Description

# Extensions and monkey-patching for django-stubs [](https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs/actions/workflows/test.yml) [](http://mypy-lang.org/) [](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/django-stubs?tab=Active) This package contains extensions and monkey-patching functions for the [django-stubs](https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs) package. Certain features of django-stubs (i.e. generic django classes that don't define the `__class_getitem__` method) require runtime monkey-patching, which can't be done with type stubs. These extensions were split into a separate package so library consumers don't need `mypy` as a runtime dependency ([#526](https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs/pull/526#pullrequestreview-525798031)). ## Installation ```bash pip install django-stubs-ext ``` ## Usage In your Django application, use the following code: ```py import django_stubs_ext django_stubs_ext.monkeypatch() ``` This only needs to be called once, so the call to `monkeypatch` should be placed in your top-level settings. Real-life example [can be found here](https://github.com/wemake-services/wemake-django-template/blob/5bf1569e2710e11befc6991893f94419136d74bd/%7B%7Bcookiecutter.project_name%7D%7D/server/settings/__init__.py#L14-L19). ## Version compatibility Since django-stubs supports multiple Django versions, this package takes care to only monkey-patch the features needed by your django version, and decides which features to patch at runtime. This is completely safe, as (currently) we only add a `__class_getitem__` method that does nothing: ```py @classmethod def __class_getitem__(cls, *args, **kwargs): return cls ``` ## To get help For help with django-stubs, please view the main repository at <https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs> ## Contributing The django-stubs-ext package is part of the [django-stubs](https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs) monorepo. If you would like to contribute, please view the django-stubs [contribution guide](https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). You can always also reach out in gitter to discuss your contributions!