Django Simple Settings

A very simple settings configurable in Django Admin Panel. Supported types: bool, float, int, str.

Installation

1. Install a package.

$ pip install django-simple-settings

2. Add "simple_settings" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'simple_settings',
)

3. Add context processor if you would like:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    '...',
    'simple_settings.context_processors.simple_settings',
)

4. Create models:

$ python manage.py migrate || python manage.py syncdb

Usage

Get settings:

from simple_settings import settings

print settings.get('is_feature_available')
print settings.get('is_feature_available', default=False)
print settings['is_feature_available']

Get all settings as dict:

print settings.all()

Get settings in template if you include context processor:

{{ simple_settings.is_feature_available }}

Set settings:

settings.set('is_feature_available', True)
settings.set('pi', 3.14159265359)
settings.set('answer', 42)
settings.set('metallica', 'Yeah!')

Delete settings:

settings.delete('is_feature_available')

Settings

Default application settings can be overriden in settings.py:

SIMPLE_SETTINGS_CACHE_TIMEOUT = 60 * 60 * 24 #  default cache timeout is one day
SIMPLE_SETTINGS_CACHE_ALIAS = 'default' # default cache backend

Requirements

• Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3
• Django 1.3+