Dialog API

DontManage provides a group of standard, interactive and flexible dialogs that are easy to configure and use. There's also a more extensive API for Javascript.

dontmanage.msgprint

dontmanage.msgprint(msg, title, raise_exception, as_table, as_list, indicator, primary_action)

This method works only within a request / response cycle. It shows a message to the user logged in to Desk who initiated the request.

The argument list includes:

• msg: The message to be displayed

• title: Title of the modal

• as_table: If msg is a list of lists, render as HTML table

• as_list: If msg is a list, render as HTML unordered list

• primary_action: Bind a primary server/client side action.

• raise_exception: Exception

dontmanage.msgprint(
    msg='This file does not exist',
    title='Error',
    raise_exception=FileNotFoundError
)

dontmanage.msgprint

primary_action can contain a server_action or client_side action which must contain dotted paths to the respective methods. The JavaScript function must be a globally available function. You can also pass hide_on_success to close the message after the action is successfully completed.

# msgprint with server and client side action
dontmanage.msgprint(msg='This file does not exist',
    title='Error',
    raise_exception=FileNotFoundError
    primary_action={
        'label': _('Perform Action'),
        'server_action': 'dotted.path.to.server.method',
        'client_action': 'dotted.path.to.client.method',
        'hide_on_success': True,
        'args': args
    }
)

dontmanage.msgprint with primary action

dontmanage.throw

dontmanage.throw(msg, exc, title)

This method will raise an exception as well as show a message in Desk. It is essentially a wrapper around dontmanage.msgprint.

exc can be passed an optional exception. By default it will raise a ValidationError exception.

dontmanage.throw(
    title='Error',
    msg='This file does not exist',
    exc=FileNotFoundError
)

dontmanage.throw