automatically generate random post slug

website/migrations/0014_alter_post_slug.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.1 on 2023-11-06 16:34
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('website', '0013_alter_post_overview'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='slug',
+            field=models.SlugField(blank=True, editable=False),
+        ),
+    ]

website/models.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.forms import ModelForm
 from django import forms
 from captcha.fields import CaptchaField
+from random import randrange
 # Create your models here.
 
 User = get_user_model()
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class Category(models.Model):
 class Post(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    slug = models.SlugField()
+    slug = models.SlugField(blank=True, editable=False)
     overview = models.TextField(blank=True, editable=False)
     timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     content = models.TextField()
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class Post(models.Model):
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.overview = self.content[:33] + "..."
+        if not self.slug: self.slug = self.title[:7].lower() + "-" +  str(randrange(1000, 9999, 1))
         super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
 class Contact(models.Model):