A class for quickly creating CRUD views for a django model

crud_view.py

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.views.generic import (
    ListView,
    CreateView,
    DetailView,
    UpdateView,
    DeleteView,
)



class CRUDMetaClass(type):

    def __new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs):
        model = attrs.get('model')
        context_object_name = attrs.get(
            'context_object_name', 'object'
        )
        context_object_name_plural = attrs.get(
            'context_object_name_plural', 'object_list'
        )

        attrs['list_view'] = ListView.as_view(
            model=model,
            context_object_name=context_object_name_plural
        )
        attrs['create_view'] = CreateView.as_view(
            model=model,
            fields='__all__',
        )
        attrs['read_view'] = DetailView.as_view(
            model=model,
            context_object_name=context_object_name,
        )
        attrs['update_view'] = UpdateView.as_view(
            model=model,
            fields='__all__',
        )
        attrs['delete_view'] = DeleteView.as_view(
            model=model,
        )
        new_class = super().__new__(
            mcs, name, bases, attrs
        )
        return new_class


class CRUDView(object, metaclass=CRUDMetaClass):
    """
    Usage:
        urlpatterns = [
            url('/', CRUDView.urlpatterns(name='crud')
    """
    model = None

    def __init__(self):
        self.create_view = CreateView.as_view(
            model=self.model,
        )

    @classmethod
    def urlpatterns(cls, namespace='', app_name=''):
        class URLPatterns(object):
            urlpatterns = [
                url(
                    r'^$',
                    cls.list_view,
                    name='list',
                ),
                url(
                    r'^/create$',
                    cls.create_view,
                    name='create',
                ),
                url(
                    r'^(?P<slug>\S+)$',
                    cls.read_view,
                    name='read',
                ),
                url(
                    r'^(?P<slug>\S+)/update$',
                    cls.update_view,
                    name='update',
                ),
                url(
                    r'^(?P<slug>\S+)/delete$',
                    cls.delete_view,
                    name='delete',
                ),
            ]

        return include(
            URLPatterns,
            namespace=namespace,
            app_name=app_name,
        )