Limit on Number of cart-products

Question

I'd like to set a limit on the number of products that can be added on a cart.

--Case scenario: Assuming delivery-resource scarcity, I don't want users to add more than 5 products at a time. (The quantity of same product can, however, be raised)

cart-app/cart.py

def add(self, product, quantity=1, override_quantity=False):
    product_id = str(product.id)
    if product_id not in self.cart:
        self.cart[product_id] = {'quantity': 0, 'price': str(product.price)}
    if override_quantity:
        self.cart[product_id]['quantity'] = quantity
    else:
        self.cart[product_id]['quantity'] += quantity
    self.save()

def __iter__(self):
    products = Product.objects.filter(id__in=product_ids)
    cart = self.cart.copy()

    for product in products:
        cart[str(product.id)]['product'] = product

    for item in cart.values():
        item['price'] = Decimal(item['price'])
        item['total_price'] = item['price'] * item['quantity']
        yield item

I've tried slicing my queries but this doesn't work. Any ideas?

You raise an exception if `product_id not in self.cart and len(cart) >= 5`? — Willem Van Onsem, Dec 23 '20 at 19:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '20 at 19:59

You can raise an error when the product_id is not yet in the cart, and the cart already has five (or more) items:

def add(self, product, quantity=1, override_quantity=False):
    product_id = str(product.id)
    if product_id not in self.cart and len(self.cart) >= 5:
        raise ValueError('Can not add more products to the cart')
    # …

In your views, you thus can try to add the item to the cart, and if not return a HTTP response:

from django.http import HttpResponse

def my_view(request):
    # …
    try:
        cart.add(product)
    except ValueError:
        return HttpResponse('Can not add to the cart', status=400)
    # …

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '20 at 20:05

you need to check the quantity before adding more items.

def add(self, product, quantity=1, override_quantity=False):
    product_id = str(product.id)

    if override_quantity:
        self.cart[product_id]['quantity'] = quantity
    else:
        self.cart[product_id]['quantity'] += quantity
    try:
        if product_id not in self.cart and self.cart[product_id]['quantity'] >= 5:
            self.cart[product_id] = {'quantity': 0, 'price': str(product.price)}
        else:
            print("You can not add more than 5 items.")
    except KeyError:
        print("quantity key is unknown.")
    self.save()

Limit on Number of cart-products

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