Hello fellow Django developers,
So here is my model that interfaces with my Artists database:
from django.db import models
class Artist(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
genre = models.CharField(max_length=30)
city = models.CharField(max_length=30)
state = models.CharField(max_length=30)
country = models.CharField(max_length=30)
website = models.UrlField()
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name
Okay now that you see my database backend interface here's where I'm going
next.
I've been working with GeoDjango for some time now. I've created an app
within my GeoDjango project called "discover". What's my goal? Well, I want
this app to be able to return
information to my users. This app will take the given parameters such as
"locationfrom" (the user of the website inserts their city, state) and then
that value is used to bring in the artists in their area in relation to the
variable "requesteddistance" (which for example could be 25 mi) along with
another variable "genre" (a query on the artists). So the picture is the
user might say I want to see all the "Rock" artists "25 mi" from me in
"Vienna, VA".
Now that you can see my project here, here is my question.
In my discover app in the models.py file I could use some help. Through
this discover app I want to be able to reference the Artists database. As
you can see from above the
models.py file has the fields to establish an Artist and their information.
Thus, when a request comes in to the discover app I want to be able to
calculate the requested information and return that. Here's where I'm
stuck...
In my mind I feel that the appropriate way to do this is to basically
create some sort of ForeignKey in the models.py of discover to the
models.py of Artist? That way I don't have to have two databases of the
same data but can simply reference the Artist database from the discover
app.
Another idea I had was instead of creating a "field" link between the two
to try to import the Artist class from the models.py to the models.py file
of the discover app? Then from my views.py file in discover I can process
the given information referenced and return the result.
Any input is welcome. I am striving to use Django's DRY (Don't Repeat
Yourself) methodolgy and try to reference the Artist database and do the
actual processing in the discover application.
Thanks a lot for your advice,
JJ Zolper
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