Template tags for paginator with django

helper.py

from django import template

register = template.Library()


@register.filter
def normalize_paginator(paginator, current_page):
    pages = list(paginator.page_range)
    pagination = []

    if (current_page.number == 1):
        pagination = pages[0:5]
    else:
        for n in range(current_page.number-6, current_page.number):
            try:
                if n >= 0:
                    pagination.append(pages[n])
            except IndexError:
                break

        for n in range(current_page.number, current_page.number+5):
            try:
                pagination.append(pages[n])
            except IndexError:
                break

    return pagination

helper_alternative.py

from django import template

register = template.Library()

@register.filter
def normalize_paginator(paginator, current_page):
  pages = list(paginator.page_range)
  
  if current_page.number == 1:
    return pages[:5]
  else:
    return pages[current_page.number-4:current_page.number] + pages[current_page.number:current_page.number+5]