from django.db import models from django.utils.text import slugify # Create your models here. def get_unique_slug(value,model,slug_field='slug',max_length=None): if max_length is None and hasattr(model._meta.get_field(slug_field),'max_length'): max_length = model._meta.get_field(slug_field).max_length slug = slugify(value) num = 1 if max_length: unique_slug = '{}-{}'.format(slug[:max_length - len(str(num)) - 1], num) while model.objects.filter(** {slug_field: unique_slug}).exists(): unique_slug = '{}-{}'.format(slug[:max_length - len(str(num)) - 1], num) num += 1 else: unique_slug = '{}-{}'.format(slug, num) while model.objects.filter(** {slug_field: unique_slug}).exists(): unique_slug = '{}-{}'.format(slug, num) num += 1 return unique_slug def fill_unique_slug(instance,value_field,slug_field='slug',max_length=None): value = getattr(instance,value_field) slug = get_unique_slug(value,instance.__class__,slug_field=slug_field,max_length=max_length) setattr(instance,slug_field,slug) class Post(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=255) description = models.TextField() # len =1 slug = models.SlugField(max_length=1, unique=True, blank=True, editable=False) # len =2 slug2 = models.SlugField(max_length=3,blank=True, editable=False) # no len slug3 = models.SlugField(blank=True, editable=False) # len =4 slug4 = models.SlugField(blank=True, editable=False) def __str__(self): return '%s | %s | %s | %s' %(self.slug,self.slug2,self.slug3,self.slug4) def save(self, *args, **kwargs): fill_unique_slug(self,'name') fill_unique_slug(self,'name','slug2',max_length=2) fill_unique_slug(self,'name','slug3') fill_unique_slug(self,'name','slug4',max_length=4) super().save(*args, **kwargs)