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Models in Code

Models in Code

Let's learn about the structure and syntax of writing models in Django.

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Structure of model class

As we mentioned in the previous lesson, we have model classes that inherit from Django’s built-in models.Model class.

Let’s look at an example of a blog post to see the structure of a Model class:

Python 3.5
from django.conf import settings
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone
class Post(models.Model):
    author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    text = models.TextField()
    created_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
    published_date = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)

Let’s break down and analyze the code lines one by one:

First, we imported some useful libraries.

class Post(models.Model): – this line defines our model (it is an object).

  • class is a special keyword that we use in Python to define classes.

  • Post is the name of our model.

  • models.Model means that the Post is a Django model and that it is derived from the Model class.

Now, we have to define the properties of the post: title, ...