feat: Fetch speakers from Pretalx

Author: zorexsalvo

app/home/templates/home/sections/speakers-section.html

@@ -51,26 +51,30 @@ <h2 class="font-td_pinoy text-6xl text-orange-2 text-center m-0">Speakers</h2>
     </div>
     <div class="speakers-wrapper flex items-center gap-[30px] flex-row flex-wrap justify-between">
       {% for speaker in speakers %}
+      {% if speaker.avatar_url %}
       <div class="rounded-[24px] flex flex-col gap-5 w-full max-w-[100%] lg:max-w-[250px] grow items-center">
         <div class="overflow-hidden flex-shrink-0 w-[250px] h-[250px]">
-          {% if speaker.photo_url %}
-          <img src="{{ speaker.photo_url }}" class="w-[250px] h-[250px] object-cover rounded-[85px]"
-            alt="{{ speaker.full_name }} - Image" style="height: 250px;">
+          {% if speaker.avatar_url %}
+          <img src="{{ speaker.avatar_url }}" class="w-[250px] h-[250px] object-cover rounded-[85px]"
+            alt="{{ speaker.name }} - Image" width="250" height="250">
           {% else %}
-          <img src="#" class="w-[250px] h-[250px] object-cover rounded-[85px]"
-            alt="{{ speaker.full_name }} - Image" style="height: 250px;">
+          <img src="{% static 'img/speakers/speakers-img-1.jpg' %}" class="w-[250px] h-[250px] object-cover rounded-[85px]"
+            alt="{{ speaker.name }} - Image" width="250" height="250">
           {% endif %}
         </div>
         <div>
-          <h3 class="font-bantayog text-brown-1 text-2xl uppercase">{{ speaker.full_name }}</h3>
+          <h3 class="font-bantayog text-brown-1 text-2xl uppercase">{{ speaker.name }}</h3>
           {% if speaker.title %}<p class="font-nunito text-brown-2 text-[13px] mb-2">{{ speaker.title }}</p>{% endif %}
           {% if speaker.introduction %}
           <p class="font-nunito text-brown-2 text-[13px]">{{ speaker.introduction|truncatewords:30 }}</p>
           {% elif speaker.bio %}
           <p class="font-nunito text-brown-2 text-[13px]">{{ speaker.bio|truncatewords:30 }}</p>
+          {% elif speaker.biography %}
+          <p class="font-nunito text-brown-2 text-[13px]">{{ speaker.biography|truncatewords:30 }}</p>
           {% endif %}
         </div>
       </div>
+      {% endif %}
       {% empty %}
       <p class="text-center text-brown-2">No speakers available yet.</p>
       {% endfor %}

app/home/views.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from app.speakers.models import Speaker
 from app.sponsors.models import Sponsor
 from config.constants import SPONSOR_TYPE_ORDER
+from services.pretalx_service import PretalxService
 
 
 class HomeView(BuildableTemplateView):
@@ -25,9 +26,14 @@ def get_sponsors(self):
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        service = PretalxService(base_url="https://pretalx.com")
         context["sponsors_by_type"] = self.get_sponsors()
-        context["featured_speakers"] = Speaker.objects.filter(is_featured=True).order_by("first_name", "last_name")
-        context["speakers"] = Speaker.objects.filter(is_featured=False).order_by("first_name", "last_name")
+        featured_speakers = Speaker.objects.filter(is_featured=True).order_by("first_name", "last_name")
+        context["featured_speakers"] = featured_speakers
+        keynote_names = {s.full_name for s in featured_speakers}
+        context["speakers"] = [
+            s for s in service.get_speakers("python-asia-2026")["results"] if s.get("name") not in keynote_names
+        ]
         return context
 
 

config/environment.py

@@ -58,4 +58,8 @@ def get_db_config(self):
         return {"NAME": name, "HOST": host, "USER": user, "PASSWORD": pwd, "PORT": 5432}
 
 
-settings = Settings()
+settings = Settings(
+    PRETALX=PretalxConfig(
+        BASE_URL="https://pretalx.com",
+    )
+)

config/settings.py

@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
 
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache",
+        "LOCATION": "django_cache",
+    }
+}
+
 # Build directory for bakery
 BUILD_DIR = BASE_DIR / "build"
 BAKERY_VIEWS = ("app.home.views.HomeView",)

deploy/build.sh

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ uv sync
 echo "Applying database migrations..."
 uv run manage.py migrate --noinput
 
+# Create cache table
+echo "Creating cache table..."
+uv run manage.py createcachetable
+
 # Collect static files
 echo "Collecting static files..."
 uv run manage.py collectstatic --noinput

services/pretalx_service.py

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+import json
+
 import requests
+from django.core.cache import cache
 
 from config.environment import settings
 
 
 class PretalxService:
-    def __init__(self, base_url: str):
-        self.base_url = settings.PRETALX.BASE_URL.rstrip("/")
+    def __init__(self, base_url: str | None = None):
+        self.base_url = base_url or settings.PRETALX.BASE_URL.rstrip("/")
         self.headers = {
-            "Authorization": f"Token {settings.PRETALX.API_TOKEN}",
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
         }
 
@@ -17,14 +19,39 @@ def get_event(self, event_slug: str):
         return response.json() if response.ok else response.raise_for_status()
 
     def get_submissions(self, event_slug: str):
-        url = f"{self.base_url}/api/events/{event_slug}/submissions/"
+        cache_key = f"pretalx_submissions_{event_slug}"
+        cached = cache.get(cache_key)
+        if cached:
+            return cached
+        url = f"{self.base_url}/api/events/{event_slug}/submissions/?page_size=999"
         response = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers)
-        return response.json() if response.ok else response.raise_for_status()
+        data = response.json() if response.ok else response.raise_for_status()
+        cache.set(cache_key, data)
+        return data
 
     def get_speakers(self, event_slug: str):
-        url = f"{self.base_url}/api/events/{event_slug}/speakers/"
-        response = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers)
-        return response.json() if response.ok else response.raise_for_status()
+        try:
+            cache_key = f"pretalx_speakers_{event_slug}"
+            cached = cache.get(cache_key)
+            if cached:
+                return cached
+
+            url = f"{self.base_url}/api/events/{event_slug}/speakers/?page_size=999"
+            response = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers)
+            data = response.json() if response.ok else response.raise_for_status()
+
+            submissions = self.get_submissions(event_slug)
+            confirmed_codes = {sub["code"] for sub in submissions.get("results", []) if sub.get("state") == "confirmed"}
+
+            data["results"] = [
+                speaker
+                for speaker in data.get("results", [])
+                if any(code in confirmed_codes for code in speaker.get("submissions", []))
+            ]
+            cache.set(cache_key, data)
+            return data
+        except requests.RequestException:
+            return {"results": []}
 
     def get_talks(self, event_slug: str):
         url = f"{self.base_url}/api/events/{event_slug}/talks?limit=999&state=confirmed"
@@ -40,3 +67,8 @@ def send_feedback(self, event_slug: str, submission_id: str, feedback: dict):
         url = f"{self.base_url}/api/events/{event_slug}/submissions/{submission_id}/feedback/"
         response = requests.post(url, json=feedback, headers=self.headers)
         return response.json() if response.ok else response.raise_for_status()
+
+    def get_sessions(self, event_slug: str):
+        url = f"{self.base_url}/api/events/{event_slug}/sessions/"
+        response = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers)
+        return response.json() if response.ok else response.raise_for_status()