Question

I tried to add search fields in Django using python. Followings are the codes that I have used.

# admin.py file

from django.db import models
from blog.models import Blog
from django.contrib import admin
admin.site.register(Blog)

class Blog(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    body = models.TextField()
    created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")
    updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.title

class Comment(models.Model):
    body = models.TextField()
    author = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")
    updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")
    post = models.ForeignKey(Blog)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.body

class CommentInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = Comment


class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('title','created', 'updated')
    search_fields = ['title','body']
    list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated')
    inlines = [CommentInline]

class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('post','author','body_first_60','created','updated')
    list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated')

I tried to add a search_fields for title and body by using Following code.

class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    . . .
    search_fields = ('title','body')
    . . .

When I run this I can’t see any search box. Why is that ? I want your help. I’m just a beginner.
Thanks!

Answer 1

The search fields should be a list, not a tuple.

class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    . . .
    search_fields = ['title','body']
    . . . 

Then make sure that you associate this admin object with the model.

admin.site.register(Blog, BlogAdmin)

EDIT:

It’s hard to tell from above, but you should consider just importing the models from models.py instead of redefining them in your admin.py file. Again, it looks like that’s what you’re doing above.

admin.py:

from django.db import models
from blog.models import Blog
from django.contrib import admin

class CommentInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = Comment

class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('title','created','updated',)
    search_fields = ['title','body',]
    list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated',)
    inlines = [CommentInline,]

class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('post','author','body_first_60','created','updated',)
    list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated',)

admin.site.register(Blog, BlogAdmin)

models.py

from django.db import models

class Blog(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    body = models.TextField()
    created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")
    updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.title

class Comment(models.Model):
    body = models.TextField()
    author = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")
    updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")
    post = models.ForeignKey(Blog)

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.body