Moved ObjectChange creation logic from middleware to ChangeLoggedModel

netbox/utilities/models.py

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import json
+
+from django.core.serializers import serialize
 from django.db import models
 
+from extras.models import ObjectChange
+
 
 class ChangeLoggedModel(models.Model):
     """
@@ -21,3 +26,21 @@ class ChangeLoggedModel(models.Model):
 
     class Meta:
         abstract = True
+
+    def log_change(self, user, request_id, action):
+        """
+        Create a new ObjectChange representing a change made to this object. This will typically be called automatically
+        by extras.middleware.ChangeLoggingMiddleware.
+        """
+
+        # Serialize the object using Django's built-in JSON serializer, then extract only the `fields` dict.
+        json_str = serialize('json', [self])
+        object_data = json.loads(json_str)[0]['fields']
+
+        ObjectChange(
+            user=user,
+            request_id=request_id,
+            changed_object=self,
+            action=action,
+            object_data=object_data
+        ).save()