Add history tracking functionality using django-pghistory; implement views, templates, and middleware for event serialization and context management

core/middleware.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import pghistory
+
+def setup_pghistory_context():
+    """
+    Set up pghistory context middleware to track request information.
+    This function configures what contextual information is stored
+    with each history record.
+    """
+    pghistory.context(lambda request: {
+        'user': str(request.user) if request.user.is_authenticated else None,
+        'ip': request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR'),
+        'user_agent': request.META.get('HTTP_USER_AGENT'),
+        'session_key': request.session.session_key
+    })

core/models.py

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.text import slugify
+import pghistory
+
+@pghistory.track()
+class HistoricalModel(models.Model):
+    """
+    Abstract base model that provides universal history tracking via django-pghistory.
+    """
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
 class SlugHistory(models.Model):
     """
@@ -26,9 +38,11 @@ class SlugHistory(models.Model):
     def __str__(self):
         return f"Old slug '{self.old_slug}' for {self.content_object}"
 
-class SluggedModel(models.Model):
+@pghistory.track()
+class SluggedModel(HistoricalModel):
     """
     Abstract base model that provides slug functionality with history tracking.
+    Inherits from HistoricalModel to get universal history tracking.
     """
     name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
     slug = models.SlugField(max_length=200, unique=True)
@@ -55,6 +69,7 @@ class SluggedModel(models.Model):
         if not self.slug:
             self.slug = slugify(self.name)
 
+        # Call HistoricalModel's save to ensure history tracking
         super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_id_field_name(self):

history/apps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+class HistoryConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'history'
+    verbose_name = 'History Tracking'
+
+    def ready(self):
+        """Initialize app and signal handlers"""
+        from django.dispatch import Signal
+        # Create a signal for history updates
+        self.history_updated = Signal()

history/templates/history/partials/history_timeline.html

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<div id="history-timeline" 
+     hx-get="{% url 'history:timeline' content_type_id=content_type.id object_id=object.id %}"
+     hx-trigger="every 30s, historyUpdate from:body">
+  <div class="space-y-4">
+    {% for event in events %}
+      <div class="component-wrapper bg-white p-4 shadow-sm">
+        <div class="component-header flex items-center gap-2 mb-2">
+          <span class="text-sm font-medium">{{ event.pgh_label|title }}</span>
+          <time class="text-xs text-gray-500">{{ event.pgh_created_at|date:"M j, Y H:i" }}</time>
+        </div>
+        <div class="component-content text-sm">
+          {% if event.pgh_context.metadata.user %}
+            <div class="flex items-center gap-1">
+              <svg class="w-4 h-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="currentColor">
+                <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M10 9a3 3 0 100-6 3 3 0 000 6zm-7 9a7 7 0 1114 0H3z" clip-rule="evenodd" />
+              </svg>
+              <span>{{ event.pgh_context.metadata.user }}</span>
+            </div>
+          {% endif %}
+          {% if event.pgh_data %}
+            <div class="mt-2 text-gray-600">
+              <pre class="text-xs">{{ event.pgh_data|pprint }}</pre>
+            </div>
+          {% endif %}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </div>
+</div>

history/templatetags/history_tags.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from django import template
+import json
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+@register.filter
+def pprint(value):
+    """Pretty print JSON data"""
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        try:
+            value = json.loads(value)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            return value
+            
+    if isinstance(value, (dict, list)):
+        return json.dumps(value, indent=2)
+    return str(value)

history/urls.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from django.urls import path
+from .views import HistoryTimelineView
+
+app_name = 'history'
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('timeline/<int:content_type_id>/<int:object_id>/', 
+         HistoryTimelineView.as_view(), 
+         name='timeline'),
+]

history/views.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from django.views import View
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+import pghistory
+
+def serialize_event(event):
+    """Serialize a history event for JSON response"""
+    return {
+        'label': event.pgh_label,
+        'created_at': event.pgh_created_at.isoformat(),
+        'context': event.pgh_context,
+        'data': event.pgh_data,
+    }
+
+class HistoryTimelineView(View):
+    """View for displaying object history timeline"""
+    
+    def get(self, request, content_type_id, object_id):
+        # Get content type and object
+        content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_id(content_type_id)
+        obj = content_type.get_object_for_this_type(id=object_id)
+
+        # Get history events
+        events = pghistory.models.Event.objects.filter(
+            pgh_obj_model=content_type.model_class(),
+            pgh_obj_id=object_id
+        ).order_by('-pgh_created_at')[:25]
+
+        context = {
+            'events': events,
+            'content_type': content_type,
+            'object': obj,
+        }
+
+        if request.htmx:
+            return render(request, "history/partials/history_timeline.html", context)
+            
+        return JsonResponse({
+            'history': [serialize_event(e) for e in events]
+        })

moderation/admin.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.admin import AdminSite
 from django.utils.html import format_html
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+import pghistory
 from .models import EditSubmission, PhotoSubmission
 
 class ModerationAdminSite(AdminSite):
@@ -75,6 +77,33 @@ class PhotoSubmissionAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
                 obj.reject(request.user, obj.notes)
         super().save_model(request, obj, form, change)
 
