Django RandomObjectManager

gistfile1.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from random import sample

class RandomObjectManager(object):
    """
    Manager Mixin to implement get_random() in your models.
    You can override get_objects to tune the queriset

    To use, define your class:

    class MyManager(models.Manager, RandomObjectManager):
        DEFAULT_NUMBER = 5 # I can change that

        def get_objects(self):
            return self.filter(active=True) # Only active models plz

    class MyModel(models.Model):
        active = models.BooleanField()
        objects = MyManager()

    Now you can do:
    MyModel.objects.get_random()

    """

    DEFAULT_NUMBER = 3

    def get_objects(self):
        return self.all()

    def get_random(self, number=DEFAULT_NUMBER):
        """
        Returns a set of random objects
        """
        ids = self.get_objects().values_list('id', flat=True)
        amount = min(len(ids), number)
        picked_ids = sample(ids, amount)
        return self.filter(id__in=picked_ids)

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