tortoise / tortoise/tortoise-orm

Support string queries

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It would be nice for Tortoise ORM to support string queries to make it easier to implement search functionality in web applications

Describe the solution you'd like
Something like ModelName.fiter("name__icontains: 'Bill' age__gt: '32'")

Basically it would be the same as the Query functionality, but as a string.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing Tortoise ORM's existing Query functionality, which the request says string queries should match. Determine how the proposed filter string syntax should represent the shown name and age conditions; done means equivalent query behavior is supported for the requested search use case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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