+class HistoryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    """Admin interface for viewing model history events"""
+    list_display = ['pgh_label', 'pgh_created_at', 'get_object_link', 'get_context']
+    list_filter = ['pgh_label', 'pgh_created_at']
+    readonly_fields = ['pgh_label', 'pgh_obj_id', 'pgh_data', 'pgh_context', 'pgh_created_at']
+    date_hierarchy = 'pgh_created_at'
+
+    def get_object_link(self, obj):
+        """Display a link to the related object if possible"""
+        if obj.pgh_obj and hasattr(obj.pgh_obj, 'get_absolute_url'):
+            url = obj.pgh_obj.get_absolute_url()
+            return format_html('<a href="{}">{}</a>', url, str(obj.pgh_obj))
+        return str(obj.pgh_obj or '')
+    get_object_link.short_description = 'Object'
+
+    def get_context(self, obj):
+        """Format the context data nicely"""
+        if not obj.pgh_context:
+            return '-'
+        html = ['<table>']
+        for key, value in obj.pgh_context.items():
+            html.append(f'<tr><th>{key}</th><td>{value}</td></tr>')
+        html.append('</table>')
+        return mark_safe(''.join(html))
+    get_context.short_description = 'Context'
+
 # Register with moderation site only
 moderation_site.register(EditSubmission, EditSubmissionAdmin)
 moderation_site.register(PhotoSubmission, PhotoSubmissionAdmin)
+moderation_site.register(pghistory.models.Event, HistoryAdmin)

moderation/models.py

@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.utils.text import slugify
+import pghistory
+from core.models import HistoricalModel
 
 UserType = Union[AbstractBaseUser, AnonymousUser]
 
-
-class EditSubmission(models.Model):
+@pghistory.track()  # Track all changes by default
+class EditSubmission(HistoricalModel):
     STATUS_CHOICES = [
         ("PENDING", "Pending"),
         ("APPROVED", "Approved"),
@@ -196,8 +198,8 @@ class EditSubmission(models.Model):
         self.handled_at = timezone.now()
         self.save()
 
-
-class PhotoSubmission(models.Model):
+@pghistory.track()  # Track all changes by default
+class PhotoSubmission(HistoricalModel):
     STATUS_CHOICES = [
         ("PENDING", "Pending"),
         ("APPROVED", "Approved"),
@@ -287,7 +289,6 @@ class PhotoSubmission(models.Model):
         if user_role in ["MODERATOR", "ADMIN", "SUPERUSER"]:
             self.approve(self.user)
 
-
     def escalate(self, moderator: UserType, notes: str = "") -> None:
         """Escalate the photo submission to admin"""
         self.status = "ESCALATED"

pyproject.toml

@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-simple-history>=3.5.0",
     "django-tailwind-cli>=2.21.1",
     "playwright>=1.41.0",
-    "pytest-playwright>=0.4.3"
+    "pytest-playwright>=0.4.3",
+    "django-pghistory>=3.5.2",
 ]

requirements.txt

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pyjwt==2.10.1
 # Database
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
 dj-database-url==2.3.0
+django-pghistory==2.9.0  # Added for model history tracking
 
 # Email
 requests==2.32.3  # For ForwardEmail.net API

thrillwiki/settings.py

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "django.contrib.sites",
     "django.contrib.gis",  # Add GeoDjango
+    "pghistory",  # Add django-pghistory
+    "pgtrigger",  # Required by django-pghistory
+    "history.apps.HistoryConfig",  # History timeline app
     "allauth",
     "allauth.account",
     "allauth.socialaccount",
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+    "core.middleware.setup_pghistory_context",  # Add history context tracking
     "allauth.account.middleware.AccountMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware",
     "simple_history.middleware.HistoryRequestMiddleware",

thrillwiki/urls.py

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("user/", accounts_views.user_redirect_view, name="user_redirect"),
     # Moderation URLs - placed after other URLs but before static/media serving
     path("moderation/", include("moderation.urls", namespace="moderation")),
+    path("history/", include("history.urls", namespace="history")),
     path(
         "env-settings/",
         views***REMOVED***ironment_and_settings_view,

uv.lock

@@ -328,6 +328,31 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]django_oauth_toolkit-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]221bbb1cffcb50b8932e55ed", size = 77299 },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "django-pghistory"
+version = "3.5.2"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "django" },
+    { name = "django-pgtrigger" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]django_pghistory-3.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]18779b04bc26cea8c4e967d7", size = 31221 }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]django_pghistory-3.5.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]53f7ad6638d25f137338f101", size = 38319 },
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "django-pgtrigger"
+version = "4.13.3"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "django" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]django_pgtrigger-4.13.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]4edf0fc2b7f6426008e52f77", size = 30723 }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]django_pgtrigger-4.13.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]275d86ad756b90c307df3ca4", size = 34059 },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "django-simple-history"
 version = "3.7.0"
@@ -626,6 +651,7 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]psycopg2_binary-2.9.10-cp313-cp313-musllinux_1_2_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]07c6df12b7737febc40f0909", size = 2822712 },
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]psycopg2_binary-2.9.10-cp313-cp313-musllinux_1_2_ppc64le.whl", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]860ff3bbe1384130828714b1", size = 2920155 },
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]psycopg2_binary-2.9.10-cp313-cp313-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]998122abe1dce6428bd86567", size = 2959356 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED][AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]psycopg2_binary-2.9.10-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:[AWS-SECRET-REMOVED]9b46e6fd07c3eb46e4535142", size = 2569224 },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -887,6 +913,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "django-filter" },
     { name = "django-htmx" },
     { name = "django-oauth-toolkit" },
+    { name = "django-pghistory" },
     { name = "django-simple-history" },
     { name = "django-tailwind-cli" },
     { name = "django-webpack-loader" },
@@ -920,6 +947,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "django-filter", specifier = ">=23.5" },
     { name = "django-htmx", specifier = ">=1.17.2" },
     { name = "django-oauth-toolkit", specifier = ">=3.0.1" },
+    { name = "django-pghistory", specifier = ">=3.5.2" },
     { name = "django-simple-history", specifier = ">=3.5.0" },
     { name = "django-tailwind-cli", specifier = ">=2.21.1" },
     { name = "django-webpack-loader", specifier = ">=3.1.1" },