How to implement paginations in function base views in django - django

Question

i know how to implement pagination in class base views using ListView
class ProductListView(ListView):
model = product
template_name = 'products/product_list.html'
context_object_name = 'products'
ordering = ['-pub_date']
paginate_by = 5
but i don't know how to implement paginations in function base views. i read that we have to import Paginator for django.core.paginator and use it in functions base view like this paginator = Paginator(qs, 5) but it's not working.
def Productlistview(request):
qs = product.objects.all()
location_search = request.GET.get('location')
print(location_search)
categories = request.GET.get('categories')
price = request.GET.get('price')
ordering = ['-pub_date']
paginator = Paginator(qs, 5)
if location_search != "" and location_search is not None:
qs = qs.filter(location__contains=location_search)
context = {
'posts': qs
}
return render(request, "products/product_list.html", context)

Answer 1

This is covered in the Pagination section of the documentation. You indeed use a paginator, but you still need to pass the page that you want to show. This is often done through a GET parameter, like for example page. Furthermore you should do the filtering and ordering before paginating.
def product_list_view(request):
qs = product.objects.all()
location_search = request.GET.get('location')
print(location_search)
categories = request.GET.get('categories')
price = request.GET.get('price')
if location_search:
qs = qs.filter(location__contains=location_search)
qs = qs.order_by('-pub_date')
paginator = Paginator(qs, 5)
page = p.page(request.GET.get('page'))
context = {
'posts': page
}
return render(request, "products/product_list.html", context)