Add redirect field for appliances (#591)

Author: pdmars

appliance_catalog/migrations/0017_appliance_redirect_url.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.20 on 2026-06-23 16:05
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('appliance_catalog', '0016_alter_appliance_needs_review_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='appliance',
+            name='redirect_url',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=500, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]

appliance_catalog/models.py

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class Appliance(models.Model):
 
     needs_review = models.BooleanField(default=True, blank=True)
 
+    ## If set, requests for this appliance's detail page redirect here instead of rendering
+    redirect_url = models.CharField(max_length=500, null=True, blank=True)
+
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
 

appliance_catalog/views.py

@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ def get_appliances(request):
 def app_detail(request, pk):
     logger.info("Detail requested for appliance id: %s.", pk)
     appliance = get_object_or_404(Appliance, pk=pk)
+    if appliance.redirect_url:
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(appliance.redirect_url)
     logger.debug("Appliance found. Fetching it's keywords.")
     keywords = appliance.keywords.all()
     logger.debug("This appliance has %d keywords.", keywords.count())