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Django: drop-down list

I have a model 'Post,' which is just a like a blog post:

class Post(models.Model):

Each post has a pub_date attribute:

pub_date = models.DateField()

When displaying posts on my site, I'd like to have an simple, drop-down menu at the top of the page with a structure like:

  • 2014
    • Jan
    • Feb
  • 2013
  • 2012

and so on. I can't figure out how to sort my posts like this with Django, and I think it would be bad practice to hard code it. How would you solve this?

Solution

  • You can use something like:

    posts = Post.objects.all()
sortedposts = {}
for p in posts:
    sortedposts.setdefault(p.pub_date.year, {})\
               .setdefault(p.pub_date.strftime('%b'), [])\
               .append(p)

    Which would give you the structure:

    sortedposts = {
    2014: {
      'Jan': [<post4>, <post3>], 
      'Feb': [<post2>]
    },
    2013: {
      'Jul': [<post1>]
    }
}