Django Case Insensitive Model Field
pip install django_case_insensitive_fieldWith Django Case Insensitive Field you can make Django Model Field case insensitive - by default Django can't do this which will make it impossible to add a unique field that will be case insensitive regardeless of case.
Let's assume you have a username field on your UserModel which ofcourse would require username to be unique accross the table but to Django abc is different from ABC because it is case sensitive (meaning: users can use the same username but with different case).
Look at the example below:
from django.db import models
class UserModel(models.Model):
username = models.CharField(max_length=16, unique=True)
user1 = UserModel(username='user1')
user1.save() # will go through
user2 = UserModel(username='User1') # will still go through
user2.save() # will go through
Using Django Case Insensitive Model
To make Django Model Field insensitive, you can use the code below:
No need for installation ot inclusion in app.
# fields.py
from django.db.models import CharField
from django_case_insensitive_field import CaseInsensitiveFieldMixin
class CaseInsensitiveCharField(CaseInsensitiveFieldMixin, CharField):
"""[summary]
Makes django CharField case insensitive \n
Extends both the `CaseInsensitiveMixin` and CharField \n
Then you can import
"""
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(CaseInsensitiveFieldMixin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# models.py
from .fields import CaseInsensitiveCharField
class UserModel(models.Model):
username = CaseInsensitiveCharField(max_length=16, unique=True)
user1 = UserModel(username='user1')
user1.save() # will go through
user2 = UserModel(username='User1')
user2.save() # will not go through
Note:
All values are converted to lowercase before insertion and extraction from database.
Compatibility
- Compatible with every database - POSTGRESQL, SQLITE, MYSQL etc.
- Compatible with Django 2+, 3+
Dependencies
Holla! No dependecy. Lightweight!
