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URL Mixin

UrlsMixin

Use the class constant URLS for a array of URLs that should be added to InvenTrees URL paths or override the plugin.setup_urls function.

The array has to contain valid URL patterns as defined in the django documentation.

class MyUrlsPlugin(UrlsMixin, InvenTreePlugin):

    NAME = "UrlsMixin"

    URLS = [
        re_path(r'increase/(?P<location>\d+)/(?P<pk>\d+)/', self.view_increase, name='increase-level'),
    ]

The URLs get exposed under /plugin/{plugin.slug}/* and get exposed to the template engine with the prefix plugin:{plugin.slug}: (for usage with the url tag).

Note

In this example, when an HTTP request is made to /plugin/{plugin.slug}/increase/.../... the function self.view_increase is called and returns the view to be displayed (step 4 in the Django documentation)

Views

If your plugin will implement and host another webpage, familiarize yourself with Django views. Implementation is exactly the same. A good place to start is the django documentation. Additional InvenTree-specific information is below.

Rendering Views

Rendering templated views is also supported. Templated HTML files should be placed inside your plugin folder in a sub folder called templates. Placed here, the template can be called using the file name and the render command.

Example in context (inside the main plugin python file):

def view_test(self, request):
    return render(request, 'test.html', context)

def setup_urls(self):
    return [
        path('test/', self.view_test, name='test')
    ]

Panels

InvenTree uses bootstrap panels to display the page's content. These panels are locate inside the block page_content.

Example:

<div class='panel panel-hidden' id='panel-loans'>
    <div class='panel-heading'>
        <div class='d-flex flex-wrap'>
            <h4>{% trans "Loaning Information" %}</h4>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class='panel-content'>
        ...
    </div>
</div>
Notice that this example has the panel initially hidden. This is where the enableSidebar('...');' function comes back into play. Panels are enabled according to the labels of items in the sidebar. Each sidebar item must declare a label corresponding to a panel. An example of a sidebar item within with the label loans is below.

{% trans "Loaning" as text %}
{% include "sidebar_item.html" with label='loans' text=text icon="fa-sitemap" %}
Note: This code is assumed to be placed within the sidebar block.

The enableSidebar('...');' function will un-hide the panel with the label panel-... (for this example, panel-loans) and hide all other panels. This allows you to have multiple panels on a page, but only show the panel corresponding to the current selected sidebar item. Whenever you click a sidebar item, it will automatically enable the panel with the corresponding label and hide all other panels.

Additionally, when a panel is loaded, the function onPanelLoad(...) will be called for the associated panel. If you would like to add javascript functionality to a panel after it loads, add the function within the {% block js_ready %} block of your template file.

Example:

onPanelLoad('loans', function() {
    ...
});;