Disable signals on save feature

docs/models.rst

@@ -107,5 +107,22 @@ Also you can override the default uuid version. Versions 1,3,4 and 5 are now sup
         pass
 
 
-
 .. _`UUIDField`: https://github.com/jazzband/django-model-utils/blob/master/docs/fields.rst#uuidfield
+
+
+SaveSignalHandlingModel
+-----------------------
+
+An abstract base class model to pass a parameter ``signals_to_disable``
+to ``save`` method in order to disable signals
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from model_utils.models import SaveSignalHandlingModel
+
+    class SaveSignalTestModel(SaveSignalHandlingModel):
+        name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
+
+    obj = SaveSignalTestModel(name='Test')
+    # Note: If you use `Model.objects.create`, the signals can't be disabled
+    obj.save(signals_to_disable=['pre_save'] # disable `pre_save` signal

model_utils/models.py

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import django
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.db import models
+from django.db import models, transaction, router
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save, pre_save
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from model_utils.fields import (
@@ -159,3 +160,60 @@ class UUIDModel(models.Model):
 
     class Meta:
         abstract = True
+
+
+class SaveSignalHandlingModel(models.Model):
+    """
+    An abstract base class model to pass a parameter ``signals_to_disable``
+    to ``save`` method in order to disable signals
+    """
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+    def save(self, signals_to_disable=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Add an extra parameters to hold which signals to disable
+        If empty, nothing will change
+        """
+
+        self.signals_to_disable = signals_to_disable or []
+
+        super(SaveSignalHandlingModel, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def save_base(self, raw=False, force_insert=False,
+                  force_update=False, using=None, update_fields=None):
+        """
+        Copied from base class for a minor change.
+        This is an ugly overwriting but since Django's ``save_base`` method
+        does not differ between versions 1.8 and 1.10,
+        that way of implementing wouldn't harm the flow
+        """
+        using = using or router.db_for_write(self.__class__, instance=self)
+        assert not (force_insert and (force_update or update_fields))
+        assert update_fields is None or len(update_fields) > 0
+        cls = origin = self.__class__
+
+        if cls._meta.proxy:
+            cls = cls._meta.concrete_model
+        meta = cls._meta
+        if not meta.auto_created and not 'pre_save' in self.signals_to_disable:
+            pre_save.send(
+                sender=origin, instance=self, raw=raw, using=using,
+                update_fields=update_fields,
+            )
+        with transaction.atomic(using=using, savepoint=False):
+            if not raw:
+                self._save_parents(cls, using, update_fields)
+            updated = self._save_table(raw, cls, force_insert, force_update, using, update_fields)
+
+        self._state.db = using
+        self._state.adding = False
+
+        if not meta.auto_created and not 'post_save' in self.signals_to_disable:
+            post_save.send(
+                sender=origin, instance=self, created=(not updated),
+                update_fields=update_fields, raw=raw, using=using,
+            )
+
+        # Empty the signals in case it might be used somewhere else in future
+        self.signals_to_disable = []

tests/models.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import django
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.query_utils import DeferredAttribute
 from django.db.models import Manager
+from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ from model_utils.models import (
     TimeFramedModel,
     TimeStampedModel,
     UUIDModel,
+    SaveSignalHandlingModel,
 )
 from tests.fields import MutableField
 from tests.managers import CustomSoftDeleteManager
@@ -437,3 +439,7 @@ class CustomUUIDModel(UUIDModel):
 
 class CustomNotPrimaryUUIDModel(models.Model):
     uuid = UUIDField(primary_key=False)
+
+
+class SaveSignalHandlingTestModel(SaveSignalHandlingModel):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=20)

tests/signals.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+def pre_save_test(instance, *args, **kwargs):
+    instance.pre_save_runned = True
+
+def post_save_test(instance, created, *args, **kwargs):
+    instance.post_save_runned = True

tests/test_models/test_savesignalhandling_model.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from tests.models import SaveSignalHandlingTestModel
+from tests.signals import pre_save_test, post_save_test
+from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save
+
+
+class SaveSignalHandlingModelTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_pre_save(self):
+        pre_save.connect(pre_save_test, sender=SaveSignalHandlingTestModel)
+
+        obj = SaveSignalHandlingTestModel.objects.create(name='Test')
+        delattr(obj, 'pre_save_runned')
+        obj.name = 'Test A'
+        obj.save()
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'Test A')
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(obj, 'pre_save_runned'))
+
+        obj = SaveSignalHandlingTestModel.objects.create(name='Test')
+        delattr(obj, 'pre_save_runned')
+        obj.name = 'Test B'
+        obj.save(signals_to_disable=['pre_save'])
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'Test B')
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(obj, 'pre_save_runned'))
+
+
+    def test_post_save(self):
+        post_save.connect(post_save_test, sender=SaveSignalHandlingTestModel)
+
+        obj = SaveSignalHandlingTestModel.objects.create(name='Test')
+        delattr(obj, 'post_save_runned')
+        obj.name = 'Test A'
+        obj.save()
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'Test A')
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(obj, 'post_save_runned'))
+
+        obj = SaveSignalHandlingTestModel.objects.create(name='Test')
+        delattr(obj, 'post_save_runned')
+        obj.name = 'Test B'
+        obj.save(signals_to_disable=['post_save'])
+        self.assertEqual(obj.name, 'Test B')
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(obj, 'post_save_runned'))