Django Admin: Request for list_display

admin.py

# any_app/admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from core.admin_mixins import ModelAdminMixin


@admin.register(AnyModel)
class AnyModelAdmin(ModelAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdminMixin):

    list_display = ['id', 'especial_display_with_request']

    def especial_display_with_request(self, obj, request):
        # Make something special with the request
        return obj.any_field
    especial_display_with_request.needs_request = True  # Similar to short_description or any other django admin attr.

admin_mixins.py

# core/admin_mixins.py
from functools import partial, update_wrapper, lru_cache

# Django admin call 2 times get_list_display.
# We need to return the same function to make the method sortable using 'admin_order_field'
# https://github.com/django/django/blob/2161db0792f2e4d3deef3e09cd72f7a08340cafe/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py#L84
@lru_cache(maxsize=100)
def cache_display_wrap(f, request):
    wf = partial(f, request=request)
    nf = update_wrapper(wf, f)
    return nf

  
class ModelAdminMixin(admin.ModelAdmin):
  
    def get_list_display(self, request):
        def check_needs_request(display):
            f = getattr(self, display, None) if not callable(display) else display 
            if f and getattr(f, 'needs_request', False):
              return cache_display_wrap(f, request)
            return display
        return [check_needs_request(display) for display in super().get_list_display(request)]