# Is it possible to create a custom admin action for the django admin that doesn't require selecting some objects to run it on?

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django-admin（4.1）中自定义了一个action，  
（1）问题一，怎么实现定时触发此action;（五分钟执行一次）

（2）问题二：在触发action时，怎么在自定义action中设置默认为全选，解除action限制默认的（请选中至少一个选项！）

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For #1, you don’t do this sort of thing in the admin. If you want a process to run on a scheduled basis, the easiest way is to create a custom management command and schedule it either through Celery Beat or cron.

For #2, again, this isn’t something to do in the admin. From [Admin actions | Django documentation | Django](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/contrib/admin/actions/)

> The basic workflow of Django’s admin is, in a nutshell, “select an object, then change it.”

and

> In these cases, Django’s admin lets you write and register “actions” – functions that get called with a list of objects selected on the change list page.

I’d create a separate view for this, or possibly a custom command depending upon whether this is related to your first question.

— Using Google translate:

对于 #1，您不会在管理员中执行此类操作。 如果您希望进程按计划运行，最简单的方法是创建自定义管理命令并通过 Celery Beat 或 cron 计划它。

同样，对于 #2，这不是在管理员中要做的事情。 来自 [Admin actions | Django documentation | Django](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/contrib/admin/actions/)

Django 管理的基本工作流程简而言之就是“选择一个对象，然后更改它”。

和

在这些情况下，Django 的管理员允许您编写和注册“操作”——使用在更改列表页面上选择的对象列表调用的函数。

我会为此创建一个单独的视图，或者可能是一个自定义命令，具体取决于这是否与您的第一个问题相关。