django Multiple object mixins with get method - django

Question

May be someone know, can i use Multiple object mixins with get method in my view? I understand that i need to specify queryset. But can i do this from method?
class Search(MultipleObjectMixin, View):
paginate_by = 2
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
name = request.GET.get('name')
products = Product.objects.filter(name__contains=name)
self.queryset = products
category = Category.objects.all()
return render(request, 'search_results.html', {'main_list': products,
'category_list': category, 'name': name,
'matches': len(products)})

Answer 1

A better solution to what you are trying to accomplish is going to be to use a TemplateView or a ListView you are effectively not even using the MultipleObjectMixin in your example.
Here is an example with just a TemplateView without paging
class SearchView(TemplateView):
template_name = 'search_results.thml'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(SearchView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
name = self.request.GET.get('name', '')
products = Product.objects.filter(name__contains=name)
context['main_list'] = products
context['category_list'] = Category.objects.all()
context['name'] = name
context['matches'] = products.count()
return context
Here is an example with a ListView, which I recommend since it uses the MultipleObjectMixin with it, but saves you some work.
class SearchView(ListView):
template_name = 'search_results.html'
model = Product
context_object_name = 'main_list'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(SearchView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['category_list'] = Category.objects.all()
context['name'] = self.request.GET.get('name', '')
context['matches'] = self.get_queryset().count()
return context
def get_queryset(self):
qs = super(SearchView, self).get_queryset()
name = self.request.GET.get('name', '')
return qs.filter(name__contains=name)
You can even go a step further and create a CategoryMixin so you can inherit it in other views so you just add it in to get a list of categories
class CategoryMixin(object):
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context['category_list'] = Category.objects.all()
return context
class SearchView(CategoryMixin, ListView):
template_name = 'search_results.html'
model = Product
context_object_name = 'main_list'
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(SearchView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['name'] = self.request.GET.get('name', '')
context['matches'] = self.get_queryset().count()
return context
def get_queryset(self):
qs = super(SearchView, self).get_queryset()
name = self.request.GET.get('name', '')
return qs.filter(name__contains=name)