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pip install from git repository

Notes | 2025-04-14 (updated 2025-10-25) | 1 min read
#git #pip #python

Install a pip package from a git repo, using a specified git reference:

Simple Redirect View for Django

Notes | 2025-01-02 (updated 2025-10-25) | 1 min read
#django #python

I often find myself replacing an existing MVP based on static html with a Django app, or just needing to preserve some old URL scheme.

This is the code I use to do that:

from django.shortcuts import redirect

def redirect_view(request, redirectable, permanent=True):
  return redirect(redirectable)

Which can then be used like this:

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path("old-url/", views.redirect_view, {"redirectable": "new_view"}),
    path("some-thing/", views.redirect_view, {"redirectable": "some_thing_new", permanent=False}),
]

Debugging Container Workloads

A Helper Container

Posts | 2023-12-04 (updated 2025-10-23) | 1 min read
#containers #debugging #k8s #python

Debugging container workloads can be a challenge sometimes, especially when running them in k8s, behind a reverse proxy or in other, possibly complex, traffic flow scenarios.

Register all models with Django admin

Notes | 2023-11-16 (updated 2025-10-25) | 1 min read
#django #python

Sometimes, mostly when throwing together a quick idea or MVP, it can be useful to just register all models with the admin and leave proper customization for later.

Django: CSRF exempt view

Notes | 2023-09-17 (updated 2025-10-25) | 1 min read
#django #python

Django’s CSRF protection is usually a great thing, but when building (API) endpoints meant to be accessed by scripts/third parties it gets in the way of that.

This is how to disable it:

For a class based view

from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt

@method_decorator(csrf_exempt, name='dispatch')
class MyView(View):
    pass

For a function based view

from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt

@csrf_exempt
def my_view(request):
    pass

Handling signals with Python

Notes | 2023-05-10 (updated 2025-10-25) | 2 min read
#python

When building a Python script that is long running or has to manage some state on termination it is helpful to handle a couple of signals:

SIGINT: The signal sent when pressing Ctrl+C
SIGTERM and SIGQUIT: Meant to terminate the process, sent by kill and process managers like systemd or supervisord

Handling them is possible with Pythons signals library:

import signals

class SignalHandler:
    stop = False

    def __init__(self):
        # Ctrl+C
        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.exit_gracefully)

        # Supervisor/process manager signals
        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.exit_gracefully)
        signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, self.exit_gracefully)

    def exit_gracefully(self, *args):
        self.stop = True

Example 1: Simple loop

The simplest example is using the SignalHandler as the condition on the loop and have code to stop gracefully below the loop.

ArgoCD Python Client

Notes | 2023-01-01 (updated 2025-10-25) | 3 min read
#argocd #python

A simple Python client to interact with ArgoCD.

GitLab: User owned projects report

Notes | 2022-08-17 (updated 2025-10-25) | 1 min read
#gitlab #python

Export a CSV formatted report of projects in user-namespace on a GitLab instance.

This is especially useful if you think about limiting or disabling this feature.

Local S3 with MinIO in Django

Notes | 2021-11-06 (updated 2025-10-25) | 2 min read
#django #minio #python #s3

In production I would consider it best practice to use a S3 solution for serving assets. Namely static files and user-generated media.

This describes my setup on how to do this locally too.

The main benefit for me is that there is less of a difference between environments and I can test S3 specific features in my app.

Setup

I will assume a already working Django project and MacOS with [[brew]] installed, but brew specific parts are easilly replicated on different systems using their native package managers.

Python

Notes | 2020-01-01 (updated 2025-10-25) | 1 min read
#python #slashpage-uses

These days Python is my language of choice for both simple scripts and more complex backend applications, usually in combination with [[django]]