Django admin inline: select_related

Question

Using Django 1.8 on Python 3.4.1 with models:

class Product(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    # some more fields here

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Answer 1

You will find this approach very useful:

project/admin.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.admin.options import BaseModelAdmin
from django.db.models.constants import LOOKUP_SEP


class AdminBaseWithSelectRelated(BaseModelAdmin):
    """
    Admin Base using list_select_related for get_queryset related fields
    """
    list_select_related = []

    def get_queryset(self, request):
        return super(AdminBaseWithSelectRelated, self).get_queryset(request).select_related(*self.list_select_related)

    def form_apply_select_related(self, form):
        for related_field in self.list_select_related:
            splitted = related_field.split(LOOKUP_SEP)

            if len(splitted) > 1:
                field = splitted[0]
                related = LOOKUP_SEP.join(splitted[1:])
                form.base_fields[field].queryset = form.base_fields[field].queryset.select_related(related)


class AdminInlineWithSelectRelated(admin.TabularInline, AdminBaseWithSelectRelated):
    """
    Admin Inline using list_select_related for get_queryset and get_formset related fields
    """

    def get_formset(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
        formset = super(AdminInlineWithSelectRelated, self).get_formset(request, obj, **kwargs)

        self.form_apply_select_related(formset.form)

        return formset


class AdminWithSelectRelated(admin.ModelAdmin, AdminBaseWithSelectRelated):
    """
    Admin using list_select_related for get_queryset and get_form related fields
    """

    def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
        form = super(AdminWithSelectRelated, self).get_form(request, obj, **kwargs)

        self.form_apply_select_related(form)

        return form


class FilterWithSelectRelated(admin.RelatedFieldListFilter):
    list_select_related = []

    def field_choices(self, field, request, model_admin):
        return [
            (getattr(x, field.remote_field.get_related_field().attname), str(x))
            for x in self.get_queryset(field)
        ]

    def get_queryset(self, field):
        return field.remote_field.model._default_manager.select_related(*self.list_select_related)

app/admin.py

from django.contrib import admin

from project.admin import AdminWithSelectRelated, AdminInlineWithSelectRelated, FilterWithSelectRelated
from .models import FormaPago, Comprobante, ItemServicio, ItemBazar


class ItemServicioInlineAdmin(AdminInlineWithSelectRelated):
    model = ItemServicio

    list_select_related = (
        'alumno_servicio__alumno__estudiante__profile',
        'alumno_servicio__servicio__grado',
        'comprobante__forma_pago',
    )


class ItemBazarInlineAdmin(AdminInlineWithSelectRelated):
    model = ItemBazar

    list_select_related = (
        'alumno_item__alumno__estudiante__profile',
        'alumno_item__item__anio_lectivo',
        'comprobante__forma_pago',
    )


class ComprobanteAdmin(AdminWithSelectRelated):
    list_display = ('__str__', 'total', 'estado', 'fecha_generado', 'forma_pago', 'tipo', )
    list_filter = ('estado', 'forma_pago', )

    list_select_related = ('forma_pago', )
    inlines = (ItemServicioInlineAdmin, ItemBazarInlineAdmin, )


class AlumnoFilter(FilterWithSelectRelated):
    list_select_related = ('estudiante__profile', )


class ItemServicioAdmin(AdminWithSelectRelated):
    list_display = ('nombre', 'alumno', 'monto_pagado', 'comprobante', )
    list_filter = (
        'alumno_servicio__alumno__seccion__grado',
        ('alumno_servicio__alumno', AlumnoFilter),
    )

    list_select_related = (
        'comprobante__forma_pago',
        'alumno_servicio__alumno__estudiante__profile',
        'alumno_servicio__alumno__seccion__grado',
        'alumno_servicio__servicio__grado',
    )


class ItemBazarAdmin(AdminWithSelectRelated):
    list_display = ('nombre', 'alumno', 'monto_pagado', 'comprobante', )
    list_filter = (
        'alumno_item__alumno__seccion__grado',
        ('alumno_item__alumno', AlumnoFilter),
    )

    list_select_related = (
        'comprobante__forma_pago',
        'alumno_item__alumno__estudiante__profile',
        'alumno_item__alumno__seccion__grado',
        'alumno_item__item__anio_lectivo',
    )


admin.site.register(FormaPago)
admin.site.register(Comprobante, ComprobanteAdmin)
admin.site.register(ItemServicio, ItemServicioAdmin)
admin.site.register(ItemBazar, ItemBazarAdmin)

All I have to do is define the select_related fields, and the Custom AdminWithSelectRelated, AdminInlineWithSelectRelated, and FilterWithSelectRelated make use of them for Changelists, Changeforms, and even inline Formsets.

Works like a charm.