Question

Any pointers on how I can update the data for a model on each access?

If I have code that accesses a Person object like so:
p = Person.objects.get(username=’darkpixel’)

I would like to fire off my own process to check an external site and possibly update the Person model before returning it.

I’m hesitant to override the get method. Is there a better way?

Answer 1

That code definitely belongs in your Manager. I wouldn’t override get, but I would create a function named get_and_resync to do the job for you.