netbox/docs/plugins/development/search.md
Arthur Hanson ffce5d968d
8927 plugin search (#10489)
* #7016 base search classes

* 7016 add search indexes

* 7016 add search indexes

* 7016 add search indexes

* 7016 add search indexes

* 7016 add search indexes

* 7016 add search indexes

* 8927 refactor search

* 8927 refactor search

* 8927 refactor search

* 8927 refactor search

* 8927 get search choices working

* 8927 cleanup - optimize

* 8927 use backend search function

* 8927 fix for plugin search

* 8927 add docs

* Move search app to a module under netbox/

* Utilize global registry to register model search classes

* Build search form options from registry

* Determine search categories from model app by default

* Enable dynamic search registration for plugins

* Update docs & improve plugin support

* Clean up search backend class

* Docs for #8927

Co-authored-by: jeremystretch <jstretch@ns1.com>
2022-10-10 14:00:59 -04:00

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Search

Plugins can define and register their own models to extend NetBox's core search functionality. Typically, a plugin will include a file named search.py, which holds all search indexes for its models (see the example below).

# search.py
from netbox.search import SearchMixin
from .filters import MyModelFilterSet
from .tables import MyModelTable
from .models import MyModel

class MyModelIndex(SearchMixin):
    model = MyModel
    queryset = MyModel.objects.all()
    filterset = MyModelFilterSet
    table = MyModelTable
    url = 'plugins:myplugin:mymodel_list'

To register one or more indexes with NetBox, define a list named indexes at the end of this file:

indexes = [MyModelIndex]

!!! tip The path to the list of search indexes can be modified by setting search_indexes in the PluginConfig instance.

::: netbox.search.SearchIndex