drf-orderwcast 1.0.5

A Django REST Framework OrderingFilter like class that handles sort with casting

drf-orderwcast

OrderingFilter subclass that applies functions before sorting the declared fields.

Installing

1. pip install drf-orderwcast;

2. Add drf_orderwcast in INSTALLED_APPS of settings.py file.

Using

Use inplace of OrderingFilter in views. Needs to tell the functions in a dictionary of field name and database functions.

views.py

from django.db.models.functions import Lower

from drf_orderwcast import OrderingWCastFilter


class FooListView(generics.ListAPIView):
    queryset = Foo.objects.all()
    serializer_class = FooSerializer
    filter_backends = (OrderingWCastFilter,)
    ordering_fields = ['name', 'email']
    ordering_cast = {'name': Lower('name')}