Documentation

Documentation is available on Read the Docs.

Make sure to read FAQ.

Prerequisites

• Django 2.2, 3.1 and 3.2.

• Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9.

• Elasticsearch 6.x, 7.x. For older versions use django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf version 0.18.

Main features and highlights

• Dynamic serializer for Documents.

• Search filter backend.

• Ordering filter backend.

• Filtering filter backend (big variety of native- and functional- query lookups, such as gt, gte, lt, lte, endswith, contains, wildcard, exists, exclude, isnull, range, in, prefix (same as startswith), term and terms is implemented.

• Geo-spatial filtering filter backend (the following filters implemented: geo_distance, geo_polygon and geo_bounding_box).

• Geo-spatial ordering filter backend (the following filters implemented: geo_distance).

• Faceted search filter backend.

• Post-filter filter backend.

• Nested filtering filter backend.

• Highlight backend.

• Suggester filter backend.

• Functional suggester filter backend.

• Pagination (Page number and limit/offset pagination).

• Ids filter backend.

• Multi match search filter backend.

• Simple search query filter backend.

• More-like-this support (detail action).

• Global aggregations support.

• Source filter backend.

Do you need a similar tool for GraphQL? Check graphene-elastic.

Demos

docker-compose up

Installation

1. Install latest stable version from PyPI:

   pip install django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf

   or latest stable version from GitHub:

   pip install https://github.com/barseghyanartur/django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf/archive/stable.tar.gz

2. Add rest_framework, django_elasticsearch_dsl and django_elasticsearch_dsl_drf to INSTALLED_APPS:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
       # ...
       # REST framework
       'rest_framework',
   
       # Django Elasticsearch integration
       'django_elasticsearch_dsl',
   
       # Django REST framework Elasticsearch integration (this package)
       'django_elasticsearch_dsl_drf',
       # ...
   )

Quick start

Perhaps the easiest way to get acquainted with django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf is to read the quick start tutorial.

See it as a guide of diving into integration of Elasticsearch with Django with very low knowledge entry level.

Testing

Project is covered with tests.

To test with all supported Python/Django versions type:

tox

To test against specific environment, type:

tox -e py38-django30

To test just your working environment type:

./runtests.py

To run a single test in your working environment type:

./runtests.py src/django_elasticsearch_dsl_drf/tests/test_filtering.py

Or:

./manage.py test django_elasticsearch_dsl_drf_alt.tests.test_ordering

To run a single test class in a given test module in your working environment type:

./runtests.py src/django_elasticsearch_dsl_drf/tests/test_suggesters.py::TestSuggesters

It’s assumed that you have all the requirements installed. If not, first install the test requirements:

pip install -r examples/requirements/test.txt

Writing documentation

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License

GPL-2.0-only OR LGPL-2.1-or-later

Support

For any issues contact me at the e-mail given in the Author section.

Author

Anjali K <anjallikdas@gmail.com>