""" Adding hooks before/after saving and deleting To execute arbitrary code around ``save()`` and ``delete()``, just subclass the methods. """ from __future__ import unicode_literals from django.db import models from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible @python_2_unicode_compatible class Person(models.Model): first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20) last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20) def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(Person, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.data = [] def __str__(self): return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name) def save(self, *args, **kwargs): self.data.append("Before save") # Call the "real" save() method super(Person, self).save(*args, **kwargs) self.data.append("After save") def delete(self): self.data.append("Before deletion") # Call the "real" delete() method super(Person, self).delete() self.data.append("After deletion")