Debug from Django admin

Question

I'm trying to have a print statement appear on the console every time I add data into my Postgres Database (For example "Post succeeded") from the Django admin but no matter where I put print statements (in admin.py or the models) nothing is appearing. I know the data is going through as there is a POST statement that goes through
and the data is in the database.

Answer 1

In your Admin object, you can put a print statement in the save_model() method. It sounds like that's where it will best suit you if you want to print something after adding data.

It would look something like this:

class FooAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    ...

    class Meta:
        model = Foo

    def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
        print('Post succeeded')
        obj.save()

admin.site.register(Foo, FooAdmin)