Filter Reference ================ This is a reference document with a list of the filters and their arguments. .. _core-arguments: Core Arguments -------------- The following are the core arguments that apply to all filters. ``name`` ~~~~~~~~ The name of the field this filter is supposed to filter on, if this is not provided it automatically becomes the filter's name on the ``FilterSet``. You can traverse "relationship paths" using Django's ``__`` syntax to filter fields on a related model. eg, ``manufacturer__name``. ``label`` ~~~~~~~~~ The label as it will apear in the HTML, analogous to a form field's label argument. ``widget`` ~~~~~~~~~~ The django.form Widget class which will represent the ``Filter``. In addition to the widgets that are included with Django that you can use there are additional ones that django-filter provides which may be useful: * :ref:`LinkWidget ` -- this displays the options in a manner similar to the way the Django Admin does, as a series of links. The link for the selected option will have ``class="selected"``. * :ref:`BooleanWidget ` -- this widget converts its input into Python's True/False values. It will convert all case variations of ``True`` and ``False`` into the internal Python values. * :ref:`CSVWidget ` -- this widget expects a comma separated value and converts it into a list of string values. It is expected that the field class handle a list of values as well as type conversion. * :ref:`RangeWidget ` -- this widget is used with ``RangeFilter`` to generate two form input elements using a single field. ``action`` ~~~~~~~~~~ An optional callable that tells the filter how to handle the queryset. It recieves a ``QuerySet`` and the value to filter on and should return a ``Queryset`` that is filtered appropriately. `action` will default to ``filter_{value-of-name-attribute}`` ``lookup_expr`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The lookup expression that should be performed using `Django's ORM`_. .. _`Django's ORM`: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/querysets/#field-lookups A ``list`` or ``tuple`` of lookup types is also accepted, allowing the user to select the lookup from a dropdown. The list of lookup types are filtered against ``filters.LOOKUP_TYPES``. If `lookup_expr=None` is passed, then a list of all lookup types will be generated:: class ProductFilter(django_filters.FilterSet): name = django_filters.CharFilter(lookup_expr=['exact', 'iexact']) You can enable custom lookups by adding them to ``LOOKUP_TYPES``:: from django_filters import filters filters.LOOKUP_TYPES = ['gt', 'gte', 'lt', 'lte', 'custom_lookup_type'] Additionally, you can provide human-friendly help text by overriding ``LOOKUP_TYPES``:: # filters.py from django_filters import filters filters.LOOKUP_TYPES = [ ('', '---------'), ('exact', 'Is equal to'), ('not_exact', 'Is not equal to'), ('lt', 'Lesser than'), ('gt', 'Greater than'), ('gte', 'Greater than or equal to'), ('lte', 'Lesser than or equal to'), ('startswith', 'Starts with'), ('endswith', 'Ends with'), ('contains', 'Contains'), ('not_contains', 'Does not contain'), ] ``distinct`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A boolean value that specifies whether the Filter will use distinct on the queryset. This option can be used to eliminate duplicate results when using filters that span related models. Defaults to ``False``. ``exclude`` ~~~~~~~~~~~ A boolean value that specifies whether the Filter should use ``filter`` or ``exclude`` on the queryset. Defaults to ``False``. ``**kwargs`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any additional keyword arguments are stored as the ``extra`` parameter on the filter. They are provided to the accompanying form Field and can be used to provide arguments like ``choices``. ModelChoiceFilter and ModelMultipleChoiceFilter arguments --------------------------------------------------------- These arguments apply specifically to ModelChoiceFiler and ModelMultipleChoiceFilter only. ``queryset`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``ModelChoiceFilter`` and ``ModelMultipleChoiceFilter`` require a queryset to operate on which must be passed as a kwarg. Filters ------- ``CharFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This filter does simple character matches, used with ``CharField`` and ``TextField`` by default. ``UUIDFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This filter matches UUID values, used with ``models.UUIDField`` by default. ``BooleanFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This filter matches a boolean, either ``True`` or ``False``, used with ``BooleanField`` and ``NullBooleanField`` by default. ``ChoiceFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This filter matches an item of any type by choices, used with any field that has ``choices``. Requires ``choices`` ``kwarg`` to be passed if explicitly declared on the ``FilterSet``. For example:: class User(models.Model): username = models.CharField(max_length=255) first_name = SubCharField(max_length=100) last_name = SubSubCharField(max_length=100) status = models.IntegerField(choices=STATUS_CHOICES, default=0) STATUS_CHOICES = ( (0, 'Regular'), (1, 'Manager'), (2, 'Admin'), ) class F(FilterSet): status = ChoiceFilter(choices=STATUS_CHOICES) class Meta: model = User fields = ['status'] ``TypedChoiceFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The same as ``ChoiceFilter`` with the added possibility to convert value to match against. This could be done by using `coerce` parameter. An example use-case is limiting boolean choices to match against so only some predefined strings could be used as input of a boolean filter:: import django_filters from distutils.util import strtobool BOOLEAN_CHOICES = (('false', 'False'), ('true', 'True'),) class YourFilterSet(django_filters.FilterSet): ... flag = django_filters.TypedChoiceFilter(choices=BOOLEAN_CHOICES, coerce=strtobool) ``MultipleChoiceFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The same as ``ChoiceFilter`` except the user can select multiple choices and the filter will form the OR of these choices by default to match items. The filter will form the AND of the selected choices when the ``conjoined=True`` argument is passed to this class. Multiple choices are represented in the query string by reusing the same key with different values (e.g. ''?status=Regular&status=Admin''). Advanced Use: Depending on your application logic, when all or no choices are selected, filtering may be a noop. In this case you may wish to avoid the filtering overhead, particularly of the `distinct` call. Set `always_filter` to False after instantiation to enable the default `is_noop` test. Override `is_noop` if you require a different test for your application. ``DateFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matches on a date. Used with ``DateField`` by default. ``TimeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matches on a time. Used with ``TimeField`` by default. ``DateTimeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matches on a date and time. Used with ``DateTimeField`` by default. ``IsoDateTimeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uses ``IsoDateTimeField`` to support filtering on ISO 8601 formatted dates, as are often used in APIs, and are employed by default by Django REST Framework. Example. :: class F(FilterSet): """Filter for Books by date published, using ISO 8601 formatted dates""" published = IsoDateTimeFilter() class Meta: model = Book fields = ['published'] ``DurationFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matches on a duration. Used with ``DurationField`` by default. Supports both Django ('%d %H:%M:%S.%f') and ISO 8601 formatted durations (but only the sections that are accepted by Python's timedelta, so no year, month, and week designators, e.g. 'P3DT10H22M'). ``ModelChoiceFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Similar to a ``ChoiceFilter`` except it works with related models, used for ``ForeignKey`` by default. If automatically instantiated ``ModelChoiceFilter`` will use the default ``QuerySet`` for the related field. If manually instantiated you **must** provide the ``queryset`` kwarg. Example. :: class F(FilterSet): """Filter for books by author""" author = ModelChoiceFilter(queryset=Author.objects.all()) class Meta: model = Book fields = ['author'] ``ModelMultipleChoiceFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Similar to a ``MultipleChoiceFilter`` except it works with related models, used for ``ManyToManyField`` by default. As with ``ModelChoiceFilter``, if automatically instantiated ``ModelMultipleChoiceFilter`` will use the default ``QuerySet`` for the related field. If manually instantiated you **must** provide the ``queryset`` kwarg. ``NumberFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Filters based on a numerical value, used with ``IntegerField``, ``FloatField``, and ``DecimalField`` by default. ``NumericRangeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Filters where a value is between two numerical values, or greater than a minimum or less than a maximum where only one limit value is provided. This filter is designed to work with the Postgres Numerical Range Fields, including `IntegerRangeField`, `BigIntegerRangeField` and `FloatRangeField`, available since Django 1.8. The default widget used is the `RangeField`. RangeField lookup_exprs can be used, including `overlap`, `contains`, and `contained_by`. More lookups can be found in the Django docs (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#querying-range-fields). If the lower limit value is provided, the filter automatically defaults to `__startswith` as the lookup type and if only the upper limit value is provided, the filter uses `__endswith`. ``RangeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Filters where a value is between two numerical values, or greater than a minimum or less than a maximum where only one limit value is provided. :: class F(FilterSet): """Filter for Books by Price""" price = RangeFilter() class Meta: model = Book fields = ['price'] qs = Book.objects.all().order_by('title') # Range: Books between 5€ and 15€ f = F({'price_0': '5', 'price_1': '15'}, queryset=qs) # Min-Only: Books costing more the 11€ f = F({'price_0': '11'}, queryset=qs) # Max-Only: Books costing less than 19€ f = F({'price_1': '19'}, queryset=qs) ``DateRangeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Filter similar to the admin changelist date one, it has a number of common selections for working with date fields. ``DateFromToRangeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Similar to a ``RangeFilter`` except it uses dates instead of numerical values. It can be used with ``DateField``. It also works with ``DateTimeField``, but takes into