from django.db import models from django.contrib.auth.models import User class Article(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=200) author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE) text = models.TextField() created_date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True) def __unicode__ (self): return "%s: %s" % (self.author.username, self.title) def get_excerpt(self): return self.text[:200] + "..." if len(self.text) > 140 else self.text