Adds web_get_*_url methods to Channel typeclass.

evennia/comms/comms.py

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Base typeclass for in-game Channels.
 
 """
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.text import slugify
+
 from evennia.typeclasses.models import TypeclassBase
 from evennia.comms.models import TempMsg, ChannelDB
 from evennia.comms.managers import ChannelManager
@@ -622,3 +626,151 @@ class DefaultChannel(with_metaclass(TypeclassBase, ChannelDB)):
 
         """
         pass
+
+    #
+    # Web/Django methods
+    #
+
+    def web_get_admin_url(self):
+        """
+        Returns the URI path for the Django Admin page for this object.
+
+        ex. Account#1 = '/admin/accounts/accountdb/1/change/'
+
+        Returns:
+            path (str): URI path to Django Admin page for object.
+
+        """
+        content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.__class__)
+        return reverse("admin:%s_%s_change" % (content_type.app_label,
+                                               content_type.model), args=(self.id,))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def web_get_create_url(cls):
+        """
+        Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to create new
+        instances of this object.
+
+        ex. Chargen = '/characters/create/'
+
+        For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
+        in urls.py that follows the format 'modelname-action', so in this case
+        a named view of 'channel-create' would be referenced by this method.
+
+        ex.
+        url(r'channels/create/', ChannelCreateView.as_view(), name='channel-create')
+
+        If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
+        HTML anchor.
+
+        This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
+        the actual view and limiting who can create new objects is the
+        developer's responsibility.
+
+        Returns:
+            path (str): URI path to object creation page, if defined.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            return reverse('%s-create' % slugify(cls._meta.verbose_name))
+        except:
+            return '#'
+
+    def web_get_detail_url(self):
+        """
+        Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to view details for
+        this object.
+
+        ex. Oscar (Character) = '/characters/oscar/1/'
+
+        For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
+        in urls.py that follows the format 'modelname-action', so in this case
+        a named view of 'channel-detail' would be referenced by this method.
+
+        ex.
+        url(r'channels/(?P<slug>[\w\d\-]+)/$',
+            ChannelDetailView.as_view(), name='channel-detail')
+
+        If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
+        HTML anchor.
+
+        This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
+        the actual view and limiting who can view this object is the developer's
+        responsibility.
+
+        Returns:
+            path (str): URI path to object detail page, if defined.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            return reverse('%s-detail' % slugify(self._meta.verbose_name),
+               kwargs={'slug': slugify(self.db_key)})
+        except:
+            return '#'
+
+
+    def web_get_update_url(self):
+        """
+        Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to update this
+        object.
+
+        ex. Oscar (Character) = '/characters/oscar/1/change/'
+
+        For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
+        in urls.py that follows the format 'modelname-action', so in this case
+        a named view of 'channel-update' would be referenced by this method.
+
+        ex.
+        url(r'channels/(?P<slug>[\w\d\-]+)/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/change/$',
+            ChannelUpdateView.as_view(), name='channel-update')
+
+        If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
+        HTML anchor.
+
+        This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
+        the actual view and limiting who can modify objects is the developer's
+        responsibility.
+
+        Returns:
+            path (str): URI path to object update page, if defined.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            return reverse('%s-update' % slugify(self._meta.verbose_name),
+               kwargs={'slug': slugify(self.db_key)})
+        except:
+            return '#'
+
+    def web_get_delete_url(self):
+        """
+        Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to delete this object.
+
+        ex. Oscar (Character) = '/characters/oscar/1/delete/'
+
+        For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
+        in urls.py that follows the format 'modelname-action', so in this case
+        a named view of 'channel-delete' would be referenced by this method.
+
+        ex.
+        url(r'channels/(?P<slug>[\w\d\-]+)/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/delete/$',
+            ChannelDeleteView.as_view(), name='channel-delete')
+
+        If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
+        HTML anchor.
+
+        This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
+        the actual view and limiting who can delete this object is the developer's
+        responsibility.
+
+        Returns:
+            path (str): URI path to object deletion page, if defined.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            return reverse('%s-delete' % slugify(self._meta.verbose_name),
+               kwargs={'slug': slugify(self.db_key)})
+        except:
+            return '#'
+
+    # Used by Django Sites/Admin
+    get_absolute_url = web_get_detail_url