[Django]-Django's YearArchiveView generic date view

TLDR; make_object_list returns all the objects for a given YearArchiveView in the view context under object_list. By default make_object_list is False which will result in the returned context object_list being empty.

So the django documentation is a little tricky to understand on this part. But hopefully this helps (tip: looking at the source code really helps).

The YearArchiveView will by default return in the context the following:

• date_list: A date queryset returning all the months which have objects in them.
• year: a date object for the given year.
• next_year: a date object for first day of the next year.
• previous_year: a date object for the first day of the previous year.

You will notice in this list that the queryset objects for a given year whilst returned are empty.

make_object_list
So from above we know that the context by default will return a number of values relating to the dates of objects the, current year, previous and next but no actual queryset objects from the database.

Setting make_object_list to be true in the YearArchiveView, will result in all the queryset objects for a given year being passed back through the context so they can be used in the view.

Within the template the queryset objects will be available under the context object_list.

When in the template for a given YearArchiveView,you can then use:

{% for item in object_list %}
    <strong>item.title</strong> - {{ item.date }}
{% endfor %}