API References

cms.api

Python APIs for creating CMS content. This is done in cms.api and not on the models and managers, because the direct API via models and managers is slightly counterintuitive for developers. Also the functions defined in this module do sanity checks on arguments.

Warning

None of the functions in this module does any security or permission checks. They verify their input values to be sane wherever possible, however permission checks should be implemented manually before calling any of these functions.

Warning

Due to potential circular dependency issues, it’s recommended to import the api in the functions that uses its function.

e.g. use:

  1. def my_function():
  2. from cms.api import api_function
  3. api_function(...)

instead of:

  1. from cms.api import api_function
  2. def my_function():
  3. api_function(...)

Functions and constants

cms.api.``VISIBILITY_ALL

Used for the limit_visibility_in_menu keyword argument to create_page(). Does not limit menu visibility.

cms.api.``VISIBILITY_USERS

Used for the limit_visibility_in_menu keyword argument to create_page(). Limits menu visibility to authenticated users.

cms.api.``VISIBILITY_ANONYMOUS

Used for the limit_visibility_in_menu keyword argument to create_page(). Limits menu visibility to anonymous (not authenticated) users.

cms.api.``create_page(title, template, language, menu_title=None, slug=None, apphook=None, apphook_namespace=None, redirect=None, meta_description=None, created_by=’python-api’, parent=None, publication_date=None, publication_end_date=None, in_navigation=False, soft_root=False, reverse_id=None, navigation_extenders=None, published=False, site=None, login_required=False, limit_visibility_in_menu=VISIBILITY_ALL, position=”last-child”, overwrite_url=None, xframe_options=Page.X_FRAME_OPTIONS_INHERIT)

Creates a cms.models.Page instance and returns it. Also creates a cms.models.Title instance for the specified language.

Parameters:
  • title (string) – Title of the page
  • template (string) – Template to use for this page. Must be in CMS_TEMPLATES
  • language (string) – Language code for this page. Must be in LANGUAGES
  • menu_title (string) – Menu title for this page
  • slug (string) – Slug for the page, by default uses a slugified version of title
  • apphook (string or cms.app_base.CMSApp sub-class) – Application to hook on this page, must be a valid apphook
  • apphook_namespace (string) – Name of the apphook namespace
  • redirect (string) – URL redirect
  • meta_description (string) – Description of this page for SEO
  • created_by (string of django.contrib.auth.models.User instance) – User that is creating this page
  • parent (cms.models.Page instance) – Parent page of this page
  • publication_date (datetime) – Date to publish this page
  • publication_end_date (datetime) – Date to unpublish this page
  • in_navigation (bool) – Whether this page should be in the navigation or not
  • soft_root (bool) – Whether this page is a soft root or not
  • reverse_id (string) – Reverse ID of this page (for template tags)
  • navigation_extenders (string) – Menu to attach to this page. Must be a valid menu
  • published (bool) – Whether this page should be published or not
  • site (django.contrib.sites.models.Site instance) – Site to put this page on
  • login_required (bool) – Whether users must be logged in or not to view this page
  • limit_visibility_in_menu (VISIBILITY_ALL or VISIBILITY_USERS or VISIBILITY_ANONYMOUS) – Limits visibility of this page in the menu
  • position (string) – Where to insert this node if parent is given, must be ‘first-child’ or ‘last-child’
  • overwrite_url (string) – Overwritten path for this page
  • xframe_options (int) – X Frame Option value for Clickjacking protection

cms.api.``create_title(language, title, page, menu_title=None, slug=None, redirect=None, meta_description=None, parent=None, overwrite_url=None)

Creates a cms.models.Title instance and returns it.

Parameters:
  • language (string) – Language code for this page. Must be in LANGUAGES
  • title (string) – Title of the page
  • page (cms.models.Page instance) – The page for which to create this title
  • menu_title (string) – Menu title for this page
  • slug (string) – Slug for the page, by default uses a slugified version of title
  • redirect (string) – URL redirect
  • meta_description (string) – Description of this page for SEO
  • parent (cms.models.Page instance) – Used for automated slug generation
  • overwrite_url (string) – Overwritten path for this page

cms.api.``add_plugin(placeholder, plugin_type, language, position=’last-child’, target=None, \*data*)

Adds a plugin to a placeholder and returns it.

Parameters:

cms.api.``create_page_user(created_by, user, can_add_page=True, can_change_page=True, can_delete_page=True, can_recover_page=True, can_add_pageuser=True, can_change_pageuser=True, can_delete_pageuser=True, can_add_pagepermission=True, can_change_pagepermission=True, can_delete_pagepermission=True, grant_all=False)

Creates a page user for the user provided and returns that page user.

