[Fixed]-Django Haystack update index faster

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get_updated_field should return a string that contains the name of the attribute on the model that contains the date that the model was updated (haystack docs). A DateField with auto_now=True would be ideal for that (Django docs).

For example, my UserProfile model has a field named updated

models.py

class UserProfile(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
    # lots of other fields snipped
    updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

search_indexes.py

class UserProfileIndex(SearchIndex):
    text = CharField(document=True, use_template=True)
    user = CharField(model_attr='user')
    user_fullname = CharField(model_attr='user__get_full_name')

    def get_model(self):
        return UserProfile

    def get_updated_field(self):
        return "updated"

Then when I run ./manage.py update_index --age=10 it only indexes the user profiles updated in the last 10 hours.

👤Stephen Paulger

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