Tastypie filtering with multiple values

Question

I had a simple question on filtering in tastypie.

I want to filter with multiple values. For example:

/api/v1/message/?accountId=1,5,12

Answer 1

You'll have to build and apply a filter. Here's a small snippet, it's better to build the filter in build_filters, then apply it in apply_filters, but you'll get the idea

class Foo(ModelResource):

    # regular stuff goes here...

    def apply_filters(self, request, applicable_filters):
        base_object_list = super(Foo, self).apply_filters(request, applicable_filters)
        query = request.GET.get('query', None)
        ids = request.GET.get('ids', None)
        filters = {}
        if ids:
            ids = ids.replace('+', ' ').split(' ')
            filters.update(dict(id__in=ids))
        if query:
            qset = (
                Q(title__icontains=query, **filters) |
                Q(description__icontains=query, **filters)
            )
            base_object_list = base_object_list.filter(qset).distinct()
        return base_object_list.filter(**filters).distinct()