[Hopefully I entitled this post correctly]
I have a (sort of) 'follow' twitter thing going on. Users can follow a company profile object, which creates a follower object.
class Follower(models.Model):
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
profile = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile)
company = models.ForeignKey(Company)
verified = models.BooleanField(default=False)
from_user = models.BooleanField(default=False)
...
class Company(models.Model):
owner = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
... and more fields that aren't relevant
What I'd like to do is send an update email to the company profile owner, after 5 new followers. 'You have 5 new followers!'.
As of right now I'm sending an email to the owner every time they get a new follower. A little much, I know.
I'm guessing I need to create a list of followers, send it, and then delete it to prepare for 5 new followers? I'm really not sure how to go about this. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
view:
@login_required
# this is creating a follower. Maybe I shouldn't send the email through this?
def follow(request, id):
company = Company.objects.get(id=id)
profile = get_object_or_404(UserProfile, user__username=request.user.username)
try:
follower = Follower.objects.get(profile=profile, company=company)
if not follower.verified:
follower.verified = True
follower.save()
messages.success(request, 'Now following %s\''%company.name)
mes = Message(subject="New Follower", sender=profile, recipient=company.owner)
mes.body = render_to_string('emails/email-message/new_follower.html', RequestContext(request, {
'sender': profile,
'receiver': company.owner,
}))
except ObjectDoesNotExist:
messages.error(request, 'Failed to follow.')
Send the email every time the number of followers for a specific company becomes a multiple of 5, like so:
if not (Follower.objects.filter(company=company).count() % 5):
#send the email