""" 19. OR lookups To perform an OR lookup, or a lookup that combines ANDs and ORs, combine QuerySet objects using & and | operators. Alternatively, use positional arguments, and pass one or more expressions of clauses using the variable ``django.db.models.Q`` (or any object with a get_sql method). """ from django.db import models class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(maxlength=50) pub_date = models.DateTimeField() class Meta: ordering = ('pub_date',) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ >>> from datetime import datetime >>> from django.db.models import Q >>> a1 = Article(headline='Hello', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 27)) >>> a1.save() >>> a2 = Article(headline='Goodbye', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 28)) >>> a2.save() >>> a3 = Article(headline='Hello and goodbye', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 29)) >>> a3.save() >>> Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Hello') | Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Goodbye') [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') | Q(headline__startswith='Goodbye')) [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') & Q(headline__startswith='Goodbye')) [] # You can shorten this syntax with code like the following, # which is especially useful if building the query in stages: >>> articles = Article.objects.all() >>> articles.filter(headline__startswith='Hello') & articles.filter(headline__startswith='Goodbye') [] >>> articles.filter(headline__startswith='Hello') & articles.filter(headline__contains='bye') [Hello and goodbye] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__contains='bye'), headline__startswith='Hello') [Hello and goodbye] >>> Article.objects.filter(headline__contains='Hello') | Article.objects.filter(headline__contains='bye') [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] >>> Article.objects.filter(headline__iexact='Hello') | Article.objects.filter(headline__contains='ood') [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2)) [Hello, Goodbye] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2) | Q(pk=3)) [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] # Q arg objects are ANDed >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello'), Q(headline__contains='bye')) [Hello and goodbye] # Q arg AND order is irrelevant >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__contains='bye'), headline__startswith='Hello') [Hello and goodbye] # Try some arg queries with operations other than get_list >>> Article.objects.get(Q(headline__startswith='Hello'), Q(headline__contains='bye')) Hello and goodbye >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') | Q(headline__contains='bye')).count() 3 >>> list(Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello'), Q(headline__contains='bye')).values()) [{'headline': 'Hello and goodbye', 'pub_date': datetime.datetime(2005, 11, 29, 0, 0), 'id': 3}] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello')).in_bulk([1,2]) {1: Hello} # Demonstrating exclude with a Q object >>> Article.objects.exclude(Q(headline__startswith='Hello')) [Goodbye] # The 'complex_filter' method supports framework features such as # 'limit_choices_to' which normally take a single dictionary of lookup arguments # but need to support arbitrary queries via Q objects too. >>> Article.objects.complex_filter({'pk': 1}) [Hello] >>> Article.objects.complex_filter(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2)) [Hello, Goodbye] """