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Building a scoped, filtered ListView in Django

A class-based ListView that restricts invoices to the current user, eager-loads relations, and applies optional status filtering.

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1from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
2from django.views.generic import ListView
3 
4from .models import Invoice
5 
6 
7class InvoiceListView(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
8    model = Invoice
9    template_name = "invoices/invoice_list.html"
10    context_object_name = "invoices"
11    paginate_by = 25
12 
13    def get_queryset(self):
14        queryset = (
15            super()
16            .get_queryset()
17            .filter(owner=self.request.user)
18            .select_related("client")
19            .order_by("-issued_at")
20        )
21 
22        status = self.request.GET.get("status")
23        if status in {"draft", "sent", "paid", "overdue"}:
24            queryset = queryset.filter(status=status)
25 
26        return queryset

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Three takeaways

1Overriding get_queryset lets you scope and shape the data a generic view exposes.
2Chaining select_related avoids N+1 queries by eager-loading related rows.
3Validating query params against a known set keeps user input from reaching the ORM unchecked.

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