wagtail/docs/reference/signals.md

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Signals

Wagtail's :ref:revision-model-ref and :ref:page-model-ref implement :doc:Signals <topics/signals> from django.dispatch. Signals are useful for creating side-effects from page publish/unpublish events.

For example, you could use signals to send publish notifications to a messaging service, or POST messages to another app that's consuming the API, such as a static site generator.

page_published

This signal is emitted from a Revision when a page revision is set to published.

:sender: The page class. :instance: The specific Page instance. :revision: The Revision that was published. :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to page_published.send().

To listen to a signal, implement page_published.connect(receiver, sender, **kwargs). Here's a simple example showing how you might notify your team when something is published:

.. code-block:: python

from wagtail.signals import page_published
import requests


# Let everyone know when a new page is published
def send_to_slack(sender, **kwargs):
    instance = kwargs['instance']
    url = 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
    values = {
        "text" : "%s was published by %s " % (instance.title, instance.owner.username),
        "channel": "#publish-notifications",
        "username": "the squid of content",
        "icon_emoji": ":octopus:"
    }

    response = requests.post(url, values)

# Register a receiver
page_published.connect(send_to_slack)

Receiving specific model events


Sometimes you're not interested in receiving signals for every model, or you want
to handle signals for specific models in different ways. For instance, you may
wish to do something when a new blog post is published:

.. code-block:: python

    from wagtail.signals import page_published
    from mysite.models import BlogPostPage

    # Do something clever for each model type
    def receiver(sender, **kwargs):
        # Do something with blog posts
        pass

    # Register listeners for each page model class
    page_published.connect(receiver, sender=BlogPostPage)

Wagtail provides access to a list of registered page types through the ``get_page_models()`` function in ``wagtail.models``.

Read the :ref:`Django documentation <connecting-to-specific-signals>` for more information about specifying senders.


``page_unpublished``
--------------------

This signal is emitted from a ``Page`` when the page is unpublished.

:sender: The page ``class``.
:instance: The specific ``Page`` instance.
:kwargs: Any other arguments passed to ``page_unpublished.send()``


``pre_page_move`` and ``post_page_move``
------------------------------------------

These signals are emitted from a ``Page`` immediately before and after it is moved.

Subscribe to ``pre_page_move`` if you need to know values BEFORE any database changes are applied. For example: Getting the page's previous URL, or that of its descendants.

Subscribe to ``post_page_move`` if you need to know values AFTER database changes have been applied. For example: Getting the page's new URL, or that of its descendants.

The following arguments are emitted for both signals:

:sender: The page ``class``.
:instance: The specific ``Page`` instance.
:parent_page_before: The parent page of ``instance`` **before** moving.
:parent_page_after: The parent page of ``instance`` **after** moving.
:url_path_before: The value of ``instance.url_path`` **before** moving.
:url_path_after: The value of ``instance.url_path`` **after** moving.
:kwargs: Any other arguments passed to ``pre_page_move.send()`` or ``post_page_move.send()``.


Distinguishing between a 'move' and a 'reorder'

The signal can be emitted as a result of a page being moved to a different section (a 'move'), or as a result of a page being moved to a different position within the same section (a 'reorder'). Knowing the difference between the two can be particularly useful, because only a 'move' affects a page's URL (and that of its descendants), whereas a 'reorder' only affects the natural page order; which is probably less impactful.

The best way to distinguish between a 'move' and 'reorder' is to compare the url_path_before and url_path_after values. For example:

.. code-block:: python

from wagtail.signals import pre_page_move
from wagtail.contrib.frontend_cache.utils import purge_page_from_cache

# Clear a page's old URLs from the cache when it moves to a different section
def clear_page_url_from_cache_on_move(sender, **kwargs):

    if kwargs['url_path_before'] == kwargs['url_path_after']:
        # No URLs are changing :) nothing to do here!
        return

    # The page is moving to a new section (possibly even a new site)
    # so clear old URL(s) from the cache
    purge_page_from_cache(kwargs['instance'])

# Register a receiver
pre_page_move.connect(clear_old_page_urls_from_cache)

page_slug_changed

This signal is emitted from a Page when a change to its slug is published.

The following arguments are emitted by this signal:

:sender: The page class. :instance: The updated (and saved), specific Page instance. :instance_before: A copy of the specific Page instance from before the changes were saved.

workflow_submitted

This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState when a page is submitted to a workflow.

:sender: WorkflowState :instance: The specific WorkflowState instance. :user: The user who submitted the workflow :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to workflow_submitted.send()

workflow_rejected

This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState when a page is rejected from a workflow.

:sender: WorkflowState :instance: The specific WorkflowState instance. :user: The user who rejected the workflow :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to workflow_rejected.send()

workflow_approved

This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState when a page's workflow completes successfully

:sender: WorkflowState :instance: The specific WorkflowState instance. :user: The user who last approved the workflow :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to workflow_approved.send()

workflow_cancelled

This signal is emitted from a WorkflowState when a page's workflow is cancelled

:sender: WorkflowState :instance: The specific WorkflowState instance. :user: The user who cancelled the workflow :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to workflow_cancelled.send()

task_submitted

This signal is emitted from a TaskState when a page is submitted to a task.

:sender: TaskState :instance: The specific TaskState instance. :user: The user who submitted the page to the task :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to task_submitted.send()

task_rejected

This signal is emitted from a TaskState when a page is rejected from a task.

:sender: TaskState :instance: The specific TaskState instance. :user: The user who rejected the task :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to task_rejected.send()

task_approved

This signal is emitted from a TaskState when a page's task is approved

:sender: TaskState :instance: The specific TaskState instance. :user: The user who approved the task :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to task_approved.send()

task_cancelled

This signal is emitted from a TaskState when a page's task is cancelled.

:sender: TaskState :instance: The specific TaskState instance. :user: The user who cancelled the task :kwargs: Any other arguments passed to task_cancelled.send()