Trying to show latest record - Django - django

Question

Models
class Category(models.Model):
class Meta():
verbose_name_plural = "Categories"
cat_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
description = models.TextField()
def get_forums(self):
get_forum = Forum.objects.filter(category=self)
return get_forum
def __str__(self):
return f"{self.cat_name}"
class Forum(models.Model):
class Meta():
verbose_name_plural = "Forums"
category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="forums")
parent = models.ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
forum_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
description = models.TextField()
def __str__(self):
return f"{self.forum_name}"
class Thread(models.Model):
class Meta():
verbose_name_plural = "Threads"
get_latest_by = "date_posted"
forum = models.ForeignKey(Forum, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="threads")
author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
title = models.CharField(max_length=50)
content = models.TextField()
date_posted = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
def __str__(self):
return f"{self.title} by: {self.author}"
View
class Home(ListView):
model = Category
template_name = 'forums/index.html'
context_object_name = 'category'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
# Call the base implementation first to get a context
context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
# Add in a QuerySet of all the Cat
context['category'] = Category.objects.all()
return context
HTML
{% block content %}
{% for cat in category %}
<div style="padding-top: 20px;">
<div class="row">
<div class="bg-success rounded-top border border-dark" style="width:100%; padding-left:8px;">
{{ cat.cat_name }}
</div>
</div>
{% for forum in cat.forums.all %}
<div class="row">
<div class="bg-secondary border border-dark" style="width:100%; padding-left:16px;">
{{ forum.forum_name }}
{% for threads in forum.threads.all %}
<div class="float-right" id="latest-post">
<p>{{ threads.title }}</p>
<p> {{ threads.author.username }} </p>
</div>
{% endfor %}
</div>
</div>
{% endfor%}
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endblock content %}
Problem
I am building a forums and am trying to get my homepage to show the last post in a forum.
I have got it to work to show all threads, but i just want the latest one to show on the latest post div.
I setup the get_latest_by on the Thread model so that it gets the latest one by the time created.
How would i be able to get this to display the latest thread?

Answer 1

You can set a property on the Form model, and then call it in the template.
views.py
class Form(models.Model):
...
#property
def get_newest_thread(self):
return self.threads.all().order_by('date_posted').first()
html
{% with threads=forum.get_newest_thread %}
<div class="float-right" id="latest-post">
<p>{{ threads.title }}</p>
<p> {{ threads.author.username }} </p>
</div>
{% endwith %}