django rest framework filter

Question

I'm working with API made from Django rest framework, I am trying to make a filter to a JSON This is my serializers.py file

from rest_framework import serializers
from .models import Establecimiento,Categoria,Ciudad,Zona
import django_filters

class EstablecimientoSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Establecimiento
        depth = 1

        fields =  ('nombre',
                   'ciudad',
                   'categoria',
                   'direccion',
                   'telefono',
                   'precioMinimo',
                   'precioMaximo',)

and this my views.py file

from rest_framework import viewsets
from .serializers import EstablecimientoSerializer, CategoriaSerializer
from models import *
from rest_framework import filters
from rest_framework import generics

class EstablecimientoViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = Establecimiento.objects.all()
    serializer_class = EstablecimientoSerializer
    filter_fields = ('categoria',)

Then in the EstablecimientoViewSet class, I put a filter_fields = ('categoria',) to filter the url's API with the category field

If I add the filter to the query parameters, the result set does not change, it shows all data unfiltered.

...establecimiento?establecimiento=bar

How can I make this filter about this model?

Answer 1

You need to define filter backend and all related fields you're planning to filter on:

class EstablecimientoViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
    filter_fields = ('categoria', 'categoria__titulo',)

example:

URL?categoria__titulo=Categoria 1

Answer 2

For me, it works when I put the comma at the end of my filter_fields.

eg.

filter_fields = ('distribuidor',)

Answer 3

it's also possible to supply your own Filter class, which may give you more options and flexibility

import sys, django_filters, json, io

class TaskFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
    tag  = django_filters.CharFilter(name='tags__name', lookup_type='iexact')
    university = django_filters.NumberFilter(name='poster__university', lookup_type='exact')

    class Meta:
        model = Task
        fields = {
            'poster': ['exact'],
            'tasker': ['exact'],
            'status': ['exact'],
            'created': ['lt', 'gt']
        }

In this example I got filters

1. poster = 1
2. tasker = 115
3. status = O

4. created__lt=2015-09-22 17:39:01.184681 (so I can filter datetime by values LESS THEN)

5. created__gt=2015-09-22 17:39:01.184681 (or GREATER THAN provided value)

Also I can hide foreign fields with custom filter fields, in this case it's tag & university. Plus I can provide comparison operator (lookup_type)

Sample request:

GET /api/v1/tasks/?offset=0&status=O&limit=100&university=1&ordering=-created&created__lt=2015-09-22 17:39:01.184681&tag=sport HTTP/1.1
Host: domain.com
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: token 61cbd3c7c2656d4e24edb31f5923a86910c67b7c
User-Timezone: US/Pacific
Cache-Control: no-cache