""" 3. Giving models custom methods Any method you add to a model will be available to instances. """ from django.db import models import datetime class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(maxlength=100) pub_date = models.DateField() def __str__(self): return self.headline def was_published_today(self): return self.pub_date == datetime.date.today() def articles_from_same_day_1(self): return Article.objects.filter(pub_date=self.pub_date).exclude(id=self.id) def articles_from_same_day_2(self): """ Verbose version of get_articles_from_same_day_1, which does a custom database query for the sake of demonstration. """ from django.db import connection cursor = connection.cursor() cursor.execute(""" SELECT id, headline, pub_date FROM custom_methods_article WHERE pub_date = %s AND id != %s""", [str(self.pub_date), self.id]) # The asterisk in "(*row)" tells Python to expand the list into # positional arguments to Article(). return [self.__class__(*row) for row in cursor.fetchall()] __test__ = {'API_TESTS':""" # Create a couple of Articles. >>> from datetime import date >>> a = Article(id=None, headline='Area man programs in Python', pub_date=date(2005, 7, 27)) >>> a.save() >>> b = Article(id=None, headline='Beatles reunite', pub_date=date(2005, 7, 27)) >>> b.save() # Test the custom methods. >>> a.was_published_today() False >>> a.articles_from_same_day_1() [] >>> a.articles_from_same_day_2() [] >>> b.articles_from_same_day_1() [] >>> b.articles_from_same_day_2() [] """}