Allow disabling comments on article/page

articles/admin.py

@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             {
                 "fields": (
                     ("title", "slug"),
-                    ("author", "status"),
+                    ("author", "comments_allowed"),
-                    ("published_at", "created_at", "updated_at"),
+                    ("status", "published_at"),
+                    ("created_at", "updated_at"),
                     "views_count",
                 )
             },

articles/migrations/0019_article_comments_allowed.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1 on 2020-09-03 19:16
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("articles", "0018_auto_20200821_1232"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="article",
+            name="comments_allowed",
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True),
+        ),
+    ]

articles/models.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class Article(AdminUrlMixin, models.Model):
     author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.PROTECT, default=1)
     views_count = models.IntegerField(default=0)
     slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, max_length=255)
+    comments_allowed = models.BooleanField(default=True)
 
     objects = ArticleManager()
     with_pages = models.Manager()

articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html

@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@
             {{ article.get_formatted_content|safe }}
         </div>
     </article>
-    {% include 'articles/comment_snippet.html' %}
+    {% if article.comments_allowed %}
+        {% include 'articles/comment_snippet.html' %}
+    {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}

articles/templates/articles/comment_snippet.html

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
             </p>
         </article>
     {% empty %}
-        No reaction yet, write your own!
+        <p>
+            No reaction yet, write your own!
+        </p>
     {% endfor %}
     <form id="comment-form" action="{% url 'create-comment' slug=article.slug %}" method="post">
         {% csrf_token %}

articles/views/html.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Union
+
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.db.models import F
@@ -5,7 +7,7 @@ from django.views import generic
 from django.views.generic.edit import FormMixin
 
 from articles.forms import CommentForm
-from articles.models import Article, Comment
+from articles.models import Article, Comment, Page
 
 
 class ArticlesListView(generic.ListView):
@@ -55,10 +57,10 @@ class ArticleDetailView(FormMixin, generic.DetailView):
         context["comments"] = article.comments.filter(status=Comment.APPROVED)
         return context
 
-    def get_object(self, queryset=None):
+    def get_object(self, queryset=None) -> Union[Article, Page]:
-        obj = super().get_object(queryset)
+        obj = super().get_object(queryset)  # type: Article
         if hasattr(obj, "page"):
-            obj = obj.page
+            obj = obj.page  # type: Page
         if not self.request.user.is_authenticated:
             obj.views_count = F("views_count") + 1
             obj.save(update_fields=["views_count"])
@@ -66,8 +68,14 @@ class ArticleDetailView(FormMixin, generic.DetailView):
         return obj
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.object = self.get_object()
+        self.object = self.get_object()  # type: Union[Article, Page]
         form = self.get_form()
+
+        if not self.object.comments_allowed:
+            messages.error(self.request, "Comments are disabled on this article.")
+            # Bypassing self.form_invalid because we don't want its error message
+            return super().form_invalid(form)
+
         if form.is_valid():
             return self.form_valid(form)
         else: