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    Storing Django queryset in session. Useful when you need to pass querysets between requests
  
        
  
    
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  | import pickle | |
| # Session key | |
| key = 'my_qs' | |
| # Pizza => model example | |
| qs = Pizza.objects.filter(ingredient='tomato') | |
| # Dumping data | |
| request.session[key] = pickle.dumps(qs.query) | |
| # Loading data | |
| pizzas = Pizza.objects.all()[:1] | |
| pizzas.query = pickle.loads(request.session[key]) | |
| # Using qs | |
| for pizza in pizzas: | |
| print(pizza.ingredient) | 
  
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Clever bit of code - thanks for sharing this - streamlines things a lot for me