About

This module permits runtime setting of tags via Django admin.

If you need additional support, please contact http://www.burningman.com/

Overview

Setup

The easiest way to get started with the module is to install it from the Python Package Index.

pip install git+ssh://[email protected]/burningmantech/django-runtime-tags.git

You will need to have your credentials added to the github access list by someone from Burning Man tech.

Add the app and context processor to the settings.py file:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...,
    'django_runtime_tags',
    )


TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    ...,
    'django_runtime_tags.context_processors.add_tags',
    )

Add the RuntimeTag model to the database with

python manage.py syncdb

Optionally, you can add a test template to urls.py, for example

if settings.DEBUG:
    from django_runtime_tags.urls import rtt_test_urlpatterns
    urlpatterns += rtt_test_urlpatterns

Then, just go the Django admin, and set some Tags to use in your templates.

Testing

If you added the test link to your urls.py file, you can test your installation like this.

python manage loaddata django_runtime_tags/test_data

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

http://localhost:8000/rtt/test/

Dependencies

Minimum Django version 1.3

Basic Design

Template Tags can be set at runtime via the Django admin facility. Tags are quite flexible and can contain Boolean, String and other Python types. They are immediately available -- or, you can set a date & time in the future when they become valid.

Security

This is intended to be accessed via the Django admin, and expected to be used by staff with admin privileges. Part of its flexibility comes from being able to eval(uate) tag values as Python code. A safe(er) version of eval is used, and it has been tested to withstand deliberate exploits. However, it's probably safest not to use in situations with untrusted input. (See comments in code for details.)