Django tables 2 add link column to edit model

Question

I'm using django-tables2 for a project. I want to create a new column which links to the admin page of that model so it can be edited. Can I do that?

Answer 1

Yes, you can. The admin views have a fix naming scheme. The change view url of a specific instance can be reversed from 'admin:appname_modelname_change' and takes the instance's primary key as an argument:

from django_tables2.utils import A

column_name = tables.LinkColumn(
  viewname = 'admin:applabel_modelname_change', 
  args=[A('pk')],
  accessor=A('__str__')  # or whatever attribute of your instance you want to display
)