Signals¶
Wagtail’s PageRevision and Page implement
Signals from django.dispatch
.
Signals are useful for creating side-effects from page publish/unpublish events.
For example, you could use signals to send publish notifications to a messaging service, or POST
messages to another app that’s consuming the API, such as a static site generator.
page_published
¶
This signal is emitted from a PageRevision
when a revision is set to published.
sender: | The page class . |
---|---|
instance: | The specific Page instance. |
revision: | The PageRevision that was published. |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to page_published.send() . |
To listen to a signal, implement page_published.connect(receiver, sender, **kwargs)
. Here’s a simple
example showing how you might notify your team when something is published:
from wagtail.core.signals import page_published
import requests
# Let everyone know when a new page is published
def send_to_slack(sender, **kwargs):
instance = kwargs['instance']
url = 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
values = {
"text" : "%s was published by %s " % (instance.title, instance.owner.username),
"channel": "#publish-notifications",
"username": "the squid of content",
"icon_emoji": ":octopus:"
}
response = requests.post(url, values)
# Register a receiver
page_published.connect(send_to_slack)
Receiving specific model events¶
Sometimes you’re not interested in receiving signals for every model, or you want to handle signals for specific models in different ways. For instance, you may wish to do something when a new blog post is published:
from wagtail.core.signals import page_published
from mysite.models import BlogPostPage
# Do something clever for each model type
def receiver(sender, **kwargs):
# Do something with blog posts
pass
# Register listeners for each page model class
page_published.connect(receiver, sender=BlogPostPage)
Wagtail provides access to a list of registered page types through the get_page_models()
function in wagtail.core.models
.
Read the Django documentation for more information about specifying senders.
page_unpublished
¶
This signal is emitted from a Page
when the page is unpublished.
sender: | The page class . |
---|---|
instance: | The specific Page instance. |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to page_unpublished.send() |
pre_page_move
and post_page_move
¶
These signals are emitted from a Page
immediately before and after it is moved.
Subscribe to pre_page_move
if you need to know values BEFORE any database changes are applied. For example: Getting the page’s previous URL, or that of its descendants.
Subscribe to post_page_move
if you need to know values AFTER database changes have been applied. For example: Getting the page’s new URL, or that of its descendants.
The following arguments are emitted for both signals:
sender: | The page class . |
---|---|
instance: | The specific Page instance. |
parent_page_before: | |
The parent page of instance before moving. |
|
parent_page_after: | |
The parent page of instance after moving. |
|
url_path_before: | |
The value of instance.url_path before moving. |
|
url_path_after: | The value of instance.url_path after moving. |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to pre_page_move.send() or post_page_move.send() . |
Distinguishing between a ‘move’ and a ‘reorder’¶
The signal can be emitted as a result of a page being moved to a different section (a ‘move’), or as a result of a page being moved to a different position within the same section (a ‘reorder’). Knowing the difference between the two can be particularly useful, because only a ‘move’ affects a page’s URL (and that of its descendants), whereas a ‘reorder’ only affects the natural page order; which is probably less impactful.
The best way to distinguish between a ‘move’ and ‘reorder’ is to compare the url_path_before
and url_path_after
values. For example:
from wagtail.core.signals import pre_page_move
from wagtail.contrib.frontend_cache.utils import purge_page_from_cache
# Clear a page's old URLs from the cache when it moves to a different section
def clear_page_url_from_cache_on_move(sender, **kwargs):
if kwargs['url_path_before'] == kwargs['url_path_after']:
# No URLs are changing :) nothing to do here!
return
# The page is moving to a new section (possibly even a new site)
# so clear old URL(s) from the cache
purge_page_from_cache(kwargs['instance'])
# Register a receiver
pre_page_move.connect(clear_old_page_urls_from_cache)
workflow_submitted¶
This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState
when a page is submitted to a workflow.
sender: | WorkflowState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific WorkflowState instance. |
user: | The user who submitted the workflow |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to workflow_submitted.send() |
workflow_rejected¶
This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState
when a page is rejected from a workflow.
sender: | WorkflowState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific WorkflowState instance. |
user: | The user who rejected the workflow |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to workflow_rejected.send() |
workflow_approved¶
This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState
when a page’s workflow completes successfully
sender: | WorkflowState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific WorkflowState instance. |
user: | The user who last approved the workflow |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to workflow_approved.send() |
workflow_cancelled¶
This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState
when a page’s workflow is cancelled
sender: | WorkflowState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific WorkflowState instance. |
user: | The user who cancelled the workflow |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to workflow_cancelled.send() |
task_submitted¶
This signal is emitted from a TaskState
when a page is submitted to a task.
sender: | TaskState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific TaskState instance. |
user: | The user who submitted the page to the task |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to task_submitted.send() |
task_rejected¶
This signal is emitted from a TaskState
when a page is rejected from a task.
sender: | TaskState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific TaskState instance. |
user: | The user who rejected the task |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to task_rejected.send() |
task_approved¶
This signal is emitted from a TaskState
when a page’s task is approved
sender: | TaskState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific TaskState instance. |
user: | The user who approved the task |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to task_approved.send() |
task_cancelled¶
This signal is emitted from a TaskState
when a page’s task is cancelled.
sender: | TaskState |
---|---|
instance: | The specific TaskState instance. |
user: | The user who cancelled the task |
kwargs: | Any other arguments passed to task_cancelled.send() |