django admin, extending admin with custom views

Question

I would like to request some assistance regarding this matter.

I have followed this guide to add a view to my admin.

I am using the same code that the site has a

Answer 1

For Django 1.4+ here is the solution:

from django.conf.urls import url
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import MyModel


class MyAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = (...)

    def custom_admin_view(self, request):
        # your logic here
        if request.method == 'POST':
            ...
        else:
            ...
        return HttpResponse(...)

    def get_urls(self):
        additional_urls = [
            url(r'^custom/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.custom_admin_view), name='custom')
        ]
        # append your custom URL BEFORE default ones
        return additional_urls + super().get_urls()


admin.site.register(MyModel, MyAdmin)

It's important to append your custom URL before all others. Otherwise you might get redirect to admin change_view instead.