Using a UUID as a primary key in Django models (generic relations impact)

Question

For a number of reasons^, I\'d like to use a UUID as a primary key in some of my Django models. If I do so, will I still be able to use outside apps like \"contrib.comments\

Answer 1

this can be done by using a custom base abstract model,using the following steps.

First create a folder in your project call it basemodel then add a abstractmodelbase.py with the following below:

from django.db import models
import uuid


class BaseAbstractModel(models.Model):

    """
     This model defines base models that implements common fields like:
     created_at
     updated_at
     is_deleted
    """
    id=models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, ,unique=True,default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False)
    created_at=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True,editable=False)
    updated_at=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True,editable=False)
    is_deleted=models.BooleanField(default=False)

    def soft_delete(self):
        """soft  delete a model instance"""
        self.is_deleted=True
        self.save()

    class Meta:
        abstract=True
        ordering=['-created_at']

second: in all your model file for each app do this

from django.db import models
from basemodel import BaseAbstractModel
import uuid

# Create your models here.

class Incident(BaseAbstractModel):

    """ Incident model  """

    place = models.CharField(max_length=50,blank=False, null=False)
    personal_number = models.CharField(max_length=12,blank=False, null=False)
    description = models.TextField(max_length=500,blank=False, null=False)
    action = models.TextField(max_length=500,blank=True, null=True)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images/',blank=True, null=True)
    incident_date=models.DateTimeField(blank=False, null=False) 

So the above model incident inherent all the field in baseabstract model.