Parameters:

cms.api.``assign_user_to_page(page, user, grant_on=ACCESS_PAGE_AND_DESCENDANTS, can_add=False, can_change=False, can_delete=False, can_change_advanced_settings=False, can_publish=False, can_change_permissions=False, can_move_page=False, grant_all=False)

Assigns a user to a page and gives them some permissions. Returns the cms.models.PagePermission object that gets created.

Parameters:

cms.api.``publish_page(page, user, language)

Publishes a page.

Parameters:

cms.api.``publish_pages(include_unpublished=False, language=None, site=None)

Publishes multiple pages defined by parameters.

Parameters:
  • include_unpublished (bool) – Set to True to publish all drafts, including unpublished ones; otherwise, only already published pages will be republished
  • language (string) – If given, only pages in this language will be published; otherwise, all languages will be published
  • site (django.contrib.sites.models.Site instance) – Specify a site to publish pages for specified site only; if not specified pages from all sites are published

get_page_draft(page):

Returns the draft version of a page, regardless if the passed in page is a published version or a draft version.

Parameters:page (cms.models.Page instance) – The page to get the draft version
Return page:draft version of the page

copy_plugins_to_language(page, source_language, target_language, only_empty=True):

Copy the plugins to another language in the same page for all the page placeholders.

By default plugins are copied only if placeholder has no plugin for the target language; use only_empty=False to change this.

Warning

This function skips permissions checks

Parameters:
  • page (cms.models.Page instance) – the page to copy
  • source_language (string) – The source language code, must be in LANGUAGES
  • target_language (string) – The source language code, must be in LANGUAGES
  • only_empty (bool) – if False, plugin are copied even if plugins exists in the target language (on a placeholder basis).
Return int:

number of copied plugins

Example workflows

Create a page called 'My Page using the template 'my_template.html' and add a text plugin with the content 'hello world'. This is done in English:

  1. from cms.api import create_page, add_plugin
  2. page = create_page('My Page', 'my_template.html', 'en')
  3. placeholder = page.placeholders.get(slot='body')
  4. add_plugin(placeholder, 'TextPlugin', 'en', body='hello world')

cms.constants

cms.constants.``TEMPLATE_INHERITANCE_MAGIC

The token used to identify when a user selects “inherit” as template for a page.

cms.constants.``LEFT

Used as a position indicator in the toolbar.

cms.constants.``RIGHT

Used as a position indicator in the toolbar.

cms.constants.``REFRESH

Constant used by the toolbar.

cms.constants.``EXPIRE_NOW

Constant of 0 (zero) used for cache control headers

cms.constants.``MAX_EXPIRATION_TTL

Constant of 31536000 or 365 days in seconds used for cache control headers

cms.app_base

class cms.app_base.``CMSApp

  • _urls

    list of urlconfs: example: _urls = ["myapp.urls"]

  • _menus

    list of menu classes: example: _menus = [MyAppMenu]

  • name = None

    name of the apphook (required)

  • app_name = None

    name of the app, this enables Django namespaces support (optional)

  • app_config = None

    configuration model (optional)

  • permissions = True

    if set to true, apphook inherits permissions from the current page

  • exclude_permissions = []

    list of application names to exclude from inheriting CMS permissions

  • get_configs()

    Returns all the apphook configuration instances.

  • get_config(namespace)

    Returns the apphook configuration instance linked to the given namespace

  • get_config_add_url()

    Returns the url to add a new apphook configuration instance (usually the model admin add view)

  • get_menus(page, language, \*kwargs*)

    New in version 3.3: CMSApp.get_menus accepts page, language and generic keyword arguments: you can customize this function to return different list of menu classes according to the given arguments.

    Returns the menus for the apphook instance, selected according to the given arguments.

    By default it returns the menus assigned to _menus

    If no page and language are provided, this method must return all the menus used by this apphook. Example:

    1. if page and page.reverse_id == 'page1':
    2. return [Menu1]
    3. elif page and page.reverse_id == 'page2':
    4. return [Menu2]
    5. else:
    6. return [Menu1, Menu2]
    param page:page the apphook is attached to
    param language:current site language
    return:list of menu classes
  • get_urls(page, language, \*kwargs*)

    New in version 3.3.

    Returns the URL configurations for the apphook instance, selected according to the given arguments.

    By default it returns the urls assigned to _urls

    This method must return a non empty list of URL configurations, even if no arguments are passed.

    Parameters:
    • page – page the apphook is attached to
    • language – current site language
    Returns:

    list of strings representing URL configurations