Calling filter with a variable for field name

Question

Is there a way to call filter on a queryset where one of the fieldnames is a variable?

For example I have something like:

models.py

class Playlist(models.Model):     video = ... 

views.py

field_name = 'video' Playlist.objects.filter(field_name=v) 

Which of course results in an error that field_name is not an attribute upon which Playlist can be filtered.

Answer 1

Playlist.objects.filter(**{field_name: v})

Answer 2

To use field name string with icontains.

Try this

field_name = 'video' field_name_icontains = field_name + '__icontains' Playlist.objects.filter(**{field_name_icontains: v})