setup logging in admin panel

api/admin.py

@@ -1,3 +1,55 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.admin.models import LogEntry, DELETION
+from django.utils.html import escape
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.urls import reverse
+from .models import api
 
-# Register your models here.
+
+@admin.register(LogEntry)
+class LogEntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    # to have a date-based drilldown navigation in the admin page
+    date_hierarchy = 'action_time'
+
+    # to filter the resultes by users, content types and action flags
+    list_filter = ['user', 'content_type', 'action_flag']
+
+    # when searching the user will be able to search in both object_repr and change_message
+    search_fields = ["object_repr", "change_message"]
+
+    list_display = [
+        "action_time",
+        "user",
+        "content_type",
+        "action_flag",
+        "object_link",
+    ]
+
+    def has_add_permission(self, request):
+        return False
+
+    def has_change_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return False
+
+    def has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return False
+
+    def has_view_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return request.user.is_staff
+
+    def object_link(self, obj):
+        if obj.action_flag == DELETION:
+            link = escape(obj.object_repr)
+        else:
+            ct = obj.content_type
+            link = '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (
+                reverse(
+                    "admin:%s_%s_change" % (ct.app_label, ct.model),
+                    args=[obj.object_id],
+                ),
+                escape(obj.object_repr),
+            )
+        return mark_safe(link)
+
+    object_link.admin_order_field = "object_repr"
+    object_link.short_description = "object"