Fixed #8065 -- Made id_list an optional argument for QuerySet.in_bulk().

django/db/models/query.py

@@ -559,16 +559,19 @@ class QuerySet(object):
             return objects[0]
         return None
 
-    def in_bulk(self, id_list):
+    def in_bulk(self, id_list=None):
         """
         Returns a dictionary mapping each of the given IDs to the object with
-        that ID.
+        that ID. If `id_list` isn't provided, the entire QuerySet is evaluated.
         """
         assert self.query.can_filter(), \
             "Cannot use 'limit' or 'offset' with in_bulk"
+        if id_list is not None:
             if not id_list:
                 return {}
             qs = self.filter(pk__in=id_list).order_by()
+        else:
+            qs = self._clone()
         return {obj._get_pk_val(): obj for obj in qs}
 
     def delete(self):

docs/ref/models/querysets.txt

@@ -1836,10 +1836,11 @@ database query like ``count()`` would.
 in_bulk
 ~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: in_bulk(id_list)
+.. method:: in_bulk(id_list=None)
 
 Takes a list of primary-key values and returns a dictionary mapping each
-primary-key value to an instance of the object with the given ID.
+primary-key value to an instance of the object with the given ID. If a list
+isn't provided, all objects in the queryset are returned.
 
 Example::
 
@@ -1849,9 +1850,15 @@ Example::
     {1: <Blog: Beatles Blog>, 2: <Blog: Cheddar Talk>}
     >>> Blog.objects.in_bulk([])
     {}
+    >>> Blog.objects.in_bulk()
+    {1: <Blog: Beatles Blog>, 2: <Blog: Cheddar Talk>, 3: <Blog: Django Weblog>}
 
 If you pass ``in_bulk()`` an empty list, you'll get an empty dictionary.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.10
+
+    In older versions, ``id_list`` was a required argument.
+
 iterator
 ~~~~~~~~
 

docs/releases/1.10.txt

@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ Models
   :class:`~django.db.models.AutoField` except that it is guaranteed
   to fit numbers from ``1`` to ``9223372036854775807``.
 
+* :meth:`QuerySet.in_bulk() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.in_bulk>`
+  may be called without any arguments to return all objects in the queryset.
+
 Requests and Responses
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

tests/lookup/tests.py

@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ class LookupTests(TestCase):
         arts = Article.objects.in_bulk([self.a1.id, self.a2.id])
         self.assertEqual(arts[self.a1.id], self.a1)
         self.assertEqual(arts[self.a2.id], self.a2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            Article.objects.in_bulk(),
+            {
+                self.a1.id: self.a1,
+                self.a2.id: self.a2,
+                self.a3.id: self.a3,
+                self.a4.id: self.a4,
+                self.a5.id: self.a5,
+                self.a6.id: self.a6,
+                self.a7.id: self.a7,
+            }
+        )
         self.assertEqual(Article.objects.in_bulk([self.a3.id]), {self.a3.id: self.a3})
         self.assertEqual(Article.objects.in_bulk({self.a3.id}), {self.a3.id: self.a3})
         self.assertEqual(Article.objects.in_bulk(frozenset([self.a3.id])), {self.a3.id: self.a3})
@@ -124,7 +136,6 @@ class LookupTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(Article.objects.in_bulk([]), {})
         self.assertEqual(Article.objects.in_bulk(iter([self.a1.id])), {self.a1.id: self.a1})
         self.assertEqual(Article.objects.in_bulk(iter([])), {})
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, Article.objects.in_bulk)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, Article.objects.in_bulk, headline__startswith='Blah')
 
     def test_values(self):