consideration only the date. Example of using the ``DateField`` field:: class Comment(models.Model): date = models.DateField() time = models.TimeField() class F(FilterSet): date = DateFromToRangeFilter() class Meta: model = Comment fields = ['date'] # Range: Comments added between 2016-01-01 and 2016-02-01 f = F({'date_0': '2016-01-01', 'date_1': '2016-02-01'}) # Min-Only: Comments added after 2016-01-01 f = F({'date_0': '2016-01-01'}) # Max-Only: Comments added before 2016-02-01 f = F({'date_1': '2016-02-01'}) Example of using the ``DateTimeField`` field:: class Article(models.Model): published = models.DateTimeField() class F(FilterSet): published = DateFromToRangeFilter() class Meta: model = Article fields = ['published'] Article.objects.create(published='2016-01-01 8:00') Article.objects.create(published='2016-01-20 10:00') Article.objects.create(published='2016-02-10 12:00') # Range: Articles published between 2016-01-01 and 2016-02-01 f = F({'published_0': '2016-01-01', 'published_1': '2016-02-01'}) assert len(f.qs) == 2 # Min-Only: Articles published after 2016-01-01 f = F({'published_0': '2016-01-01'}) assert len(f.qs) == 3 # Max-Only: Articles published before 2016-02-01 f = F({'published_1': '2016-02-01'}) assert len(f.qs) == 2 ``DateTimeFromToRangeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Similar to a ``RangeFilter`` except it uses datetime format values instead of numerical values. It can be used with ``DateTimeField``. Example:: class Article(models.Model): published = models.DateTimeField() class F(FilterSet): published = DateTimeFromToRangeFilter() class Meta: model = Article fields = ['published'] Article.objects.create(published='2016-01-01 8:00') Article.objects.create(published='2016-01-01 9:30') Article.objects.create(published='2016-01-02 8:00') # Range: Articles published 2016-01-01 between 8:00 and 10:00 f = F({'published_0': '2016-01-01 8:00', 'published_1': '2016-01-01 10:00'}) assert len(f.qs) == 2 # Min-Only: Articles published after 2016-01-01 8:00 f = F({'published_0': '2016-01-01 8:00'}) assert len(f.qs) == 3 # Max-Only: Articles published before 2016-01-01 10:00 f = F({'published_1': '2016-01-01 10:00'}) assert len(f.qs) == 2 ``TimeRangeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Similar to a ``RangeFilter`` except it uses time format values instead of numerical values. It can be used with ``TimeField``. Example:: class Comment(models.Model): date = models.DateField() time = models.TimeField() class F(FilterSet): time = TimeRangeFilter() class Meta: model = Comment fields = ['time'] # Range: Comments added between 8:00 and 10:00 f = F({'time_0': '8:00', 'time_1': '10:00'}) # Min-Only: Comments added after 8:00 f = F({'time_0': '8:00'}) # Max-Only: Comments added before 10:00 f = F({'time_1': '10:00'}) ``AllValuesFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a ``ChoiceFilter`` whose choices are the current values in the database. So if in the DB for the given field you have values of 5, 7, and 9 each of those is present as an option. This is similar to the default behavior of the admin. ``AllValuesMultipleFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a ``MultipleChoiceFilter`` whose choices are the current values in the database. So if in the DB for the given field you have values of 5, 7, and 9 each of those is present as an option. This is similar to the default behavior of the admin. .. _base-in-filter: ``BaseInFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a base class used for creating IN lookup filters. It is expected that this filter class is used in conjunction with another filter class, as this class **only** validates that the incoming value is comma-separated. The secondary filter is then used to validate the individual values. Example. :: class NumberInFilter(BaseInFilter, NumericFilter): pass class F(FilterSet): id__in = NumberInFilter(name='id', lookup_expr='in') class Meta: model = User User.objects.create(username='alex') User.objects.create(username='jacob') User.objects.create(username='aaron') User.objects.create(username='carl') # In: User with IDs 1 and 3. f = F({'id__in': '1,3'}) assert len(f.qs) == 2 ``BaseRangeFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a base class used for creating RANGE lookup filters. It behaves identically to ``BaseInFilter`` with the exception that it expects only two comma-separated values. Example. :: class NumberRangeFilter(BaseInFilter, NumericFilter): pass class F(FilterSet): id__range = NumberRangeFilter(name='id', lookup_expr='range') class Meta: model = User User.objects.create(username='alex') User.objects.create(username='jacob') User.objects.create(username='aaron') User.objects.create(username='carl') # Range: User with IDs between 1 and 3. f = F({'id__range': '1,3'}) assert len(f.qs) == 3 ``MethodFilter`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a ``Filter`` that will allow you to run a method that exists on the filter set that this filter is a property of. Set the `action` to a string that will map to a method on the filter set class. `action` will default to ``filter_{value-of-name-attribute}`` Example. :: class F(FilterSet): """Filter for Books by if books are published or not""" published = MethodFilter() def filter_published(self, queryset, value): if value: return queryset.filter(published__isnull=False) return queryset class Meta: model = Book fields = ['published']