django-pagination

Django-pagination is a utility that offers users robust pagination tools for Django. This tool enables easy Digg-style pagination without requiring any modifications to your views.

Setting up django-pagination involves five simple steps, with the installation process being covered in the INSTALL.txt file in the same directory. Firstly, add the application to the INSTALLED_APPS portion of your settings file. Your settings file should resemble the following:

INSTALLED_APPS = (

...

'pagination',

)

Next, install the pagination middleware by adding the following line to your settings file :

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (

...

'pagination.middleware.PaginationMiddleware',

)

If the request context processor is not already added in your setup, you will need to copy and paste the code below under the value TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS:

("django.core.context_processors.auth",
"django.core.context_processors.debug",
"django.core.context_processors.i18n",
"django.core.context_processors.media",
"django.core.context_processors.request")

Afterwards, add the following line at the top of your template to load the pagination tags:

{% load pagination_tags %}

Decide on a variable to paginate, then use the autopaginate tag on that variable before iterating over it. This can take one of two forms depending on whether you want 20 results per page or a custom number of results:

{% autopaginate object_list %} - this assumes you want the default 20 results per page.

{% autopaginate object_list 10 %} - this specifies a custom amount of 10 results per page.

Finally, display the current page and available pages by calling the paginate inclusion tag:

{% paginate %}

It is important to note that the paginate tag assumes that you have called autopaginate first.

Optional settings in django-pagination include PAGINATION_DEFAULT_PAGINATION, PAGINATION_DEFAULT_WINDOW, PAGINATION_DEFAULT_ORPHANS and PAGINATION_INVALID_PAGE_RAISES_404. These settings are useful for changing the default behavior of the pagination tags.

Overall, django-pagination offers an easy-to-use pagination solution that allows users to implement pagination without having to modify their views.