Using Paginator in a view function code example

Example 1: django paginator code

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger

def index(request):
    user_list = User.objects.all()
    page = request.GET.get('page', 1)

    paginator = Paginator(user_list, 10)
    try:
        users = paginator.page(page)
    except PageNotAnInteger:
        users = paginator.page(1)
    except EmptyPage:
        users = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)

    return render(request, 'core/user_list.html', { 'users': users })

Example 2: Using Paginator in a view function

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger

def index(request):
    user_list = User.objects.all()
    page = request.GET.get('page', 1)

    paginator = Paginator(user_list, 10)
    try:
        users = paginator.page(page)
    except PageNotAnInteger:
        users = paginator.page(1)
    except EmptyPage:
        users = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)

    return render(request, 'core/user_list.html', { 'users': users }) here user is new parameter or variable...

Example 3: django paginator code

class UserListView(ListView):
    model = User
    template_name = 'core/user_list.html'  # Default: <app_label>/<model_name>_list.html
    context_object_name = 'users'  # Default: object_list
    paginate_by = 10
    queryset = User.objects.all()  # Default: Model.objects.all()