Question

How would I see if a value is in a QuerySet?

For example, if I have the following model:

class UserProfile(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True)
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)

How would I find out if the first_name ‘David’ is contained in a QuerySet? A way to do the following:

ld = UserProfile.objects.filter(...).values('first_name')
    >>> for object in ld:
    ...     if object['first_name'] =='David':
    ...             print True

Or if a particular user object is instead? Something like 'David' in QuerySet['first_name'] ? Thank you.

Answer 1

Simplest way is to use the get method of the manager:

try:
    foo = Foo.objects.get(foo_name='David')
except Foo.DoesNotExist:
    print 'Nope'
except Foo.MultipleObjectsReturned:
    print 'Filter is a better choice here'

The exists method is applicable also, if you don’t need to get the object:

if Foo.objects.filter(foo_color='green').exists():
    print 'Nice'

If you already have the object and want to determine if it is contained in a queryset:

foo = Foo.objects.get(foo_name='David')
qs = Foo.objects.filter(<criteria>)
if foo in qs:
    print 'Nice again'

If you want to use a value instead of an object:

value = 'David'
qs = Foo.objects.filter(<criteria>).values_list('foo_name',flat=True)
if value in qs:
    print 'Nice'