django-rest-framework-filters is an extension to Django REST framework_ and Django filter_ that makes it easy to filter across relationships. Historically, this extension also provided a number of additional features and fixes, however the number of features has shrunk as they are merged back into django-filter.

.. _Django REST framework: https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework .. _Django filter: https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter

Using django-rest-framework-filters, we can easily do stuff like::

/api/article?author__first_name__icontains=john
/api/article?is_published!=true

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Features

Easy filtering across relationships
Support for method filtering across relationships
Automatic filter negation with a simple param!=value syntax
Backend caching to increase performance

Requirements

Python: 2.7 or 3.3+
Django: 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11
DRF: 3.5, 3.6

Installation

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install djangorestframework-filters

Usage

Upgrading from django-filter to django-rest-framework-filters is straightforward:

Import from rest_framework_filters instead of from django_filters
Use the rest_framework_filters backend instead of the one provided by django_filter.

.. code-block:: python

# django-filter
from django_filters.rest_framework import FilterSet, filters

class ProductFilter(FilterSet):
    manufacturer = filters.ModelChoiceFilter(queryset=Manufacturer.objects.all())
    ...


# django-rest-framework-filters
import rest_framework_filters as filters

class ProductFilter(filters.FilterSet):
    manufacturer = filters.ModelChoiceFilter(queryset=Manufacturer.objects.all())
    ...

To use the django-rest-framework-filters backend, add the following to your settings:

.. code-block:: python

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
        'rest_framework_filters.backends.DjangoFilterBackend', ...
    ),
    ...

Once configured, you can continue to use all of the filters found in django-filter.

Filtering across relationships


You can easily traverse multiple relationships when filtering by using ``RelatedFilter``:

.. code-block:: python

    from rest_framework import viewsets
    import rest_framework_filters as filters


    class ManagerFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        class Meta:
            model = Manager
            fields = {'name': ['exact', 'in', 'startswith']}


    class DepartmentFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        manager = filters.RelatedFilter(ManagerFilter, name='manager', queryset=Manager.objects.all())

        class Meta:
            model = Department
            fields = {'name': ['exact', 'in', 'startswith']}


    class CompanyFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        department = filters.RelatedFilter(DepartmentFilter, name='department', queryset=Department.objects.all())

        class Meta:
            model = Company
            fields = {'name': ['exact', 'in', 'startswith']}


    # company viewset
    class CompanyView(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
        filter_class = CompanyFilter
        ...

Example filter calls:

.. code-block::

    /api/companies?department__name=Accounting
    /api/companies?department__manager__name__startswith=Bob

``queryset`` callables
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Since ``RelatedFilter`` is a subclass of ``ModelChoiceFilter``, the ``queryset`` argument supports callable behavior.
In the following example, the set of departments is restricted to those in the user's company.

.. code-block:: python

    def departments(request):
        company = request.user.company
        return company.department_set.all()

    class EmployeeFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        department = filters.RelatedFilter(filterset=DepartmentFilter, queryset=departments)
        ...

Recursive relationships
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Recursive relations are also supported. It may be necessary to specify the full module path.

.. code-block:: python

    class PersonFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        name = filters.AllLookupsFilter(name='name')
        best_friend = filters.RelatedFilter('people.views.PersonFilter', name='best_friend', queryset=Person.objects.all())

        class Meta:
            model = Person

Supporting ``Filter.method``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

``django_filters.MethodFilter`` has been deprecated and reimplemented as the ``method`` argument
to all filter classes. It incorporates some of the implementation details of the old
``rest_framework_filters.MethodFilter``, but requires less boilerplate and is simpler to write.

* It is no longer necessary to perform empty/null value checking.
* You may use any filter class (``CharFilter``, ``BooleanFilter``, etc...) which will
  validate input values for you.
* The argument signature has changed from ``(name, qs, value)`` to ``(qs, name, value)``.

.. code-block:: python

    class PostFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        # Note the use of BooleanFilter, the original model field's name, and the method argument.
        is_published = filters.BooleanFilter(name='date_published', method='filter_is_published')

        class Meta:
            model = Post
            fields = ['title', 'content']

        def filter_is_published(self, qs, name, value):
            """
            `is_published` is based on the `date_published` model field.
            If the publishing date is null, then the post is not published.
            """
            # incoming value is normalized as a boolean by BooleanFilter
            isnull = not value
            lookup_expr = LOOKUP_SEP.join([name, 'isnull'])

            return qs.filter(**{lookup_expr: isnull})

    class AuthorFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        posts = filters.RelatedFilter('PostFilter', queryset=Post.objects.all())

        class Meta:
            model = Author
            fields = ['name']

The above would enable the following filter calls:

.. code-block::

    /api/posts?is_published=true
    /api/authors?posts__is_published=true


In the first API call, the filter method receives a queryset of posts. In the second,
it receives a queryset of users. The filter method in the example modifies the lookup
name to work across the relationship, allowing you to find published posts, or authors
who have published posts.

Automatic Filter Negation/Exclusion

FilterSets support automatic exclusion using a simple param!=value syntax. This syntax internally sets the exclude property on the filter.

.. code-block::

/api/page?title!=The%20Park

This syntax supports regular filtering combined with exclusion filtering. For example, the following would search for all articles containing "Hello" in the title, while excluding those containing "World".

.. code-block::

/api/articles?title__contains=Hello&title__contains!=World

Note that most filters only accept a single query parameter. In the above, title__contains and title__contains! are interpreted as two separate query parameters. The following would probably be invalid, although it depends on the specifics of the individual filter class:

.. code-block::

/api/articles?title__contains=Hello&title__contains!=World&title_contains!=Friend

Allowing any lookup type on a field


If you need to enable several lookups for a field, django-filter provides the dict-syntax for
``Meta.fields``.

