Replaced the function-based search view with the class-based SearchListView in the accounting application.

accounting/urls.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("balance-sheet/<period:period>",
          views.balance_sheet, name="balance-sheet"),
     path("search",
-         views.search, name="search"),
+         views.SearchListView.as_view(), name="search"),
     path("transactions/<txn-type:txn_type>/create",
          views.TransactionFormView.as_view(), name="transactions.create"),
     path("transactions/<txn-type:txn_type>/<txn:txn>",

accounting/views.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _, gettext_noop, gettext
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET, require_POST
-from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView
+from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView, TemplateView
 
 from mia_core.period import Period
 from mia_core.utils import Pagination, PaginationException, add_default_libs, \
@@ -756,18 +756,13 @@ def balance_sheet(request: HttpRequest, period: Period) -> HttpResponse:
     })
 
 
-@require_GET
-def search(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
-    """The search.
+@method_decorator(require_GET, name="dispatch")
+class SearchListView(TemplateView):
+    "The search."""
+    template_name = "accounting/search.html"
 
-    Args:
-        request: The request.
-
-    Returns:
-        The response.
-    """
-    # The accounting records
-    query = request.GET.get("q")
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        query = self.request.GET.get("q")
         if query is None:
             records = []
         else:
@@ -811,13 +806,13 @@ def search(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
                 pass
             records = Record.objects.filter(conditions)
         try:
-        pagination = Pagination(request, records, True)
+            pagination = Pagination(self.request, records, True)
         except PaginationException as e:
             return redirect(e.url)
-    return render(request, "accounting/search.html", {
-        "record_list": pagination.items,
-        "pagination": pagination,
-    })
+        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        context["record_list"] = pagination.items
+        context["pagination"] = pagination
+        return context
 
 
 @method_decorator(require_GET, name="dispatch")