generated automatically by JsonLdDetailView. This behaviour is configurable through settings.