django-review 1.7

A reusable Django app that lets users write reviews for any model

Django Review
============

A reusable Django app that lets users write reviews for any model

Installation
------------

To get the latest stable release from PyPi

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install django-review

To get the latest commit from GitHub

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install -e git+git://github.com/bitmazk/django-review.git#egg=review

TODO: Describe further installation steps (edit / remove the examples below):

Add ``review`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``

.. code-block:: python

INSTALLED_APPS = (
...,
'review',
)

Add the ``review`` URLs to your ``urls.py``

.. code-block:: python

urlpatterns = patterns('',
...
url(r'^review/', include('review.urls')),
)

Don't forget to migrate your database

.. code-block:: bash

./manage.py migrate review


Usage
-----

The only step you'll have to take is to link to the review views. For example,
you created a ``Book`` model, which should be reviewed by users.

Create a button and add some markup like:

.. code-block:: html

<a href="{% url "review_create" content_type='book' object_id=book.pk %}">{% trans "Review this book" %}</a>


Template tags
-------------

total_review_average
++++++++++++++++++++

For rendering the total review average for any object, you can use the
assignment tag ``total_review_average``. It automatically calculates the
averages of all reviews for the given object and you can specify what range it
should have. The following examples would resemble a percentage or a stars
rating:

.. code-block:: html

{% load review_tags %}
{% total_review_average object 100 as percentage %}
<p>{{ percentage }}% of our users recommended this!</p>

{% total_review_average object 5 as stars %}
<p>This object got {{ stars }} out of 5 stars.</p>


render_category_averages
++++++++++++++++++++++++

Renders the template ``review/partials/category_averages.html`` to display a
table of categories with their average rating.
Again, you can specify what maximum rating value the averages normalize to.

.. code-block:: html

{% load review_tags %}
{% render_category_averages object 100 %}


If you had 2 categories, this would per default render to something like the
following example, but you can of course customize the template to your needs.

.. code-block:: html

<table>
<tr><th>Category 1:</th><td>10.0</td></tr>
<tr><th>Category 2:</th><td>20.0</td></tr>
<tr><th>Amount of reviews:</th><td>2</td></tr>
</table>


get_review_count
++++++++++++++++

An assignment tag, that simply returns the amount of reviews made for the
given object. An example usage would look like this:

.. code-block:: html

{% load review_tags %}

{% get_review_count object as review_count %}
<p>{{ review_count }} users have reviewed this so far.</p>


user_has_reviewed
+++++++++++++++++

To quickly check if a user has already reviewed the given object, you can use
this template tag. An example usage could be something like this:

.. code-block:: html

{% load review_tags %}
{% user_has_reviewed myobject request.user as has_reviewed %}
{% if has_reviewed %}
<p>Thanks for your opinion!</p>
{% else %}
<a href="{% url "review_create" content_type='book' object_id=book.pk %}">{% trans "Review this book" %}</a>
{% endif %}


Settings
--------

Default behaviour:

* Users can rate form 0 to 5
* Only authenticated users can post a review
* Users can post multiple reviews on one object
* Users can always update their posted reviews

If you want to change this behaviour, or if you like to add some more
permission checks, read on.

REVIEW_RATING_CHOICES
+++++++++++++++++++++

If you want other rating choices than 0-5, you can define a new tuple, like:

.. code-block:: python

REVIEW_RATING_CHOICES = (
('1', 'bad'),
('2', 'average'),
('3', 'excellent'),
)


REVIEW_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS
++++++++++++++++++++++

Allows anonymous review postings, if set to ``True``.


REVIEW_DELETION_SUCCESS_URL
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Name of the URL to redirect to after deleting a review instance. This could
be your review listing, for example.


REVIEW_UPDATE_SUCCESS_URL (optional)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Default: DetailView of the instance.

Name of the URL to redirect to after creating/updating a review instance.
This could be your review listing, for example.

.. code-block:: python

REVIEW_UPDATE_SUCCESS_URL = 'my_view_name'


Or you can also specify a function, that returns the full path. The function
then takes the review as parameter, so you can also access the reviewed item
like follows

.. code-block:: python

REVIEW_UPDATE_SUCCESS_URL = lambda review: review.reviewed_item.get_absolute_url()



REVIEW_AVOID_MULTIPLE_REVIEWS
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Avoids multiple reviews by one user, if set to ``True``.


REVIEW_PERMISSION_FUNCTION
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Custom function to check the user's permission. Use a function and note that
the user and the reviewed item are only parameters.

.. code-block:: python

REVIEW_PERMISSION_FUNCTION = lambda u, item: u.get_profile().has_permission(item)


REVIEW_UPDATE_PERIOD
++++++++++++++++++++

You can limit the period, in which a user is able to update old reviews.
Make sure to use minutes, e.g. 2880 for 48 hours.


REVIEW_CUSTOM_FORM
++++++++++++++++++

You can create your own review form (e.g. if you want to make use of the review
extra info). Just name it.

.. code-block:: python

REVIEW_CUSTOM_FORM = 'myapp.forms.MyCustomReviewForm'

Take a look at the included test app to get an example.

You can also use a custom form to add another content object to the review
instance.


REVIEW_FORM_CHOICES_WIDGET
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If you only want to override Django's default widget for the used
``ChoiceField``, that is used in the form, you can specify this optional
setting.

.. code-block:: python

from django import forms

# this would use a RadioSelect instead of the default Select
REVIEW_FORM_CHOICES_WIDGET = forms.RadioSelect


Contribute
----------

If you want to contribute to this project, please perform the following steps

.. code-block:: bash

# Fork this repository
# Clone your fork
$ mkvirtualenv -p python2.7 django-review
$ python setup.py install
$ pip install -r dev_requirements.txt

$ git co -b feature_branch master
# Implement your feature and tests
$ git add . && git commit
$ git push -u origin feature_branch
# Send us a pull request for your feature branch