django-trackmate 0.3.0

A Django app for tracking requests

🎯 django-trackmate

django-trackmate is a lightweight and customizable Django package for tracking API requests, login/logout activities, and user-defined actions within your application. This package simplifies activity tracking and provides actionable insights into user behavior.

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🚀 Features

✔ Request Logging – Automatically log incoming API requests with detailed metadata.
✔ Login/Logout Tracking – Monitor user authentication events seamlessly.
✔ Custom Action Logs – Track user actions across your application.
✔ Django Admin Integration – View, filter, and manage activity logs in the admin panel.
✔ GenericForeignKey Support – Log actions related to various models effortlessly.
✔ Highly Configurable – Exclude paths, customize log details, and more.

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📦 Installation

1️⃣ Install the package

Using pip:

pip install django-trackmate


or using `uv`:

```bash
uv add django-trackmate

2️⃣ Add to INSTALLED_APPS

Modify your settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django_trackmate',
]

3️⃣ Run Migrations

Set up the necessary database tables:

python manage.py makemigrations django_trackmate
python manage.py migrate

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🛠 Usage

📝 Logging Custom Actions

Use the tracker decorator to log custom actions:

from django_trackmate import tracker

@tracker()
def my_api_view(request):
    ...

🛡️ Enable Middleware

Add RequestTrackerMiddleware to MIDDLEWARE:

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    'django_trackmate.middleware.RequestTrackerMiddleware',
]

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⚙️ Configuration

Customize logging behavior in settings.py:

TRACKMATE_EXCLUDED_PATH = ["/admin/", "/docs/"]  # Paths to exclude from logging
TRACKMATE_LOG_LOGIN_ACTIVITIES = True  # Enable login activity logging (default: True)

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📂 Extending Functionality

You can manually create activity logs using the ActivityLog model:

from django_trackmate.models import ActivityLog
from datetime import datetime

ActivityLog.objects.create(
    actor=None,
    action_type="LOGIN_FAILED",
    action_time=datetime.now(),
    remarks="Invalid credentials"
)

🔍 Available Parameters

Parameter	Description
content_object	Django model instance linked to the log
actor	User performing the action
action_type	Action type (Create, Read, Update, Delete, Login, Logout, Login Failed)
action_time	Timestamp of the action
remarks	Additional details
ip_address	IP address of the request
status	Status (Success, Failed)
status_code	HTTP status code
response	Response data
data	Request data

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📊 Viewing Logs

• View logs in Django Admin under the Activity Logs section.
• Use filters to sort by user, action type, timestamp, or related objects.

🎨 Enhancing UI with django-unfold

1️⃣ Install django-unfold:

pip install django-unfold

2️⃣ Add unfold to INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'unfold',
    'unfold.contrib.filters',
]

3️⃣ Customize the admin panel (admin.py):

from django.contrib import admin
from django_trackmate.models import ActivityLog
from unfold.admin import ModelAdmin
from unfold.contrib.filters.admin import RangeDateFilter

@admin.register(ActivityLog)
class ActivityLogAdmin(ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('id', 'actor', 'action_type', 'action_time', 'status_code', 'status', 'remarks')
    list_filter = ("action_type", "status_code", ("action_time", RangeDateFilter))  # Date filter

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🧪 Running Tests (Coming Soon) 🚧

Run tests to ensure everything is working:

python manage.py test trackmate

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💡 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1️⃣ Fork the repository.
2️⃣ Create a new branch for your feature or bugfix.
3️⃣ Submit a pull request with a detailed description.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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📧 Support

If you encounter issues or have questions, feel free to:
📬 Open an issue on GitHub
📩 Email us at [e-mail]

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🏗 Built With

• Django – The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
• Python – Simplicity and flexibility for scalable software.