I want to create a notification to django admin

Question

I want to create a notification to django admin whenever a category is added in database. The admin should then click the boolean field and publish the category.

Answer 1

You could override the save() method on the Categry model - here is some sample basic code...

class Category(models.Model):

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
            if not self.pk:
                #no pk so it is new
                try:
                    send_mail('Subject here', 'Here is the message.', 'from@example.com',
    ['superuser@mail.com'], fail_silently=True)
                except:
                    # do something a bit more elaborate here, like logging
                    pass

            else:
                #do something if it is an update or...
                pass
            super(Category, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

T go this route, just remember to import the send_mail functionality...

from django.core.mail import send_mail

Also, you could get the super users on the fly from the db - or import from the settings file - I have it hardcoded as an example.

EDIT: See Brandon's comment regarding post_save. That is probably a better solution, albeit slightly more advanced. If you don't want to go that route, please wrap the email logic in a try/except block to avoid something secondary like the email failing from blowing up your save.