Django Haystack - Show results without needing a search query?

Question

I would like to display all results which match selected facets even though a search query has not been inserted. Similar to how some shop applications work e.g. Amazon

Answer 1

If anyone is still looking, there's a simple solution suggested in haystack code:

https://github.com/toastdriven/django-haystack/blob/master/haystack/forms.py#L34

class SearchForm(forms.Form):
    def no_query_found(self):
    """
    Determines the behavior when no query was found.

    By default, no results are returned (``EmptySearchQuerySet``).

    Should you want to show all results, override this method in your
    own ``SearchForm`` subclass and do ``return self.searchqueryset.all()``.
    """
    return EmptySearchQuerySet()