From 988483a9bcdb420c9d0cbf3aea9111820b4d2760 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Calum Andrew Morrell <calum@drulum.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 21:00:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added model for news items.

---
 news/models.py | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/news/models.py b/news/models.py
index a60e648..f29b123 100644
--- a/news/models.py
+++ b/news/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.text import slugify
@@ -16,10 +17,51 @@ class Category(models.Model):
         return super(Category, self).save()
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        pass
+        return reverse_lazy("news:list_category", args=[self.slug])
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ["title"]
+
+
+class NewsItem(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
+    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=200, unique=True)
+    category = models.ForeignKey(
+        Category, on_delete=models.PROTECT, related_name="news_items"
+    )
+    body = MarkdownxField()
+    origin_link = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True)
+    origin_times_followed = models.PositiveIntegerField()
+    header_img = models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True)
+    tags = TagField(
+        force_lowercase=True,
+        get_absolute_url=lambda tag: reverse_lazy(
+            "news:list_tag", kwargs={"tag": tag.slug}
+        ),
+    )
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    is_published = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_featured = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    owner = models.ForeignKey(
+        get_user_model(), on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="news_items"
+    )
+
+    def save(self):
+        if not self.slug:
+            self.slug = slugify(self.title)
+        return super(NewsItem, self).save()
+
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse_lazy("news:detail", args=[self.category.slug, self.slug])
+
+    def body_as_markdown(self):
+        return markdownify(self.body)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.title
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-created_at"]