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+# Based on https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/0e1c7d3613905a8f9db69abb82f883e22e967119/tests/test_filters.py
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from importlib import reload as reload_module
+
+
+from django.db import models
+from django.db.models import CharField, Transform
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
+
+from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
+from rest_framework import filters, generics, serializers
+from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
+
+factory = APIRequestFactory()
+
+
+class SearchFilterModel(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=20)
+    text = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
+
+class SearchFilterSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = SearchFilterModel
+        fields = '__all__'
+
+
+class SearchFilterTests(TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        # Sequence of title/text is:
+        #
+        # z   abc
+        # zz  bcd
+        # zzz cde
+        # ...
+        searchfilters = OrderedDict()
+        for idx in range(10):
+            title = 'z' * (idx + 1)
+            text = (
+                chr(idx + ord('a')) +
+                chr(idx + ord('b')) +
+                chr(idx + ord('c'))
+            )
+            searchfilter = SearchFilterModel(title=title, text=text)
+            searchfilter.save()
+            searchfilters[idx] = searchfilter
+
+
+        idx += 1
+        searchfilter = SearchFilterModel(title='A title', text='The long text')
+        searchfilter.save()
+        searchfilters[idx] = searchfilter
+
+        idx += 1
+        searchfilter = SearchFilterModel(title='The title', text='The "text')
+        searchfilter.save()
+        searchfilters[idx] = searchfilter
+
+        cls.searchfilters = searchfilters
+
+    def test_search(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('title', 'text')
+
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'b'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(0).id, 'title': 'z', 'text': 'abc'},
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(1).id, 'title': 'zz', 'text': 'bcd'}
+        ]
+
+    def test_search_returns_same_queryset_if_no_search_fields_or_terms_provided(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        response = view(request)
+        expected = SearchFilterSerializer(SearchFilterModel.objects.all(),
+                                          many=True).data
+        assert response.data == expected
+
+    def test_exact_search(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('=title', 'text')
+
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'zzz'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(2).id, 'title': 'zzz', 'text': 'cde'}
+        ]
+
+    def test_startswith_search(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('title', '^text')
+
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'b'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(1).id, 'title': 'zz', 'text': 'bcd'}
+        ]
+
+    def test_regexp_search(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('$title', '$text')
+
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'z{2} ^b'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(1).id, 'title': 'zz', 'text': 'bcd'}
+        ]
+
+    def test_search_with_nonstandard_search_param(self):
+        with override_settings(REST_FRAMEWORK={'SEARCH_PARAM': 'query'}):
+            reload_module(filters)
+
+            class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+                queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+                serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+                filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+                search_fields = ('title', 'text')
+
+            view = SearchListView.as_view()
+            request = factory.get('/', {'query': 'b'})
+            response = view(request)
+            assert response.data == [
+                {'id': self.searchfilters.get(0).id, 'title': 'z', 'text': 'abc'},
+                {'id': self.searchfilters.get(1).id, 'title': 'zz', 'text': 'bcd'}
+            ]
+
+        reload_module(filters)
+
+    def test_search_with_filter_subclass(self):
+        class CustomSearchFilter(filters.SearchFilter):
+            # Filter that dynamically changes search fields
+            def get_search_fields(self, view, request):
+                if request.query_params.get('title_only'):
+                    return ('$title',)
+                return super().get_search_fields(view, request)
+
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (CustomSearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('$title', '$text')
+
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': r'^\w{3}$'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert len(response.data) == 10
+
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': r'^\w{3}$', 'title_only': 'true'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(2).id, 'title': 'zzz', 'text': 'cde'}
+        ]
+
+    def test_search_field_with_null_characters(self):
+        view = generics.GenericAPIView()
+        request = factory.get('/?search=\0as%00d\x00f')
+        request = view.initialize_request(request)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+            filters.SearchFilter().get_search_terms(request)
+
+    def test_search_field_with_custom_lookup(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('text__iendswith',)
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'c'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(0).id, 'title': 'z', 'text': 'abc'},
+        ]
+
+    def test_search_field_with_additional_transforms(self):
+        from django.test.utils import register_lookup
+
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('text__trim', )
+
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+
+        # an example custom transform, that trims `a` from the string.
+        class TrimA(Transform):
+            function = 'TRIM'
+            lookup_name = 'trim'
+
+            def as_sql(self, compiler, connection):
+                sql, params = compiler.compile(self.lhs)
+                return "trim(%s, 'a')" % sql, params
+
+        with register_lookup(CharField, TrimA):
+            # Search including `a`
+            request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'abc'})
+
+            response = view(request)
+            assert response.data == []
+
+            # Search excluding `a`
+            request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'bc'})
+            response = view(request)
+            assert response.data == [
+                {'id': 1, 'title': 'z', 'text': 'abc'},
+                {'id': 2, 'title': 'zz', 'text': 'bcd'},
+            ]
+
+    def test_search_field_with_multiple_words(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('title', 'text')
+
+        search_query = 'foo bar,baz'
+        view = SearchListView()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': search_query})
+        request = view.initialize_request(request)
+
+        rendered_search_field = filters.SearchFilter().to_html(
+            request=request, queryset=view.queryset, view=view
+        )
+        assert search_query in rendered_search_field
+
+    def test_search_field_with_escapes(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('title', 'text',)
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': '"\\\"text"'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(11).id, 'title': 'The title', 'text': 'The "text'},
+        ]
+
+    def test_search_field_with_quotes(self):
+        class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+            queryset = SearchFilterModel.objects.all()
+            serializer_class = SearchFilterSerializer
+            filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+            search_fields = ('title', 'text',)
+        view = SearchListView.as_view()
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': '"long text"'})
+        response = view(request)
+        assert response.data == [
+            {'id': self.searchfilters.get(10).id, 'title': 'A title', 'text': 'The long text'},
+        ]