Django filter() lookup type documentation

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RomaH picture RomaH · Jun 3, 2012 · Viewed 8.9k times · Source

I looked on Django's documentation and Googled every varation of the phrase but I cannot find any documentation that exactly describes the behaviour of lookuptypes.

app.objects.filter(column__lookuptype=criteria)

I have found documentation on which lookuptypes I can use but not what they do or how to use them. For example, I have no bloody clue what __gte does, but I cannot find good documentation on what it does either.

Is there documentation that I overlooked?

Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer

Tadeck picture Tadeck · Jun 3, 2012

They are called "field lookups" in Django. Field lookups have pretty comprehensive documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/querysets/#id4

These are pretty well documented:

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