Make lecturers fiterable

accounts/filters.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from django.db.models import Q
+import django_filters
+from .models import User
+
+
+class LecturerFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
+    username = django_filters.CharFilter(lookup_expr="exact", label="")
+    name = django_filters.CharFilter(method="filter_by_name", label="")
+    email = django_filters.CharFilter(lookup_expr="icontains", label="")
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = User
+        fields = ["username", "email"]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Change html classes and placeholders
+        self.filters["username"].field.widget.attrs.update({"class": "au-input"})
+        self.filters["username"].field.widget.attrs.update({"placeholder": "ID No."})
+
+        self.filters["name"].field.widget.attrs.update({"class": "au-input"})
+        self.filters["name"].field.widget.attrs.update({"placeholder": "Name"})
+
+        self.filters["email"].field.widget.attrs.update({"class": "au-input"})
+        self.filters["email"].field.widget.attrs.update({"placeholder": "Email"})
+
+    def filter_by_name(self, queryset, name, value):
+        return queryset.filter(
+            Q(first_name__icontains=value) | Q(last_name__icontains=value)
+        )

accounts/views.py

@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ from django.views.generic import CreateView, ListView
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import PasswordChangeForm
+from django_filters.views import FilterView
 from core.models import Session, Semester
 from course.models import Course
 from result.models import TakenCourse
 from .decorators import admin_required
 from .forms import StaffAddForm, StudentAddForm, ProfileUpdateForm, ParentAddForm
 from .models import User, Student, Parent
+from .filters import LecturerFilter
 
 
 def validate_username(request):
@@ -259,7 +261,8 @@ def edit_staff(request, pk):
 
 
 @method_decorator([login_required, admin_required], name="dispatch")
-class LecturerListView(ListView):
+class LecturerListView(FilterView):
+    filterset_class = LecturerFilter
     queryset = User.objects.filter(is_lecturer=True)
     template_name = "accounts/lecturer_list.html"
     paginate_by = 10  # if pagination is desired

templates/accounts/lecturer_list.html

@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@
 
 <div class="content-center">
     <form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
-        <input class="au-input" type="text" name="id_no" placeholder="ID No." value="{{ request.GET.id_no }}"/>
-        <input class="au-input" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name" value="{{ request.GET.name }}"/>
-        <input class="au-input" type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email" value="{{ request.GET.email }}"/>
+        {{ filter.form }}
         <button class="btn btn-light" type="submit">
-            <i class="fas fa-search"></i> filter
+            <i class="fas fa-search"></i> Filter
         </button>
     </form>
 </div>
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@
             </tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
-            {% for lecturer in object_list %}
+            {% for lecturer in filter.qs %}
             <tr>
                 <td> {{ forloop.counter }}.</td>
                 <td>{{ lecturer.username }}</td>