Django "Singleton model" to store user settings

Question

I am building a web app with Django. I would like to be able to store final user settings for my app. For now I am using a model Settings that contains all what I need for the app.
It seems ok but I don't think that's the right way to do it because I could have a second row in my database and I don't want it.
I though about using a file but it is not as easy to manage as a table in a database.

Could someone help me with that please ?

Thank you ! :)

Louison

Answer 1

If I understand your question correctly, you're interested in managing settings for your django app through an editable, easy to update interface.

A popular existing approach to this is implemented by django-constance. It can use your database or redis to store the settings, and it makes them editable through the django admin. You can look at the documentation here.

Ultimately, the approach of using a database table to store configuration settings is fine. The issue of having one row can feel odd though, so django-constance's approach is to use a key/value design where each individual configuration key has its own row in the table.