refactor unpublishing the posts

models.py

# .. import section ..

class Post(models.Model):
	author = models.ForeignKey(CustomUserModel)
	title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
	text = models.CharField(max_length=15000)
	is_published = models.BooleanField()

views.py

# .. import section ..

def unpublish_posts(request):
	ids = request.POST.get('ids').split(',')
	for post in Post.objects.filter(ids__in=ids):
		if post.is_published:
			send_email(
			    'Notification',
			    'Your article has been unpublished!',
			    'from@example.com',
			    [post.author.email],
			    fail_silently=False,
			)