Django snippets

from django.contrib.admin.models import LogEntry
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand


class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = "Display recent actions performed via the admin app"
    args = "[number of actions to display]"
    requires_model_validation = False

    def handle(self, how_many=5, *args, **options):
        last_actions = LogEntry.objects.all()[:how_many]
        for action in last_actions:
            timestamp = action.action_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
            print '%s: %s %s %s: "%s"' % (timestamp, action.user, verb(action), action.content_type, action.object_repr)


def verb(action):
    """Return English label for a given action code"""
    if action.is_deletion():
        return "deleted"
    elif action.is_addition():
        return "added"
    elif action.is_change():
        return "changed"