Models and Views for Forum

updated models and added reply class and its fields. added views in forum to display posts and reply.

widget_Francoconuts/forum/admin.py

 from django.contrib import admin
 
 # Register your models here.
-from .models import Post
+from .models import Post, Reply
 
 class PostAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     model = Post
     list_display = ('post_title', 'pub_date')
 
+class ReplyAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    model = Reply
+
 admin.site.register(Post, PostAdmin)
+admin.site.register(Reply, ReplyAdmin)

widget_Francoconuts/forum/migrations/0003_post_author_reply.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-04-03 15:19
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('homepage', '0001_initial'),
+        ('forum', '0002_alter_post_pub_date'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='author',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(default=0, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='homepage.widgetuser'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Reply',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('reply_body', models.CharField(max_length=500)),
+                ('pub_date', models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('author', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='homepage.widgetuser')),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

widget_Francoconuts/forum/models.py

 from django.db import models
+from homepage.models import WidgetUser
 
 # Create your models here.
 class Post(models.Model):
     post_title=models.CharField(max_length=30)
     post_body=models.TextField(max_length=500)
     pub_date=models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)
+    author=models.ForeignKey(
+        WidgetUser,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE
+    )
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.post_title} {self.post_body} {self.pub_date}"
+
+
+class Reply(models.Model):
+    reply_body = models.CharField(max_length=500)
+    pub_date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)
+    author=models.ForeignKey(
+        WidgetUser,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE
+    )
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.reply_body} {self.pub_date}"

widget_Francoconuts/forum/views.py

 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from .models import Post, Reply
+from homepage.models import WidgetUser
+
+def get_reply():
+    text=''
+    for reply in Reply.objects.all():
+        text += (
+            'Reply by {} {} '.format(reply.author.first_name,
+                                 reply.author.last_name)
+            + 'dated {}').format(reply.pub_date.strftime('%x')
+                                 + ':<br>'
+                                 + '{}<br>'.format(reply.reply_body)
+                                 + '<br>'
+                                 )
+    return text
 
 def forum(request):
-    return HttpResponse("Welcome to Widget's Forum!")
+    text = '<h1>FORUM POSTS:</h1>'
+
+    for post in Post.objects.all():
+        text += (
+            '{} '.format(post.post_title)
+            + 'by {} {} '.format(post.author.first_name,
+                                 post.author.last_name)
+            + 'dated {}').format(post.pub_date.strftime('%x')
+                                 + ':<br>'
+                                 + '{}<br>'.format(post.post_body)
+                                 + get_reply()
+        )
+
+    return HttpResponse(text)