Get Data
There are different methods to get data from a model into a QuerySet.
The values() Method
The values() method allows you to return each object as a Python dictionary, with the names and values as key/value pairs:
Example
views.py :
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
from .models import Member
def testing(request):
mydata = Member.objects.all().values()
template = loader.get_template('template.html')
context = {
'mymembers': mydata,
}
return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))Return Specific Columns
The values_list() method allows you to return only the columns that you specify.
Return only the firstname columns
views.py :
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
from .models import Member
def testing(request):
mydata = Member.objects.values_list('firstname')
template = loader.get_template('template.html')
context = {
'mymembers': mydata,
}
return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))Return Specific Rows
You can filter the search to only return specific rows/records, by using the filter() method.
Example
Return only the records where firstname is 'Emil'
views.py :
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
from .models import Member
def testing(request):
mydata = Member.objects.filter(firstname='Emil').values()
template = loader.get_template('template.html')
context = {
'mymembers': mydata,
}
return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))You will learn more about the filter() method in the next chapter .