How to use a list inside values_list() in django?

Question

I am new to python and django.I am having a list obtained dynamically containing database table fieldnames. How do I use this list within values_list() in django queryset while fetching results from database?

fieldList=['field1','field2'] #list containing table fields
obj=sampletable.objects.filter(somecondition).values_list(fieldlist) #--->want like this

I came to know that we can't use lists simply as it is inside values_list().So I converted it into a string like this and then tried it but in vain.

fieldListstr=','.join(repr(e) for e in fieldList)

This is the error which I got

Cannot resolve keyword "'field1','field2'" into field. Choices are: field1, field2

Please help me with your solutions. And thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can use argument list unpacking to pass the values of a list as arguments to a function like so:

values_list(*fieldlist)

Answer 2

Simply unpack them,

.values_list(*fieldlist)