python - Django views returning only one particular field instead of entire model -

i new django. tried write view returns fields of foreign key model associated search term. instead of whole model (foreign key) getting particular field.

this view problem:

@csrf_exempt @requires_csrf_token def search_haystack(request):     if request.method == 'post':         search_text = request.post['search']         print search_text     else:         search_text = ''     results_list= none      if str(search_text) != "":         results_dish = searchqueryset().models(dish).filter(content=autoquery(request.post.get("search", "")))             result in results_dish:                 print result.resto                 print result.resto.name                 print result.resto.area             results_list = [{'resto_id':result.resto.id , 'name' :result.resto.name, 'area' :result.resto.area} result in results_dish]     else:         results = none     print results_list     print encodetojsonhaystack(results_list)     return httpresponse(encodetojsonhaystack(results_list), mimetype = "application/json") 

models:

class resto(models.model):     id = models.autofield("id", max_length=100, unique=true, primary_key=true)     area=models.charfield("area", max_length = 100,blank = true, null=true)     name = models.charfield("name", max_length = 100,blank = true, null=true)     class meta:         db_table=u'resto'      def __unicode__ (self):         return self.name   class dish(models.model):     id = models.autofield("id", max_length=100, unique=true, primary_key=true)     resto= models.foreignkey(resto)     name = models.charfield("name", max_length = 50,blank = true, null=true)     class meta:         db_table=u'dish'      def __unicode__ (self):         return self.name 

the line "print result.resto" prints name of resto.

print result.resto.name , print result.resto.area not print anything.

why that? need fields of resto?

search_indexes.py

import datetime haystack import indexes litchee.models import resto litchee.models import dish   class restoindex(indexes.searchindex, indexes.indexable):     text = indexes.charfield(document=true, use_template=true)     name = indexes.charfield(model_attr='name')     area = indexes.charfield(model_attr='area')      def get_model(self):          return resto      def index_queryset(self, using=none):     """used when entire index model updated."""         return self.get_model().objects.all()   class dishindex(indexes.searchindex, indexes.indexable):     text = indexes.charfield(document=true, use_template=true)     name = indexes.charfield(model_attr='name')     resto = indexes.charfield(model_attr='resto')      def get_model(self):         return dish      def index_queryset(self, using=none):     """used when entire index model updated."""         return self.get_model().objects.all() #add support shutdown 

as mentioned in comment, you're not querying django models, you're querying search engine via haystack. isn't instance of model, . in search index dish model, resto charfield, naturally that's in search results, rather reference model.

you should able access actual django model instance each result via object attribute , there can follow foreign key.

note if you're new django, might want forget haystack until you've understood how actual model api works. may not need @ all.