Plugin models can leverage certain NetBox features by inheriting from NetBox's `BaseModel` class. This class extends the plugin model to enable numerous feature, including:
1. Apply any fields, methods, or attributes necessary to the operation of these features
2. Register the model with NetBox as utilizing these feature
Simply subclass BaseModel when defining a model in your plugin:
```python
# models.py
from netbox.models import BaseModel
class MyModel(BaseModel):
foo = models.CharField()
...
```
## Enabling Features Individually
If you prefer instead to enable only a subset of these features for a plugin model, NetBox provides a discrete "mix-in" class for each feature. You can subclass each of these individually when defining your model. (You will also need to inherit from Django's built-in `Model` class.)
The example above will enable export templates and tags, but no other NetBox features. A complete list of available feature mixins is included below. (Inheriting all the available mixins is essentially the same as subclassing `BaseModel`.)
Please note that only the classes which appear in this documentation are currently supported. Although other classes may be present within the `features` module, they are not yet supported for use by plugins.
