QuerySet Raised: Related Field got invalid lookup: icontains - django

Question

Am learning Django and I used ForeignKey to link my models.
icontains work in field that are not ForeignKeys.
I want to filter the Items in my model to show me only fields that match the queryset.
But queryset raised: Related Field got invalid lookup: icontains
Please help. Below is My model and View
My Model
class Category(models.Model):
category = models.CharField(max_length=200, default='', blank=True, null=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.category
class StoreItems(models.Model):
item_name = models.CharField(max_length=200, default='', blank=True, null=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.item_name
class Supplier(models.Model):
supplier_name = models.CharField(max_length=200, default='', blank=True, null=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.supplier_name
class Unit(models.Model):
unit = models.CharField(max_length=200, default='', blank=True, null=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.unit
class Store(models.Model):
category = models.ForeignKey(Category, blank=True, null=True)
item_name = models.ForeignKey(StoreItems, blank=True, null=True)
quantity = models.IntegerField(default='', blank=True, null=False)
receive_amount = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
receive_by = models.CharField(max_length=120, default='', blank=True, null=False)
issue_amount = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
issue_by = models.CharField(max_length=120, default='', blank=True, null=True)
issue_to = models.CharField(max_length=120, default='', blank=True, null=True)
supplier_name = models.ForeignKey(Supplier, blank=True, null=True)
created_by = models.CharField(max_length=15, default='', blank=True, null=True)
unit = models.ForeignKey(Unit, blank=True, null=True)
reorder_level = models.IntegerField(default='0', blank=True, null=False)
export_to_CSV = models.BooleanField(default=False)
last_updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=False, auto_now=True)
My View
def store_list(request):
label = 'STORE'
title = 'Select the item you want to filter'
heading = 'SEARCH ITEMS'
if request.user.is_authenticated():
form = StoreSearchForm(request.POST or None)
context = {
"title": title,
"form": form,
"heading": heading,
}
if request.method == 'POST':
queryset = Store.objects.all().order_by('item_name').filter(category__icontains=form['category'].value(), item_name__icontains=form['item_name'].value())
context = {
"queryset": queryset,
"form": form,
}
return render(request, "store.html", context)

Answer 1

Yep, you can't directly use icontains on a foreign key but ...
Store.objects.all().order_by('item_name'
).filter(category__category__icontains=form['category'].value(), item_name__icontains=form['item_name'].value())
Your category model contains a field also called category. That can be accessed as category__category which means you can use a query such as the one given above.