Filter Django Queryset: ValueError - django

Question

After using HttpResponseRedirect and reverse to redirect to another view, I am getting a ValueError. This is the view that processes a posted form (the form uses a ModelChoiceField to get a dropdown set of options from my Make model:
def browse(request):
thing_list = Thing.objects.all()
if request.method == 'POST':
form = BrowseForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
make = form.cleaned_data['make']
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('browse_makes', kwargs={'make':make}))
else:
form = BrowseForm()
return render(request, 'browse.html', {'form':form, 'thing_list':thing_list})
.. then redirects to next view adding make as a kwarg to use to filter the next queryset:
def makes(request, make):
thing_list = Thing.objects.filter(make=make)
return render(request, 'browse-makes.html', {'thing_list':thing_list})
urls:
url(r'^browse/$', 'myapp.views.browse.browse', name='browse'),
url(r'^browse/(?P<make>[\w-]+)/$', 'myapp.views.browse.makes', name='browse_makes'),
Results in ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'Samsung' when selecting an option from the form. After googling, still not sure how to solve this.. Thanks for any ideas how to solve this error!
EDIT:
abbreviated model:
class Thing(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
created_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
updated_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
slug = models.SlugField()
make = models.ForeignKey(Make)
Traceback:
Traceback: File "/lib/python2.7/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
111. response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) File "/myproject/myapp/views/browse.py" in makes
21. thing_list = Thing.objects.filter(make=make) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/manager.py" in filter
143. return self.get_query_set().filter(*args, **kwargs) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/query.py" in filter
624. return self._filter_or_exclude(False, *args, **kwargs) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/query.py" in _filter_or_exclude
642. clone.query.add_q(Q(*args, **kwargs)) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/sql/query.py" in add_q
1250. can_reuse=used_aliases, force_having=force_having) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/sql/query.py" in add_filter
1185. connector) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/sql/where.py" in add
69. value = obj.prepare(lookup_type, value) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/sql/where.py" in prepare
320. return self.field.get_prep_lookup(lookup_type, value) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/fields/related.py" in get_prep_lookup
137. return self._pk_trace(value, 'get_prep_lookup', lookup_type) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/fields/related.py" in _pk_trace
210. v = getattr(field, prep_func)(lookup_type, v, **kwargs) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py" in get_prep_lookup
310. return self.get_prep_value(value) File "/lib/python2.7/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py" in get_prep_value
537. return int(value)
Exception Type: ValueError at /browse/Samsung/ Exception Value: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'Samsung'

Answer 1

If you post your Make model, I can give a complete answer. But in general you are referencing the make foreign key directly - which is an int (the Make ID). You are comparing this int to the string 'samsung' at make=make causing the error.
Depending on what string fields your Make model has, you need to reference one of those fields. For instance, if Make had a name field that accepted strings:
thing_list = Thing.objects.filter(make__name=make)
Otherwise, you need to pass the make ID instead of 'samsung'