Display only some of the page numbers by django pagination

Question

I am using the django paginator in the template. Its working ok, but not good when there\'s large numbers of pages.

views.py:

def blog(request):
             


        

Answer 1

I did it only on templates with expressions:

{% if is_paginated %}
    

        

            {% if page_obj.number >= 5 %}
            
1
            
...
            {% elif page_obj.number == 4 %}
            
1
            {% endif %}
            {% if page_obj.number|add:"-2" >= 1  %}
            
{{ page_obj.number|add:"-2" }}
            {% endif %}
            {% if page_obj.number|add:"-1" >= 1  %}
            
{{ page_obj.number|add:"-1" }}
            {% endif %}
            
{{ page_obj.number }}
            {% if page_obj.number|add:"1" <= paginator.num_pages  %}
            
{{ page_obj.number|add:"1" }}
            {% endif %}
            {% if page_obj.number|add:"2" <= paginator.num_pages %}
            
{{ page_obj.number|add:"2" }}
            {% endif %}
            {% if page_obj.number|add:"2" <= paginator.num_pages|add:"-2" %}
            
...
            
{{ paginator.num_pages }}
            {% elif page_obj.number|add:"1" <= paginator.num_pages|add:"-2" %}
            
{{ paginator.num_pages }}
            {% endif %}
        
    
{% endif %}

I know django is like "dont write your code again" but i found this easier for me to understand right now. Hope i helped.