Auto generate slug for projects

taiga/base/utils/sequence.py

@@ -23,3 +23,9 @@ def first(iterable):
 def next(data:list):
     return data[1:]
 
+
+def arithmetic_progression(step=1, start=1):
+    i = start
+    while True:
+        yield i
+        i += step

taiga/projects/models.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from taiga.base.tags import TaggedMixin
 from taiga.users.models import Role
 from taiga.base.utils.slug import slugify_uniquely
 from taiga.base.utils.dicts import dict_sum
+from taiga.base.utils.sequence import arithmetic_progression
 
 from . import choices
 
@@ -181,7 +182,14 @@ class Project(ProjectDefaults, TaggedMixin, models.Model):
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if not self.slug:
-            self.slug = slugify_uniquely(self.name, self.__class__)
+            base_slug = slugify_uniquely(self.name, self.__class__)
+            slug = base_slug
+            for i in arithmetic_progression():
+                if not type(self).objects.filter(slug=slug).exists() or i > 100:
+                    break
+                slug = "{}-{}".format(base_slug, i)
+            self.slug = slug
+
         if not self.videoconferences:
             self.videoconferences_salt = None
 

taiga/projects/serializers.py

@@ -145,17 +145,6 @@ class ProjectSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         # The "stars_count" attribute is attached in the get_queryset of the viewset.
         return getattr(obj, "stars_count", 0)
 
-    def validate_slug(self, attrs, source):
-        if self.object:
-            project_with_slug = models.Project.objects.filter(slug=attrs[source]).exclude(pk=self.object.pk)
-        else:
-            project_with_slug = models.Project.objects.filter(slug=attrs[source])
-
-        if source == "slug" and project_with_slug.exists():
-            raise serializers.ValidationError(_("Slug duplicated for the project"))
-
-        return attrs
-
 
 class ProjectDetailSerializer(ProjectSerializer):
     roles = serializers.SerializerMethodField("get_list_of_roles")

tests/integration/test_projects.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def test_api_create_project(client):
     f.ProjectTemplateFactory.create(slug=settings.DEFAULT_PROJECT_TEMPLATE)
     user = f.UserFactory.create()
     url = reverse("projects-list")
-    data = {"name": "project name", "slug": "project-slug", "description": "project description"}
+    data = {"name": "project name", "description": "project description"}
 
     client.login(user)
     response = client.json.post(url, data)