Fixed #28991 -- Added EmptyFieldListFilter class in admin.filters.

Thanks Simon Charette and Carlton Gibson for reviews.

Co-Authored-By: Jonas Haag <jonas@lophus.org>
Co-Authored-By: Christophe Baldy <christophe.baldy@polyconseil.fr>

django/contrib/admin/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from django.contrib.admin.decorators import register
 from django.contrib.admin.filters import (
     AllValuesFieldListFilter, BooleanFieldListFilter, ChoicesFieldListFilter,
-    DateFieldListFilter, FieldListFilter, ListFilter, RelatedFieldListFilter,
-    RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter, SimpleListFilter,
+    DateFieldListFilter, EmptyFieldListFilter, FieldListFilter, ListFilter,
+    RelatedFieldListFilter, RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter, SimpleListFilter,
 )
 from django.contrib.admin.options import (
     HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, ModelAdmin, StackedInline, TabularInline,
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ __all__ = [
     "TabularInline", "AdminSite", "site", "ListFilter", "SimpleListFilter",
     "FieldListFilter", "BooleanFieldListFilter", "RelatedFieldListFilter",
     "ChoicesFieldListFilter", "DateFieldListFilter",
-    "AllValuesFieldListFilter", "RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter", "autodiscover",
+    "AllValuesFieldListFilter", "EmptyFieldListFilter",
+    "RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter", "autodiscover",
 ]
 
 

django/contrib/admin/filters.py

@@ -427,3 +427,48 @@ class RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter(RelatedFieldListFilter):
         pk_qs = model_admin.get_queryset(request).distinct().values_list('%s__pk' % self.field_path, flat=True)
         ordering = self.field_admin_ordering(field, request, model_admin)
         return field.get_choices(include_blank=False, limit_choices_to={'pk__in': pk_qs}, ordering=ordering)
+
+
+class EmptyFieldListFilter(FieldListFilter):
+    def __init__(self, field, request, params, model, model_admin, field_path):
+        if not field.empty_strings_allowed and not field.null:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                "The list filter '%s' cannot be used with field '%s' which "
+                "doesn't allow empty strings and nulls." % (
+                    self.__class__.__name__,
+                    field.name,
+                )
+            )
+        self.lookup_kwarg = '%s__isempty' % field_path
+        self.lookup_val = params.get(self.lookup_kwarg)
+        super().__init__(field, request, params, model, model_admin, field_path)
+
+    def queryset(self, request, queryset):
+        if self.lookup_kwarg not in self.used_parameters:
+            return queryset
+        if self.lookup_val not in ('0', '1'):
+            raise IncorrectLookupParameters
+
+        lookup_condition = models.Q()
+        if self.field.empty_strings_allowed:
+            lookup_condition |= models.Q(**{self.field_path: ''})
+        if self.field.null:
+            lookup_condition |= models.Q(**{'%s__isnull' % self.field_path: True})
+        if self.lookup_val == '1':
+            return queryset.filter(lookup_condition)
+        return queryset.exclude(lookup_condition)
+
+    def expected_parameters(self):
+        return [self.lookup_kwarg]
+
+    def choices(self, changelist):
+        for lookup, title in (
+            (None, _('All')),
+            ('1', _('Empty')),
+            ('0', _('Not empty')),
+        ):
+            yield {
+                'selected': self.lookup_val == lookup,
+                'query_string': changelist.get_query_string({self.lookup_kwarg: lookup}),
+                'display': title,
+            }

docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt

@@ -971,11 +971,24 @@ subclass::
       limit the ``list_filter`` choices to the users who have written a book
       instead of listing all users.
 
+      You can filter empty values using ``EmptyFieldListFilter``, which can
+      filter on both empty strings and nulls, depending on what the field
+      allows to store::
+
+          class BookAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+              list_filter = (
+                  ('title', admin.EmptyFieldListFilter),
+              )
+
       .. note::
 
         The ``FieldListFilter`` API is considered internal and might be
         changed.
 
+      .. versionadded:: 3.1
+
+          The ``EmptyFieldListFilter`` class was added.
+
     List filter's typically appear only if the filter has more than one choice.
     A filter's ``has_output()`` method controls whether or not it appears.
 

docs/releases/3.1.txt

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ Minor features
 :mod:`django.contrib.admin`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* The new ``django.contrib.admin.EmptyFieldListFilter`` for
+  :attr:`.ModelAdmin.list_filter` allows filtering on empty values (empty
+  strings and nulls) in the admin changelist view.
 
