book_list.html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h3> Available books </h3>
{% if book_list %}
<ul>
{% for book in book_list %}
<li> <a href = "{{ book.get_absolute_url }}">{{book.title }}</a> <small> by {{book.author }}</small></li>
<p>{{ book.summary }}
{% endfor %}
<ul>
{% endif %}
{% if is_paginated %}
<div class="pagination">
<span class="page-links">
{% if page_obj.has_previous %}
<a href="{{ request.path }}?page={{ page_obj.previous_page_number }}">previous</a>
{% endif %}
<span class="page-current">
Page {{ page_obj.number }} of {{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }}.
</span>
{% if page_obj.has_next %}
<a href="{{ request.path }}?page={{ page_obj.next_page_number }}">next</a>
{% endif %}
</span>
</div>
{% else %}
<h4> pagination not working</h4>
{% endif %}
{% endblock %}
class in views.py :
class BookListView(generic.ListView):
model = Book
paginate_by = 2
queryset =Book.objects.all()
urls.py :
urlpatterns =[
url('^$',views.index, name ='index'), # matching with an empty string
url('^books/$',views.BookListView.as_view(),name ='books'), #the one to which I am adding the paginator
url('^book/(?P<pk>\d+)/$',views.BookDetailView.as_view(),name='book-detail'),
]
Book model :
class Book(models.Model):
title=models.CharField(max_length=100)
author = models.ForeignKey('Author',on_delete=models.SET_NULL,null = True)
summary = models.TextField(max_length=200,help_text="Enter the description")
isbn = models.CharField('ISBN',max_length=13 ,help_text='13 Character <a href="https://www.isbn-international.org/content/what-isbn">ISBN number</a>' )
genre = models.ManyToManyField(Genre,help_text = 'selct a genre for this book')
class Meta:
ordering =["title"]
def __str__(self):
return self.title
def get_absolute_url(self):
return reverse('book-detail',args=[str(self.id)] )
The book_list gets rendered perfectly, the problem is with the paginator, the is_paginated condition is not working and it executes the else statement, I have been trying for more than 3 hours, but couldn't find a solution, What Am I missing here ?
Django version : 1.11.2
Python : 3.5
Edit : update 1: The problem was the paginate_by value was two, and the total items to display was also two hence it didn't initiate the is_paginated tag,It worked fine when I added one item more than paginate_by value.
use this, you had some problem with the if condition
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h3> Available books </h3>
{% if object_list %}
<ul>
{% for book in object_list %}
<li> <a href = "{{ book.get_absolute_url }}">{{book.title }}</a> <small> by {{book.author }}</small></li>
<p>{{ book.summary }}
{% endfor %}
<ul>
{% if is_paginated %}
<div class="pagination">
<span class="page-links">
{% if page_obj.has_previous %}
<a href="{{ request.path }}?page={{ page_obj.previous_page_number }}">previous</a>
{% endif %}
<span class="page-current">
Page {{ page_obj.number }} of {{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }}.
</span>
{% if page_obj.has_next %}
<a href="{{ request.path }}?page={{ page_obj.next_page_number }}">next</a>
{% endif %}
</span>
</div>
{% else %}
<h4> pagination not working</h4>
{% endif %}
{% else %}
<h4> No book</h4>
{% endif %}
{% endblock %}