from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404

from rest_framework.mixins import CreateModelMixin
from rest_framework.generics import ListAPIView, RetrieveAPIView

from editorsnotes.main.models import Topic, TopicNode

from .base import BaseListAPIView, BaseDetailView, ElasticSearchListMixin
from ..serializers.topics import TopicSerializer, TopicNodeSerializer

class TopicNodeList(ListAPIView):
    model = TopicNode
    serializer_class = TopicNodeSerializer

class TopicNodeDetail(RetrieveAPIView):
    model = TopicNode
    serializer_class = TopicNodeSerializer

class TopicList(BaseListAPIView):
    model = Topic
    serializer_class = TopicSerializer
    def pre_save(self, obj):
        super(TopicList, self).pre_save(obj)
        obj.project = self.request.project

class TopicDetail(BaseDetailView, CreateModelMixin):
    model = Topic
    serializer_class = TopicSerializer
    def pre_save(self, obj):
        super(TopicDetail, self).pre_save(obj)
        if not obj.id:
            obj.project = self.request.project
    def get_object(self, queryset=None):
        filtered_queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
        return get_object_or_404(filtered_queryset,
                                 project=self.request.project,
                                 topic_node_id=self.kwargs['topic_node_id'])

@@ -580,16 +580,40 @@
 picList(
+ElasticSearchListMixin, 
 BaseList

Use elasticsearch mixin in api/views/topics.py