Django: Generating a queryset from a GET request
- by Nimmy Lebby
I have a Django form setup using GET method. Each value corresponds to attributes of a Django model. What would be the most elegant way to generate the query? Currently this is what I do in the view:
def search_items(request):
if 'search_name' in request.GET:
query_attributes = {}
query_attributes['color'] = request.GET.get('color', '')
if not query_attributes['color']: del query_attributes['color']
query_attributes['shape'] = request.GET.get('shape', '')
if not query_attributes['shape']: del query_attributes['shape']
items = Items.objects.filter(**query_attributes)
But I'm pretty sure there's a better way to go about it.
