Natural queries using objects and operators for Django.
Supported Django versions: 1.8rc1 and above
Warning
This project is currently not production ready and uses the RC1 version of Django 1.8. This will hopefully land on Django 2.0.
The Django query syntax is unnecessarily complicated and unpythonic. It uses underscores in order to specify operators.
If you are unfamiliar with the way Django works this syntax increases the steepness of the learning curve. Even if you are familiar with Django query syntax, the syntax still is still a bit harder to understand and analyze.
This project allows you to write queries in a simpler way by using the normal python operators like ==, > and <.
For this quickstart we'll use the User model provided by the Django auth module.
When you want to create a query that filters all users by their first name and last name you write:
User.objects.filter(first_name='Foo', last_name='Bar')Or if you want to be a bit more explicit you can use Q objects:
User.objects.filter(Q(first_name='Foo') & Q(last_name='Bar'))Using natural queries you can simply type:
User.objects.filter((User.first_name == 'Foo') & (User.last_name == 'Bar'))These expressions evaluate to Q objects which in their turn are being used by Django.