Disconnect signals for models and reconnect in django

Question

I need make a save with a model but i need disconnect some receivers of the signals before save it.

I mean,

I have a model:

class MyModel(models.Model):
    ...

def pre_save_model(sender, instance, **kwargs):
    ...

pre_save.connect(pre_save_model, sender=MyModel)

and in another place in the code i need something like:

a = MyModel()
...
disconnect_signals_for_model(a)
a.save()
...
reconnect_signals_for_model(a)

Because i need in this case, save the model without execute the function pre_save_model.

Answer 1

For a clean and reusable solution, you can use a context manager:

class temp_disconnect_signal():
    """ Temporarily disconnect a model from a signal """
    def __init__(self, signal, receiver, sender, dispatch_uid=None):
        self.signal = signal
        self.receiver = receiver
        self.sender = sender
        self.dispatch_uid = dispatch_uid

    def __enter__(self):
        self.signal.disconnect(
            receiver=self.receiver,
            sender=self.sender,
            dispatch_uid=self.dispatch_uid,
            weak=False
        )

    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
        self.signal.connect(
            receiver=self.receiver,
            sender=self.sender,
            dispatch_uid=self.dispatch_uid,
            weak=False
        )

Now, you can do something like the following:

from django.db.models import signals

from your_app.signals import some_receiver_func
from your_app.models import SomeModel

...
kwargs = {
    'signal': signals.post_save,
    'receiver': some_receiver_func,
    'sender': SomeModel, 
    'dispatch_uid': "optional_uid"
}
with temp_disconnect_signal(**kwargs):
    SomeModel.objects.create(
        name='Woohoo',
        slug='look_mom_no_signals',
    )

Note: If your signal handler uses a dispatch_uid, you MUST use the dispatch_uid arg.