Filtering with DjangoFilterBackend
A snippet showing how to use DjangoFilterBackend in DRF.
# Install django-filter
pip install django-filter
# settings.py
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
"DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS": [
"django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend",
],
}
# views.py
from rest_framework import viewsets
from .models import Article
from .serializers import ArticleModelSerializer
class ArticleViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
queryset = Article.objects.all()
serializer_class = ArticleModelSerializer
filterset_fields = ["title", "created_at"]
Explanation:
- Enable filtering in Django REST Framework APIs using DjangoFilterBackend.
- Category Django REST Framework (DRF)
- Total Views 760
- Last Modified 01 June, 2026
- Tags #drf #filtering #django-filter #api
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