django-admin-search 0.2.2

The "Django Admin Search" is a advanced search modal for django admin

Django Admin Search

this project implement a search modal in django admin to filter your queryset.

Obs: this project works only in django admin

Images:

Button in admin list:

Modal opened:

Install:

pip install django-admin-search

Usage:

1. Add to your INSTALLED_APPS, in settings.py:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [  
       ...
       'django_admin_search',
       ...
   ]
   

2. Create a search form for model:

   from .models import Area
   from django.forms import ModelForm, Form
   from django.forms import DateField, CharField, ChoiceField, TextInput
   
   
   class YourFormSearch(Form):
       name = CharField(required=False)
       date = DateField(required=False, widget=TextInput(
           attrs={ 
               'filter_method': '__gte',
           }
       ))
   

3. In your admin:

   from django_admin_search.admin import AdvacedSearchAdmin
   from .models import YourModel
   from .form import YourForm, YourFormSearch
   
   @register(YourModel)
   class YourAdmin(AdvacedSearchAdmin):
       form = YourForm
       search_form = YourFormSearch
   

Advanced:

1. to multiple filters in same field:

   class YourFormSearch(Form):
       ...
       name = CharField(required=False)
       begin = DateField(required=False, widget=TextInput(
           attrs={
               'filter_field': 'date', 
               'filter_method': '__gte',
           }
       ))
       end = DateField(required=False, widget=TextInput(
           attrs={
               'filter_field': 'date', 
               'filter_method': '__lte',
           }
       ))
   

2. add placeholder and mask

   class YourFormSearch(Form):
       ...
       date = DateField(required=False, widget=TextInput(
           attrs={
               'data-mask': "00/00/0000", 
               'placeholder': 'MM/DD/YYYY'
           }
       ))
   

3. Custom filter query for a field

   from django_admin_search.admin import AdvacedSearchAdmin
   from .models import YourModel
   from .form import YourForm, YourFormSearch
   
   @register(YourModel)
   class YourAdmin(AdvacedSearchAdmin):
       def search_FieldNameHere(request, field_value, param_values):
           """
               intercept query filter for description field
           """
           query = Q()
           # your Q logic here
           return query