Working with different types of Django filters

Now, we will create a customized filter that we will apply to the Competition model. We will code the new CompetitionFilter class, specifically, a subclass of the rest_framework.filters.FilterSet class.

Open the restful01/drones/views.py file. Add the following code before the declaration of the CompetitionList class. The code file for the sample is included in the hillar_django_restful_07_03 folder in the restful01/drones/views.py file:

class CompetitionFilter(filters.FilterSet): from_achievement_date = DateTimeFilter( name='distance_achievement_date', lookup_expr='gte') to_achievement_date = DateTimeFilter( name='distance_achievement_date', lookup_expr='lte') min_distance_in_feet = NumberFilter( ...

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