added datetime formatting function for the models and created the view function

widget_group3/forum/admin.py

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ class ReplyAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_filter = ('pub_datetime',)
     
 admin.site.register(ForumPost, ForumPostAdmin)
-admin.site.register(Reply,ReplyAdmin)
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+admin.site.register(Reply, ReplyAdmin)
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widget_group3/forum/migrations/0002_reply_reply_to.py

+# Generated by Django 4.1.7 on 2023-03-05 11:48
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='reply_to',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(default=1, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='forum.forumpost'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+    ]

widget_group3/forum/models.py

@@ -6,8 +6,18 @@ class ForumPost (models.Model):
     body = models.TextField()
     author = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     pub_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
-
+    
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.title
+        
+    def datetime_posted(self):
+        return self.pub_datetime.strftime('%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p')
+        
 class Reply (models.Model):
     body = models.TextField()
     author = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-    pub_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
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+    pub_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    reply_to = models.ForeignKey(ForumPost, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    
+    def datetime_posted(self):
+        return self.pub_datetime.strftime('%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p')
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widget_group3/forum/views.py

 from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from .models import ForumPost, Reply
 
 # Create your views here.
+def index(request):
+    return_string = "Widget's Forums <br> <br> Forum Posts:<br>"
+    for i in ForumPost.objects.all():
+        return_string+=( 
+        i.title + " by " + i.author + " posted " + i.datetime_posted() + ":<br>"
+        + i.body + "<br>"
+        )
+        for n in Reply.objects.all():
+            if n.reply_to == i:
+                return_string+=(
+                "Reply by " + n.author + " posted " + n.datetime_posted() + ":<br>" 
+                + n.body + "<br>"
+                )
+        return_string+="<br>"
+    return HttpResponse(return_string)
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widget_group3/widget_group3/settings.py

@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-import os
-load_dotenv()
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

widget_group3/widget_group3/urls.py

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    
+    path('forum/', include('forum.urls', namespace="forum")),
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
 ]