Haystack Faceted: __init__() Got An Unexpected Keyword Argument 'facet_fields'

While enjoying my first results with haystack 2.4.1 (Django 1.8), I have to admit that I'm having a hard time on learning it. The documentation is sometimes incomplete, and some fe

Solution 1:

The documentation is just wrong, and confusing. You cannot pass facet_fields to the constructor for FacetedSearchView.

The approach you have taken is correct although rather than put all those arguments in the url definition, you should create your own view - something like this:

# tag_analytics/views.pyfrom haystack.generic_views import FacetedSearchView as BaseFacetedSearchView

# Now create your own that subclasses the base viewclassFacetedSearchView(BaseFacetedSearchView):
    form_class = FacetedSearchForm
    facet_fields = ['author']
    template_name = 'search.html'
    context_object_name = 'page_object'# ... Any other custom methods etc

Then in urls.py:

from tag_analytics.views import FacetedSearchView
#...
url(r'^$', FacetedSearchView.as_view(), name='haystack_search'),