Override get_query based on GET parameter - Flask-Admin

override_get_query.py

from application import db
from application.views.modelview import ModelView
from application.models import Things # has an attribute called thing_type

class MyModelView(ModelView):
	def get_query(self):
		thing_type = request.args.get('type', None) # pretending we have a GET parameter called "type"
		if thing_type == "type1":
			return super(ModelView, self).get_query().filter(Things.thing_type.like('type1 %'))
		elif thing_type == "type2":
			return super(ModelView, self).get_query().filter(Things.thing_type.like('type2 %'))
		else:
			return super(ModelView, self).get_query()
			
# note, you can't define get_query inside of def index_view(self)