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Export Related as JSON Admin Action

Author:
johnboxall
Posted:
July 2, 2009
Language:
Python
Version:
1.0
Score:
2 (after 2 ratings)

The Django Admin Action documentation leads you through exporting a queryset to JSON. However exporting from a single model rarely tells the whole story.

Using the CollectObjects class, export_related_as_json gathers all instances related by foreign keys to what is being exported and exports them as well in a serialization bonanza.

Use it to export Users and you'll get their Profile objects as well!

Usage

# admin.py
from django.contrib import admin

admin.site.add_action(export_related_as_json)

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from django.core import serializers
from django.db.models.query import CollectedObjects
from django.http import HttpResponse

def export_related_as_json(modeladmin, request, qs):
    """Serializes the selected queryset and all related objects to JSON"""
    response = HttpResponse(mimetype="text/javascript")
    
    # Gather the related objects for each instance in the queryset.
    collected_objs = CollectedObjects()
    for obj in qs:
        obj._collect_sub_objects(collected_objs)
    
    # Collect all the instances into a list suitable for serialization.
    objs = []
    for _, objs_dict in collected_objs.items():  # co doesn't implement values
        objs += objs_dict.values()
        
    serializers.serialize("json", objs, stream=response, indent=4)    
    return response

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