Django admin : How to call an action on a click of custom button?

Question

I have a django admin view displaying a list of orders. I have added a custom button, which when clicked should perform a certain action.

So I have a function defined in my services.py file as :

def penalty(order):
  #Do something

So, how should I call this function when Penalty is clicked. I can create a view, but how to call it?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The following answers could be helpful for solving your problems.

• How do I call a Django function on button click?

• Django: How can I call a view function from template?

• Call Django on HTML button click

Answer 3

You can add a URL like this to call a function

     def get_urls(self):
        urls = super().get_urls()
        custom_urls = [
            path(
                'penalty/<int:id>',
                self.admin_site.admin_view(self.penalty),
                name='penalty'
            )
        ]
        return custom_urls + urls

from a button click in Django admin