How to add Search_fields in Django

Question

I tried to add search fields in Django using python. Followings are the codes that I have used.

# admin.py file  from django.db import models from blog.models import Blog from django.contrib import admin admin.site.register(Blog)  class Blog(models.Model):     title = models.CharField(max_length=60)     body = models.TextField()     created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")     updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")     def __unicode__(self):         return self.title  class Comment(models.Model):     body = models.TextField()     author = models.CharField(max_length=60)     created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")     updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")     post = models.ForeignKey(Blog)     def __unicode__(self):         return self.body  class CommentInline(admin.TabularInline):     model = Comment   class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):     list_display = ('title','created', 'updated')     search_fields = ['title','body']     list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated')     inlines = [CommentInline]  class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):     list_display = ('post','author','body_first_60','created','updated')     list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated') 

I tried to add a search_fields for title and body by using Following code.

class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):     . . .     search_fields = ('title','body')     . . . 

When I run this I can't see any search box. Why is that ? I want your help. I'm just a beginner. Thanks!

Answer 1

The search fields should be a list, not a tuple.

class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):     . . .     search_fields = ['title','body']     . . .  

Then make sure that you associate this admin object with the model.

admin.site.register(Blog, BlogAdmin) 

EDIT:

It's hard to tell from above, but you should consider just importing the models from models.py instead of redefining them in your admin.py file. Again, it looks like that's what you're doing above.

admin.py:

from django.db import models from blog.models import Blog from django.contrib import admin  class CommentInline(admin.TabularInline):     model = Comment  class BlogAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):     list_display = ('title','created','updated',)     search_fields = ['title','body',]     list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated',)     inlines = [CommentInline,]  class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):     list_display = ('post','author','body_first_60','created','updated',)     list_filter = ('Date Created','Date Updated',)  admin.site.register(Blog, BlogAdmin) 

models.py

from django.db import models  class Blog(models.Model):     title = models.CharField(max_length=60)     body = models.TextField()     created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")     updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")      def __unicode__(self):         return self.title  class Comment(models.Model):     body = models.TextField()     author = models.CharField(max_length=60)     created = models.DateTimeField("Date Created")     updated = models.DateTimeField("Date Updated")     post = models.ForeignKey(Blog)      def __unicode__(self):         return self.body