 :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

tests/admin_filters/tests.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import sys
 import unittest
 
 from django.contrib.admin import (
-    AllValuesFieldListFilter, BooleanFieldListFilter, ModelAdmin,
-    RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter, SimpleListFilter, site,
+    AllValuesFieldListFilter, BooleanFieldListFilter, EmptyFieldListFilter,
+    ModelAdmin, RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter, SimpleListFilter, site,
 )
 from django.contrib.admin.options import IncorrectLookupParameters
 from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin
@@ -248,6 +248,17 @@ class BookmarkAdminGenericRelation(ModelAdmin):
     list_filter = ['tags__tag']
 
 
+class BookAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(ModelAdmin):
+    list_filter = [
+        ('author', EmptyFieldListFilter),
+        ('title', EmptyFieldListFilter),
+    ]
+
+
+class DepartmentAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(ModelAdmin):
+    list_filter = [('description', EmptyFieldListFilter)]
+
+
 class ListFiltersTests(TestCase):
     request_factory = RequestFactory()
 
@@ -1374,3 +1385,92 @@ class ListFiltersTests(TestCase):
         changelist = modeladmin.get_changelist_instance(request)
         changelist.get_results(request)
         self.assertEqual(changelist.full_result_count, 4)
+
+    def test_emptylistfieldfilter(self):
+        empty_description = Department.objects.create(code='EMPT', description='')
+        none_description = Department.objects.create(code='NONE', description=None)
+        empty_title = Book.objects.create(title='', author=self.alfred)
+
+        department_admin = DepartmentAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(Department, site)
+        book_admin = BookAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(Book, site)
+
+        tests = [
+            # Allows nulls and empty strings.
+            (
+                department_admin,
+                {'description__isempty': '1'},
+                [empty_description, none_description],
+            ),
+            (
+                department_admin,
+                {'description__isempty': '0'},
+                [self.dev, self.design],
+            ),
+            # Allows nulls.
+            (book_admin, {'author__isempty': '1'}, [self.guitar_book]),
+            (
+                book_admin,
+                {'author__isempty': '0'},
+                [self.django_book, self.bio_book, self.djangonaut_book, empty_title],
+            ),
+            # Allows empty strings.
+            (book_admin, {'title__isempty': '1'}, [empty_title]),
+            (
+                book_admin,
+                {'title__isempty': '0'},
+                [self.django_book, self.bio_book, self.djangonaut_book, self.guitar_book],
+            ),
+        ]
+        for modeladmin, query_string, expected_result in tests:
+            with self.subTest(
+                modeladmin=modeladmin.__class__.__name__,
+                query_string=query_string,
+            ):
+                request = self.request_factory.get('/', query_string)
+                request.user = self.alfred
+                changelist = modeladmin.get_changelist_instance(request)
+                queryset = changelist.get_queryset(request)
+                self.assertCountEqual(queryset, expected_result)
+
+    def test_emptylistfieldfilter_choices(self):
+        modeladmin = BookAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(Book, site)
+        request = self.request_factory.get('/')
+        request.user = self.alfred
+        changelist = modeladmin.get_changelist_instance(request)
+        filterspec = changelist.get_filters(request)[0][0]
+        self.assertEqual(filterspec.title, 'Verbose Author')
+        choices = list(filterspec.choices(changelist))
+        self.assertEqual(len(choices), 3)
+
+        self.assertEqual(choices[0]['display'], 'All')
+        self.assertIs(choices[0]['selected'], True)
+        self.assertEqual(choices[0]['query_string'], '?')
+
+        self.assertEqual(choices[1]['display'], 'Empty')
+        self.assertIs(choices[1]['selected'], False)
+        self.assertEqual(choices[1]['query_string'], '?author__isempty=1')
+
+        self.assertEqual(choices[2]['display'], 'Not empty')
+        self.assertIs(choices[2]['selected'], False)
+        self.assertEqual(choices[2]['query_string'], '?author__isempty=0')
+
+    def test_emptylistfieldfilter_non_empty_field(self):
+        class EmployeeAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(ModelAdmin):
+            list_filter = [('department', EmptyFieldListFilter)]
+
+        modeladmin = EmployeeAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(Employee, site)
+        request = self.request_factory.get('/')
+        request.user = self.alfred
+        msg = (
+            "The list filter 'EmptyFieldListFilter' cannot be used with field "
+            "'department' which doesn't allow empty strings and nulls."
+        )
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(ImproperlyConfigured, msg):
+            modeladmin.get_changelist_instance(request)
+
+    def test_emptylistfieldfilter_invalid_lookup_parameters(self):
+        modeladmin = BookAdminWithEmptyFieldListFilter(Book, site)
+        request = self.request_factory.get('/', {'author__isempty': 42})
+        request.user = self.alfred
+        with self.assertRaises(IncorrectLookupParameters):
+            modeladmin.get_changelist_instance(request)