Method autocomplete

haystack/query.py:491–508

A shortcut method to perform an autocomplete search. Must be run against fields that are either ``NgramField`` or ``EdgeNgramField``.

(self, **kwargs)

        return self.filter(**kwargs)

    def autocomplete(self, **kwargs):
        """
        A shortcut method to perform an autocomplete search.

        Must be run against fields that are either ``NgramField`` or
        ``EdgeNgramField``.
        """
        clone = self._clone()
        query_bits = []

        for field_name, query in kwargs.items():
            for word in query.split(" "):
                bit = clone.query.clean(word.strip())
                if bit:
                    kwargs = {field_name: bit}
                    query_bits.append(SQ(**kwargs))

        return clone.filter(reduce(operator.__and__, query_bits))

    def using(self, connection_name):
        """