From 7da7ff79b778bffad60b8b5380456db746dd481d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel <zanthras@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 20:58:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Provide an optional attribute to trigger a sort of the ouput
 listview fixes #303

---
 netbox/dcim/views.py      | 1 +
 netbox/utilities/views.py | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/netbox/dcim/views.py b/netbox/dcim/views.py
index 2fdbbd0a7..65a689764 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/views.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/views.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class SiteListView(ObjectListView):
     queryset = Site.objects.all()
     filter = filters.SiteFilter
     table = tables.SiteTable
+    sorting_attribute = 'name'
     template_name = 'dcim/site_list.html'
 
 
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/views.py b/netbox/utilities/views.py
index 9b93301b0..c7d816d18 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/views.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from natsort import natsorted
+from operator import attrgetter
+
 from django_tables2 import RequestConfig
 
 from django.contrib import messages
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ class ObjectListView(View):
     filter = None
     filter_form = None
     table = None
+    sorting_attribute = None
     edit_permissions = []
     template_name = None
     redirect_on_single_result = True
@@ -68,6 +72,10 @@ class ObjectListView(View):
         # Provide a hook to tweak the queryset based on the request immediately prior to rendering the object list
         self.queryset = self.alter_queryset(request)
 
+        # If the sorting attribute is set, sort the final result based on the provided attribute key
+        if self.sorting_attribute:
+            self.queryset = natsorted(self.queryset, key=attrgetter(self.sorting_attribute))
+
         # Construct the table based on the user's permissions
         table = self.table(self.queryset)
         table.model = model