Setting Django request filters at runtime

Question

How to specify an arbitrary Django request filter at runtime?

Usually one uses such filters ...

query_set = MyModel.objects.filter(name__iexact='foobar')

But what if I have a query filter specifier contained in a string?

query_specifier = "name_iexact='foobar'"
query_set = MyModel.objects.filter(query_specifier) # <-- This doesn't work; How can I do this?

+3

Chris W. May 05 '11 at 19:58

1 answer

Dan breen · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-05T20:04:37+0000

query_specifier = {
    'name__iexact': 'foobar'
}
query_set = MyModel.objects.filter(**query_specifier)