parler.fields module

All fields that are attached to the models.

The core design of django-parler is to attach descriptor fields to the shared model, which then proxies the get/set calls to the translated model.

The TranslatedField objects are automatically added to the shared model, but may be added explicitly as well. This also allows to set the any_language configuration option. It’s also useful for abstract models; add a TranslatedField to indicate that the derived model is expected to provide that translatable field.

The TranslatedField class

class parler.fields.TranslatedField(any_language=False)

Proxy field attached to a model.

The field is automatically added to the shared model. However, this can be assigned manually to be more explicit, or to pass the any_language value. The any_language=True option causes the attribute to always return a translated value, even when the current language and fallback are missing. This can be useful for “title” attributes for example.

Example:

from django.db import models
from parler.models import TranslatableModel, TranslatedFieldsModel

class MyModel(TranslatableModel):
    title = TranslatedField(any_language=True)  # Add with any-fallback support
    slug = TranslatedField()                    # Optional, but explicitly mentioned


class MyModelTranslation(TranslatedFieldsModel):
    # Manual model class:
    master = models.ForeignKey(MyModel, related_name='translations', null=True)
    title = models.CharField("Title", max_length=200)
    slug = models.SlugField("Slug")
__init__(any_language=False)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.