Database tables viewing and filtering app in Django

Question

Up to this point I was using django's admin app as a base.

It seemed great at first but when I got to the point that I want to present the data from tables and enable user to search and filter columns I noted that the 'admin' app was really not meant to be used in such context.

Is if there is a better base that I could use?

I searched django packages repository but could not find any app devoted to the above problem specifically.

edit: I am looking not only for 'ready to use packages', if there are some open source projects that have the functionality I need I can fork the part of the code and possibly share the resulting app.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '17 at 08:18

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Django admin app has huge amount of possibilities for searching and filtering. Seriously, take a good look on official documentation on admin interface customisation.

If it is not enough — you can make your own app which will do exactly what you want. But I doubt if you'll find in packages repository something you can just add to your apps section in settings.py.

answered Jan 13 '17 at 08:18

Ihor Pomaranskyy

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thanks for quick reply, I think I will go with creating an app for the functionality I need. With that said it would be a lot easier if there would be some project which I could use as a base. – Raff89 Jan 13 '17 at 11:58
@Raff89 I believe it shouldn't be too hard to implement it from scratch. – Ihor Pomaranskyy Jan 13 '17 at 13:18
@Raff89 actually, it's nice task to dive in Django with. – Ihor Pomaranskyy Jan 13 '17 at 13:18
I will do just that. thanks for constructive responses. – Raff89 Jan 16 '17 at 10:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '17 at 11:26

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You are correct that the Django admin app is not really meant to be used by end-users who are not developers. One package that might help you is django-filter. It's not a drop-in replacement for the Django admin, but it is a great help when you need to do filtering.

answered Jan 13 '17 at 11:26

voodoo-burger

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thanks for quick reply, I will definitely check that package – Raff89 Jan 13 '17 at 11:58

Database tables viewing and filtering app in Django

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