django-logs 1.0.1

Logs for django models

Tracking changes to django models.

• Model fields for keeping track of the user and session that created and modified a model instance.

• Abstract model class with fields created_by and modified_by fields.

• A model manager class that can automatically track changes made to a model in the database.

Quickstart Guide

Install it with pip from PyPi:

pip install django-logs

Add logs.middleware.UserLoggingMiddleware to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES:

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    ...
    'logs.middleware.UserLoggingMiddleware',
)

To just track who created or edited a model instance just make it inherit from AuthStampedModel:

from logs.models import AuthStampedModel

class WarehouseEntry(AuthStampedModel):
    product = models.ForeignKey(Product)
    quantity = models.DecimalField(max_digits = 10, decimal_places = 2)

This will add 4 fields to the WarehouseEntry model:

• created_by - A foreign key to the user that created the model instance.

• created_with_session_key - Stores the session key with which the model instance was first created.

• modified_by - A foreign key to the user that last saved a model instance.

• modified_with_session_key - Stores the session key with which the model instance was last saved.

If you want to track full model change history you need to attach an AuditLog manager to the model:

from django.db import models
from logs.models.fields import LastUserField
from logs.models.managers import AuditLog


class ProductCategory(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=150, primary_key = True)
    description = models.TextField()

    logs = AuditLog()

class Product(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length = 150)
    description = models.TextField()
    price = models.DecimalField(max_digits = 10, decimal_places = 2)
    category = models.ForeignKey(ProductCategory)

    logs = AuditLog()

You can then query the audit log:

In [2]: Product.logs.all()
Out[2]: [<ProductAuditLogEntry: Product: My widget changed at 2011-02-25 06:04:29.292363>,
        <ProductAuditLogEntry: Product: My widget changed at 2011-02-25 06:04:24.898991>,
        <ProductAuditLogEntry: Product: My Gadget super changed at 2011-02-25 06:04:15.448934>,
        <ProductAuditLogEntry: Product: My Gadget changed at 2011-02-25 06:04:06.566589>,
        <ProductAuditLogEntry: Product: My Gadget created at 2011-02-25 06:03:57.751222>,
        <ProductAuditLogEntry: Product: My widget created at 2011-02-25 06:03:42.027220>]