.. code-block:: python

    class ProductFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        class Meta:
            model = Product
            fields = {
                'price': ['exact', 'lt', 'gt', ...],
            }

``django-rest-framework-filters`` also allows you to enable all possible lookups for any field.
This can be achieved through the use of ``AllLookupsFilter`` or using the ``'__all__'`` value in
the ``Meta.fields`` dict-style syntax. Generated filters (``Meta.fields``, ``AllLookupsFilter``)
will never override your declared filters.

Note that using all lookups comes with the same admonitions as enabling ``'__all__'`` fields in
django forms (`docs`_). Exposing all lookups may allow users to construct queries that
inadvertently leak data. Use this feature responsibly.

.. _`docs`: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/forms/modelforms/#selecting-the-fields-to-use

.. code-block:: python

    class ProductFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        # Not overridden by `__all__`
        price__gt = filters.NumberFilter(name='price', lookup_expr='gt', label='Minimum price')

        class Meta:
            model = Product
            fields = {
                'price': '__all__',
            }

    # or

    class ProductFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        price = filters.AllLookupsFilter()

        # Not overridden by `AllLookupsFilter`
        price__gt = filters.NumberFilter(name='price', lookup_expr='gt', label='Minimum price')

        class Meta:
            model = Product

You cannot combine ``AllLookupsFilter`` with ``RelatedFilter`` as the filter names would clash.

.. code-block:: python

    class ProductFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        manufacturer = filters.RelatedFilter('ManufacturerFilter', queryset=Manufacturer.objects.all())
        manufacturer = filters.AllLookupsFilter()

To work around this, you have the following options:

.. code-block:: python

    class ProductFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        manufacturer = filters.RelatedFilter('ManufacturerFilter', queryset=Manufacturer.objects.all())

        class Meta:
            model = Product
            fields = {
                'manufacturer': '__all__',
            }

    # or

    class ProductFilter(filters.FilterSet):
        manufacturer = filters.RelatedFilter('ManufacturerFilter', queryset=Manufacturer.objects.all(), lookups='__all__')  # `lookups` also accepts a list

        class Meta:
            model = Product


Can I mix and match ``django-filter`` and ``django-rest-framework-filters``?

Yes you can. django-rest-framework-filters is simply an extension of django-filter. Note that RelatedFilter and other django-rest-framework-filters features are designed to work with rest_framework_filters.FilterSet and will not function on a django_filters.FilterSet. However, the target RelatedFilter.filterset may point to a FilterSet from either package, and both FilterSet implementations are compatible with the other's DRF backend.

.. code-block:: python

# valid
class VanillaFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
    ...

class DRFFilter(rest_framework_filters.FilterSet):
    vanilla = rest_framework_filters.RelatedFilter(filterset=VanillaFilter, queryset=...)


# invalid
class DRFFilter(rest_framework_filters.FilterSet):
    ...

class VanillaFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
    drf = rest_framework_filters.RelatedFilter(filterset=DRFFilter, queryset=...)

Caveats & Limitations


``MultiWidget`` is incompatible
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

djangorestframework-filters is not compatible with form widgets that parse query names that differ from the filter's
attribute name. Although this only practically applies to ``MultiWidget``, it is a general limitation that affects
custom widgets that also have this behavior. Affected filters include ``RangeFilter``, ``DateTimeFromToRangeFilter``,
``DateFromToRangeFilter``, ``TimeRangeFilter``, and ``NumericRangeFilter``.

To demonstrate the incompatiblity, take the following filterset:

.. code-block:: python

    class PostFilter(FilterSet):
        publish_date = filters.DateFromToRangeFilter()

The above filter allows users to perform a ``range`` query on the publication date. The filter class internally uses
``MultiWidget`` to separately parse the upper and lower bound values. The incompatibility lies in that ``MultiWidget``
appends an index to its inner widget names. Instead of parsing ``publish_date``, it expects ``publish_date_0`` and
``publish_date_1``. It is possible to fix this by including the attribute name in the querystring, although this is
not recommended.

.. code-block::

    ?publish_date_0=2016-01-01&publish_date_1=2016-02-01&publish_date=

``MultiWidget`` is also discouraged since:

* ``core-api`` field introspection fails for similar reasons
* ``_0`` and ``_1`` are less API-friendly than ``_min`` and ``_max``

The recommended solutions are to either:

* Create separate filters for each of the sub-widgets (such as ``publish_date_min`` and ``publish_date_max``).
* Use a CSV-based filter such as those derived from ``BaseCSVFilter``/``BaseInFilter``/``BaseRangeFilter``. eg,

.. code-block::

    ?publish_date__range=2016-01-01,2016-02-01


Migrating to 1.0
----------------

``RelatedFilter.queryset`` now required

The related filterset's model is no longer used to provide the default value for RelatedFilter.queryset. This change reduces the chance of unintentionally exposing data in the rendered filter forms. You must now explicitly provide the queryset argument, or override the get_queryset() method (see queryset callables_).

get_filters() renamed to expand_filters()


django-filter has add a ``get_filters()`` classmethod to it's API, so this method has been renamed.


Publishing
----------

.. code-block:: bash

    $ pip install -U twine setuptools wheel
    $ rm -rf dist/ build/
    $ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
    $ twine upload dist/*


License
-------
Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Philip Neustrom <philipn@gmail.com>,
2016-2017 Ryan P Kilby <rpkilby@ncsu.edu>

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