Update documentation on SearchFilter to include references to JSON and HStore Fields.

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matthaus woolard 2020-04-22 08:03:45 +12:00
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@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ This will allow the client to filter the items in the list by making queries suc
You can also perform a related lookup on a ForeignKey or ManyToManyField with the lookup API double-underscore notation:
search_fields = ['username', 'email', 'profile__profession']
For [JSONField][JSONField] and [HStoreField][HStoreField] fields you can filter based on nested values within the data structure using the same double-underscore notation:
search_fields = ['data__breed', 'data__owner__other_pets__0__name']
By default, searches will use case-insensitive partial matches. The search parameter may contain multiple search terms, which should be whitespace and/or comma separated. If multiple search terms are used then objects will be returned in the list only if all the provided terms are matched.
@ -360,3 +364,5 @@ The [djangorestframework-word-filter][django-rest-framework-word-search-filter]
[django-rest-framework-word-search-filter]: https://github.com/trollknurr/django-rest-framework-word-search-filter
[django-url-filter]: https://github.com/miki725/django-url-filter
[drf-url-filter]: https://github.com/manjitkumar/drf-url-filters
[HStoreField]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#hstorefield
[JSONField]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#jsonfield