Intro: I have a 3 models user
, post
, group
. User is able to make posts however each post has to belong to a group. Users have to choose from the existing groups for their posts. Users cannot add, delete, update group's.
Furthermore:
Users can become a member of groups and when they click on a certain group. They see all the posts in that group.
What I want When Users come on the home page they see posts that were added since the last time they logged in
My Models
class Post(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='posts')
group = models.ForeignKey(Group, related_name='posts')
title = models.CharField(max_length=250, unique=True)
message = models.TextField()
created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
My Views
class Homepage(TemplateView):
template_name = 'home.html'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(Homepage, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
if self.request.user.is_authenticated():
context['object_list'] = Group.objects.filter(members=self.request.user)
#The last login actually shows the users current login time as the last login. Which makes the below line of code useless
new_posts = Post.objects.filter(created_at__gt=self.request.user.last_login).count()
context['new_posts'] = new_posts
else:
context['object_list'] = Group.objects.all()
return context
In my templates I have
<div class="list-group">
{% for group in object_list %}
{% if not new_posts %}
{{group.post.count}}
{% else %}
{{new_posts}}
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
</div>
The Issue: The last login actually shows the users current login time as the last login. Is there a way to get users last logout time instead of last login time example user.last_logout
I have the below answer but it doesn't seem to work for me Django created_at__gt=self.request.user.last_login workinly only on users already signed in.
My profile create function
def signup(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UserCreateForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
new_user = form.save()
Profile.objects.create(user=new_user)
return redirect('accounts:edit_profile')