Pagination for Django reusable at view level (simple, generic)

paging.py

"""
Generic pagination reusable at view level.

Paging middleware needs installing in the settings:

    MIDDLEWARE = (
        ... almost at the end...
        'paging.paging_middleware',

Use in a view like so:

    from paging import simple_paging

    def listings(request):
        ls = Listing.objects.all()
        ls, count, paging = simple_paging(request, ls, 100)
        return render(request, 'some_listings.html', {
            'ls': ls, 'count': count, 'paging': paging
            })

Include paging in your listings template:

    {{ paging }}
"""
from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.template.loader import render_to_string


def paging_middleware(get_response):
    def middleware(request):
        ext = ''
        try:
            if request.GET.get('page'):
                request.page = int(request.GET.get('page', 1))
            else:
                ext = request.path_info.split('.')[1]
                request.page = int(ext)
        except IndexError:
            request.page = 1
        except ValueError:  # redirect invalid page numbers to root page
            if ext not in ('xml', 'csv'):
                return HttpResponseRedirect(request.path_info.split('.')[0])
        response = get_response(request)
        return response

    return middleware


def simple_paging(request, qs, limit, page=None, custom_render=False):
    pager = Paginator(qs, limit)
    try:
        page_obj = pager.page(page or request.page)
        qs = page_obj.object_list
    except EmptyPage:
        page_obj = {}
        qs = qs.none()

    pages = pager.page_range
    count = pager.count

    if custom_render:
        return qs, count, pages

    paginate = render_paging(request, pages, page_obj, count, limit)

    return qs, count, paginate


def render_paging(request, pages, page_obj, count, limit):
    pages = sample(pages, request.page)

    get = request.GET.copy()
    get.pop('page', None)

    return render_to_string('pagination.html', {
        'path': request.path_info.split('/')[-1].split('.')[0],
        'mobile': bool(getattr(request, 'mobile', 0)),
        'pages': pages,
        'page_obj': page_obj,
        'page_count': count//limit,
        'is_paginated': count > limit,
        'getvars': '&' + get.urlencode() if get else ''
    })


def sample(pages, current):
    """Show first few, few around the current page & a last page"""
    if len(pages) > 20:
        ls = []
        prev = False
        for x in pages:
            a = False
            if x in range(1, 5)\
                or x in range(current-5, current+5)\
                    or x == pages[-1]:
                a = x
            if prev or a:
                ls.append(a)
            prev = a
        pages = ls
    return pages



# Example pagination.html
"""
{% if is_paginated %}
<ul class="pagination">
    {% if page_obj.has_previous %}
        <li><a href="{{ path }}{% if page_obj.previous_page_number != 1 %}.{{ page_obj.previous_page_number }}{% endif %}">
            <small>◀</small></a>
    {% endif %}
    {% for page in pages %}
        {% if page %}
            {% ifequal page page_obj.number %}
                <li class="active"><a href="#">{{ page }}</a>
            {% else %}
                <li><a href="{{ path }}{% if page != 1 %}.{{ page }}{% endif %}">{{ page }}</a>
            {% endifequal %}
        {% else %}
            &hellip;
        {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
    {% if page_obj.has_next %}
        <li><a href="{{ path }}.{{ page_obj.next_page_number }}"><small>▶</small></a>
    {% endif %}
</ul>
{% endif %}

"""