[Django]-Sending emails after updating the model from the admin page (Django)

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Try overriding the ModelAdmin.save_model method. I think it has hooks for all the information you require.

The change variable lets you distinguish between a user adding or changing the model instance.

form.changed_data gives you a list of the names of the fields which have changed, which lets you determine whether or not to send the email.

Finally request.user identifies the user which made the changes.

👤Alasdair

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You need django.db.models.signals.post_save signal. It is sanding after the model has been saved. 

def my_callback(sender, **kwargs):
    # Your specific logic here
    pass

post_syncdb.connect(my_callback, sender=yourapp.models.TheModel)

Arguments sent with this signal:

  • sender:
    The model class.
  • instance:
    The actual instance being saved.
  • created
    A boolean; True if a new record was created.
  • raw:
    A boolean; True if the model is saved exactly as presented (i.e. when loading a fixture). One should not query/modify other records in the database as the database might not be in a consistent state yet.

So you need only callback and sender.

👤I159

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