working on news detail view

news/models.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class NewsItem(CreatedUpdatedModel):
     content = models.TextField()
     public = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     published_at = models.DateTimeField()
+    slug = models.SlugField()
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title

news/templates/news_detail.html

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load commonmark %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <div>
+    <h3>{{ news_item.title }} <small>{{ news_item.published_at|date:"Y-m-d" }}</small></h3>
+  </div>
+  {{ news_item.content|commonmark }}
+{% endblock %}

news/templates/news_index.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% block content %}
 {% for item in news_items %}
   <div>
-    <h3>{{ item.title }} <small>{{ item.published_at|date:"Y-m-d" }}</small></h3>
+    <h3><a href="{% reverse 'news:detail' slug=item.slug %}">{{ item.title }}</a> <small>{{ item.published_at|date:"Y-m-d" }}</small></h3>
   </div>
   {{ item.content|commonmark }}
   {% if not forloop.last %}

news/urls.py

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^$', views.NewsIndex.as_view(), name='index'),
+    url(r'(?P<slug>[-_\w+]+)/$', NewsDetail.as_view(), name='detail'),
 ]

news/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.views.generic import ListView
+from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView
 from . import models
 
 
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ class NewsIndex(ListView):
     queryset = models.NewsItem.objects.public()
     template_name = 'news_index.html'
     context_object_name = 'news_items'
+
+
+class NewsDetail(DetailView):
+    model = models.NewsItem
+    template_name = 'news_detail.html'
+