netbox-community-netbox/netbox/utilities/utils.py

from django.db.models import ManyToOneRel
from django.utils import timezone
from django.utils.timezone import localtime


def dynamic_import(name):
    """
    Dynamically import a class from an absolute path string
    """
    components = name.split('.')
    mod = __import__(components[0])
    for comp in components[1:]:
        mod = getattr(mod, comp)
    return mod


def local_now():
    """
    Return the current date & time in the system timezone.
    """
    return localtime(timezone.now())


def get_related_models(model, ordered=True):
    """
    Return a list of all models which have a ForeignKey to the given model and the name of the field. For example,
    `get_related_models(Tenant)` will return all models which have a ForeignKey relationship to Tenant.
    """
    related_models = [
        (field.related_model, field.remote_field.name)
        for field in model._meta.related_objects
        if type(field) is ManyToOneRel
    ]

    if ordered:
        return sorted(related_models, key=lambda x: x[0]._meta.verbose_name.lower())

    return related_models