Slugify self.title + random numbers - django

Question

I hope you're well. I've two questions for you:
class Post(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=200, unique=True)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=200, unique=True)
url_image = models.URLField(max_length=200, default='SOME STRING')
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete= models.CASCADE,related_name='blog_posts')
updated_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_now= True)
name_site = models.CharField(max_length=200, default='NA')
url_site = models.URLField(max_length=200, default='https://exemple.fr/')
content = models.TextField()
I. I want my title (unique=False) because I have some similar titles. So is it possible to save my slug (editable=False) with slugify with something like that:
slug_str = "%s %s" % (self.title, 4 random numbers like that 0476)
If anyone has a better idea, I'm interested in
Thanks a lot :) have a good holidays and take care

Answer 1

Here are a couple functions that I use. You pass in the model instance and the desired title into unique_slugify which will continue trying to add random strings until one is created that doesn't already exist.
import random
import string
def random_string_generator(size=10, chars=string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits):
return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(size))
def unique_slugify(instance, slug):
model = instance.__class__
unique_slug = slug
while model.objects.filter(slug=unique_slug).exists():
unique_slug = slug
unique_slug += random_string_generator(size=4)
return unique_slug
I usually use it by overriding the model save method.
class YourModel(models.Model):
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=200, unique=True)
title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
if not self.slug:
self.slug = unique_slugify(self, slugify(self.title))
super().save(*args, **kwargs)

Answer 2

in my opinion, it doesn't make sens two posts may have the same title even with two different slugs, it even confuses readers and even worst it's very bad for SEO. i suggest you to avoid this path and try to review the logic
in models.py
class Post(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(_('title'), max_length=200,
unique=True, # title should be unique
help_text=_('The title of the entry.')
)
slug = models.SlugField(_('slug'), max_length=200,
unique=True, null=True, blank=True,
help_text=_(
'If blank, the slug will be generated automatically '
'from the given title.'
)
)
[..]
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
if not self.slug:
self.slug = slugify(self.title) # here you don't need to add random numbers since the title is already unque
super().save(*args, **kwargs)
in admin.py
class PostAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('title', .. )
readonly_fields = ('slug', .. ) # Add slug to read_only fields to make it not editable if you want