Adding an element that is not part of a model to Django admin page

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I am trying to add a date that displays at the top of every page in Django admin but I haven't been able to find any documentation that discusses this. It needs to be a date that populates based on a script that says when the data was last pulled. Would anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

Please have a look at https://stackoverflow.com/a/6586068/4151233 and the Django documentation. It describes how you can override/extend the Django template. — Marco, Jan 13 '21 at 16:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '21 at 16:52

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you can add new field to your model last_edit_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True) and it will be automatically store date and time of last edit here

answered Jan 13 '21 at 16:52

Таалай Дюшебеков

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I don't need it as part of a model. I just need it to be in the top corner of every page. – bballboy8 Jan 13 '21 at 16:54
but from where you will get date when the data was last pulled? from model? – Таалай Дюшебеков Jan 13 '21 at 16:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '21 at 06:12

in your settings

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'yourapphere', # your app here
    'django.contrib.admin',  # the admin here
    ...
]

in yourapp/templates/admin/base_site.html

{% extends "admin/base_site.html" %}


{% block nav-global %}
    
    // your html and js here to make your clock
    
{% endblock %}

Adding an element that is not part of a model to Django admin page

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