Create Share buttons using Django Templatetags

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It's easy to copy and paste urls to share links, but its easier to just click on a button to do it.

%{--- %{project_name}%/%{application_name}%/templatetags/sharebuttons.py ---}% from django.template import Library, Node from %{project_name}%.%{application_name}%.models import %{model_to_share}% from django import template register = template.Library() def do_share_buttons(parser, token): try: # split_contents() knows not to split quoted strings. tag_name, context_obj, service_string = token.split_contents() except ValueError: raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "%r tag requires a single argument" % token.contents.split()[0] if not (service_string[0] == service_string[-1] and service_string[0] in ('"', "'")): raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "%r tag's argument should be in quotes" % tag_name return ShareButtonNode(context_obj, service_string[1:-1]) from django import template class ShareButtonNode(template.Node): def __init__(self, context_obj,service_string): self.service_string = service_string self.context_obj = template.Variable(context_obj) def render(self, context): try: actual_object = self.context_obj.resolve(context) #model needs to have get_absolute_url function object_url = actual_object.get_absolute_url() object_name = actual_object.%{model_name_field}% share_url="" if self.service_string =="twitter": share_url='<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=%s %s">twitter</a>' %(object_name + " template", object_url) if self.service_string =="facebook": share_url='<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=%s&t=%s">facebook</a>' %(object_url,object_name) if self.service_string =="linkedin": share_url='<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=%s&title=%s">linkedin</a>' %(object_url, object_name) return share_url except: pass def render(self, context): new_context = Context({'var': obj}, autoescape=context.autoescape) register.tag('sharebutton', do_share_buttons) %{--- usage in a template ---}% <h1>share button test</h1> {% load sharebuttons %} {% for p in posts %} {% sharebutton p "twitter" %}<br /> {% sharebutton p "facebook" %}<br /> {% sharebutton p "linkedin" %}<br /> {% endfor %}