utils.md

Utils.py +

Utils.py is a python file with some util functions for the whole app.

get_theme

Function that returns the theme from a request. Theme can be light or dark depending if both themes are activated on settings.py.

full_cache

A Python decorator that caches the result of a function/method until the force_update keyword argument is passed in the function call.

is_installed

Ideally almost all django applications can be disabled just by removing them from the INSTALLED_APPS on the settings.py. This functions returns True if an application is installed or not. Use this please.

is_instance_on_db

Functions that returns True if a model instance is on the BD or not.

notify_user

Function created for adapting the MessageServiceManager into other apps. Just call it with the user and message and will send a message to Slack & other services you have enabled.