Clear a little the code

expenses_manager/expenses/views.py

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ MONTHS = {
     12:'DICIEMBRE'
 }
 
+def get_int(value):
+    try:
+        return int(value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
 @login_required
 def expense_list(request):
     expenses = Expense.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
@@ -102,40 +108,48 @@ def dashboard(request):
     
     expenses = Expense.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
     
+    # Apply filters by year and month
+    year = get_int(request.GET.get('year'))
+    month = get_int(request.GET.get('month'))
+    
+    current_year = date.today()
+    
+    selected_year = year or current_year
+    selected_month = month
+    
+    expenses_filtered = expenses.filter(date__year=selected_year)
+
+    if selected_month:
+        expenses_filtered = expenses_filtered.filter(date__month=selected_month)  
 
     # Querysets
-    by_category = (expenses.values('category__name').annotate(total=Sum('amount')))
+    # By Category
+    by_category = (
+        expenses_filtered
+        .values('category__name')
+        .annotate(total=Sum('amount'))
+        .order_by('category__name')
+    )
 
-    # Get year, if is empty, use current year
-    year = request.GET.get('year')
-    
-    expenses_by_yearmonth = expenses
-    if year:
-        expenses_by_yearmonth = expenses_by_yearmonth.filter(date__year=year)    
-    month = request.GET.get('month')
-    if month:
-        expenses_by_yearmonth = expenses_by_yearmonth.filter(date__month=month)  
-
-    by_month = (
-        expenses_by_yearmonth        
+    by_month_qs = (
+        expenses_filtered        
         .annotate(month=ExtractMonth('date'))
         .values('month')
         .annotate(total=Sum('amount'))
-        .order_by('month')
     )
     
-    by_month_display = [
+    by_month = [
         {
             'month': MONTHS[row['month']],
             'total': row['total'],
         }
-        for row in by_month
+        for row in by_month_qs
     ]
     
     year_list = (
         expenses
         .annotate(year=ExtractYear('date'))
-        .values('year')
+        .values_list('year', float=True)
         .distinct()
         .order_by('year')
     )
@@ -145,18 +159,18 @@ def dashboard(request):
     # Prepare data fot ploting in chart
     chart_labels = []
     chart_totals = []
-    for month_data in by_month_display:
+    for month_data in by_month:
         chart_labels.append(month_data['month'])
         chart_totals.append(float(month_data['total']))
     
     # Send the data to the dashboard
     return render(request, 'expenses/dashboard.html', {
         'by_category': by_category, 
-        'by_month': by_month_display,
+        'by_month': by_month,
+        'chart_labels': chart_labels,
+        'chart_data': chart_totals,
         'year_list': year_list,
-        'months': months,
         'selected_year': year,
         'selected_month': month,
-        'chart_labels': chart_labels,
-        'chart_data': chart_totals
+        'months': months,
     })