Allow sharing drafts publicly with a draft key

articles/admin.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
                     ("created_at", "updated_at"),
                     "views_count",
                     "has_code",
+                    "draft_public_url",
                 ]
             },
         ),
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         "views_count",
         "status",
         "published_at",
+        "draft_public_url",
     ]
     prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
     change_form_template = "articles/article_change_form.html"
@@ -80,7 +82,17 @@ class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         messages.success(request, f"{len(queryset)} articles unpublished.")
 
     unpublish.short_description = "Unpublish selected articles"
-    actions = [publish, unpublish]
+
+    def refresh_draft_key(self, request, queryset):
+        if not request.user.has_perm("articles.change_article"):
+            messages.warning(request, "You're not allowed to do this.")
+            return
+        for article in queryset:
+            article.refresh_draft_key()
+        messages.success(request, f"{len(queryset)} draft keys refreshed.")
+
+    refresh_draft_key.short_description = "Refresh draft key of selected articles"
+    actions = [publish, unpublish, refresh_draft_key]
 
     class Media:
         css = {"all": ("admin_articles.css",)}

articles/migrations/0026_article_draft_key.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.4 on 2020-12-27 18:43
+
+import uuid
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("articles", "0025_article_custom_css"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="article",
+            name="draft_key",
+            field=models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4),
+        ),
+    ]

articles/models.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+import uuid
 from functools import cached_property
 
 import html2text
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from markdown.extensions.codehilite import CodeHiliteExtension
 
 from articles.markdown import LazyLoadingImageExtension
+from articles.utils import build_full_absolute_url
 
 
 class User(AbstractUser):
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ class Article(AdminUrlMixin, models.Model):
     has_code = models.BooleanField(default=False, blank=True)
     is_home = models.BooleanField(default=False, blank=True)
     custom_css = models.TextField(blank=True)
+    draft_key = models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4)
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ["-published_at"]
@@ -108,3 +111,12 @@ class Article(AdminUrlMixin, models.Model):
         if not self.slug:
             self.slug = slugify(self.title)
         return super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @property
+    def draft_public_url(self):
+        url = self.get_absolute_url() + f"?draft_key={self.draft_key}"
+        return build_full_absolute_url(request=None, url=url)
+
+    def refresh_draft_key(self):
+        self.draft_key = uuid.uuid4()
+        self.save()

articles/tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import uuid
+
 import pytest
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ def unpublished_article(author: User) -> Article:
         published_at=None,
         slug="some-draft-article-slug",
         content="## some draft article markdown\n\n[a draft article link](https://article.com)",
+        draft_key=uuid.uuid4(),
     )
 
 

articles/tests/test_html_views.py

@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ def test_access_article_by_slug(client: Client, published_article: Article):
 
 def _test_access_article_by_slug(client: Client, item: Article):
     res = client.get(reverse("article-detail", kwargs={"slug": item.slug}))
+    _assert_article_is_rendered(item, res)
+
+
+def _assert_article_is_rendered(item: Article, res):
     assert res.status_code == 200
     content = res.content.decode("utf-8")
     assert item.title in content
@@ -57,6 +61,17 @@ def test_anonymous_cant_access_draft_detail(
     assert res.status_code == 404
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_anonymous_can_access_draft_detail_with_key(
+    client: Client, unpublished_article: Article
+):
+    res = client.get(
+        reverse("article-detail", kwargs={"slug": unpublished_article.slug})
+        + f"?draft_key={unpublished_article.draft_key}"
+    )
+    _assert_article_is_rendered(unpublished_article, res)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_user_can_access_draft_detail(
     client: Client, author: User, unpublished_article: Article

articles/views/html.py

@@ -48,10 +48,14 @@ class ArticleDetailView(generic.DetailView):
     template_name = "articles/article_detail.html"
 
     def get_queryset(self):
+        key = self.request.GET.get("draft_key")
+        if key:
+            return Article.objects.filter(draft_key=key)
+
         queryset = super().get_queryset()
-        if self.request.user.is_authenticated:
+        if not self.request.user.is_authenticated:
+            queryset = queryset.filter(status=Article.PUBLISHED)
         return queryset
-        return queryset.filter(status=Article.PUBLISHED)
 
     def get_object(self, queryset=None) -> Article:
         obj = super().get_object(queryset)  # type: Article